Houston, Texas – January 3, 2012 – Kaplan Management Co., Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, has earned the ACCREDITED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION® (AMO®) accreditation from the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM®), an affiliate of the National Association of REALTORS®.  The AMO® accreditation is awarded to real estate firms and management organizations that have a track record of high performance, experience, stability, and financial accountability and have a CERTIFIED PROPERTY MANAGER® (CPM®) directing and supervising the real estate and management team.  Kaplan Management is one of only 530 firms holding an AMO® accreditation.

 Kaplan Management Co., Inc. was formed in 1978 to offer management services for owners of multi-family properties.  Kaplan Management and its related entities currently develop, acquire, and manage a wide array of multi-family assets throughout the Sunbelt Region of the United States and have managed assets in California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, New Mexico, Texas, and Arkansas.  Fee management clients include Fortress, CW Capital, Orix, JE Robert, CIII, Berkadia, Cypress, as well as banks, lenders, and individual owners.