CONTENTS
JULY 2017 | VOLUME 30, NUMBER 7
PUBLISHER
Mark Williams
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DESIGN, PRODUCTION, & ADVERTISING
Christopher Dean
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
Propeling AAMD into the next 50 years
MISS MANAGEMENT
Keeping Your Occupancy Up this Summer
TECHNOLOGY
Why SEO is so Important
PHOTO ALBUM
Education Conference & Trade Show 2017
PHOTO ALBUM
June Awards 2017
HALL OF FAME
AAMD Inducts Nine to Hall of Fame at June Awards 2017
ASK THE LAWYER
Sexual Assault Victims May Break Lease
MANAGEMENT
Property Management Leadership Requires Timely Information
CAPITOL RECAP
Benchmarking in Buildings Now Required for Denver
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Sarah McIlwaine
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COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Teo Nicolais, Nicolais, LLC
Jennifer Nessett, Sares-Regis Group
4 Leadership
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Summer Economic Conference
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Association News
23 Golf Tournament
23 Business to Business Exchange
24 PowerLunch
24 Leasing Blueprint
34 Technology Conference
36 Welcome New Members
36 Advertising Directory
CONTRIBUTORS
Brandon Rich, Carol Levey, Cyndi Oaxaca,
Victor Sanchez, Debbie Wilson,
Ernesto Oriente, Nancy Burke
ADVERTISING
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any article without notification. Due to space, not all
articles submitted will be printed.
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