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LAMAR SOBERS
North Palm Beach,FL
Summary
Experienced Licensed Community Association Manager (LCAM) with over 20 years in property management, including HOA, condominium, and multi-family housing. Offers more than 30 years of expertise in customer service and support. Proficient in proactive troubleshooting, problem-solving, and strategic planning to meet ownership and investor financial objectives. Committed to fostering positive community relations while enhancing operational efficiency and resident satisfaction.
Overview
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Certification
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
LCAM Portfolio Manager
Allied Property Management Group, Inc
West Palm Beach, FL
07.2017 - Current
- Maintain a portfolio of over 1,100 units over 13 properties located from Palm Beach Gardens to Boca Raton, FL
- Supervising maintenance staff at multiple locations ensuring cleanliness and work order completion
- Project manager responsible for coordinating vendors to address various capital projects and vendor related repair services.
- Act as a liaison between the homeowners and board members while advising and assisting board members fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities
- Perform routine property inspections and issuing covenant enforcement violation notices as needed.
Community Manager
Waterton Residential – Lakeview Cove Apartments
North Lauderdale, FL
10.2013 - 12.2016
- Managing all aspects of property operations for a community of 224 apartment homes
- Supervising a staff of two leasing and three maintenance personnel
- Responsible for evaluation of job performance, coaching, and obtaining discretionary effort from the staff.
- Increased net effective rent by 14.3% from January 2014 to August 2016 by maintaining a 94.7% average over the same period.
- Successfully introduced the FlexPay program to the community, with 10% of the property participation with in the first 90 days of its inception
Community Manager
Bainbridge Companies - Park Plaza Apartments
Miami Gardens, FL
08.2013 - 10.2013
- Managed all aspects of property operations for a community of 234 apartment homes.
- Supervised a staff of two leasing and four maintenance personnel.
- Responsible for hiring, training, evaluating, and motivating all on-site staff.
- Responsible for reviewing and analyzing monthly statements and reporting any variance.
- Handling the collection of all possible income and controlling expenses within the guidelines of the budget.
- Responsible for all advertising and promotional activities.
- Continually inspect the community and start implementing an ongoing maintenance and improvement plan.
Community Manager
Trade Street Residential – Oak Reserve at Winter Park
Winter Park, FL
07.2012 - 06.2013
- Managed all aspects of property operations for a community of 142 apartment homes
- Had full responsibility for completing weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance reports, marketing and leasing strategies.
- Created effective leasing and renewal programs that helped increase overall effective rent by 4% in the property.
- Prepared specifications for solicited bids and approved subcontracts for vendor services.
- Consistently exceeded NOI budgeted goals by decreasing controllable expenses and increasing other income.
Assistant Property Manager
Bainbridge Companies – Turtle Cove Apartments
West Palm Beach, FL
03.2008 - 07.2012
- Assisted in the management of a 444-apartment home community which included the responsibility for all rent collections, ledger reconciliations, GL coding and posting of receivables.
- Performed all preclose and month end reporting functions
- I supervised the staff of three leasing agents in leasing and renewal processing, ensuring compliance with company guidelines.
- I was highly effective in resident satisfaction consistently achieving a 55% or greater retention rate.
- Successfully decreased the aged delinquency by 45% with the implementation of a bi-weekly “split pay” rent program
Education
High School Diploma -
Central Islip Senior High School
Central Islip, NY01-1991
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New York Institute of Technology
Central Islip and Old Westbury, NY01-1995
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Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL01-1992
Skills
- Licensed Community Association Manager (LCAM)
- Certified Apartment Manager (certification w/NAA)
- Experienced in multiple management software programs including Caliber, TOPS, Yardi, & Onesite
- Intermediate knowledge of MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Outlook
- Strict adherence to Federal Fair Housing laws to limit owner liability
- Consistent knowledge of the FL Landlord-Tenant & eviction laws
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills
- Effective at multi-tasking the management of deadlines with conflicting priorities
- Customer Service Focused
Certification
FL DBPR - Licensed Community Association Manager designation since 2018
Timeline
LCAM Portfolio Manager
Allied Property Management Group, Inc
07.2017 - Current
Community Manager
Waterton Residential – Lakeview Cove Apartments
10.2013 - 12.2016
Community Manager
Bainbridge Companies - Park Plaza Apartments
08.2013 - 10.2013
Community Manager
Trade Street Residential – Oak Reserve at Winter Park
07.2012 - 06.2013
Assistant Property Manager
Bainbridge Companies – Turtle Cove Apartments
03.2008 - 07.2012
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Tuskegee University
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New York Institute of Technology
High School Diploma -
Central Islip Senior High School