Accredited Association Management Company (AAMC®)

Community associations are looking for qualified, dedicated professionals to manage their communities. Will you be their first call? Expand your business, increase your earning potential, and retain experienced employees with CAI's Accredited Association Management Company (AAMC®) accreditation.

The AAMC accreditation demonstrates a company's commitment to providing the unique and diverse services community associations need. A company with the accreditation ensures that its staff has the skills, experience, and integrity to help communities succeed. Its managers have advanced training and demonstrated commitment to the industry — just the type of professionals that community association boards seek to hire.

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    • Gain credibility, trust, and loyalty from the associations you manage.
    • Expand your business by gaining a competitive advantage.
    • Increase the quality of your staff and reduce turnover.
    • Ensure that you have well-trained managers who can handle the myriad responsibilities involved in managing a community.

    • A minimum of three years of experience providing community association management services, based on client verification.
    • A Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM) designee as the company's senior manager.
    • 50% of managers, and those who supervise managers, who have been at the company for at least two years should hold a professional manager credential (CMCA, AMS, LSM, or PCAM).
    • Maintain fidelity (crime or employee dishonesty), general liability, and workers' compensation insurance in addition to meeting federal, state, and local laws. A certificate of insurance liability showing the required insurance must be included with the application. CAI headquarters should be listed as a certificate holder.
    • Comply with the CAI Professional Manager Code of Ethics.
    • Complete the AAMC Application and submit with application fee of 
      • Member: $320 (management company member)
      • Nonmember: $570

    • Pay the annual maintenance fee by Aug. 1.
      • Member: $180 (management company member)
      • Nonmember: $410
    • Renew accreditation​ ​every three years by Aug. 1 by completing and submitting the renewal application along with a current copy of the certificate of insurance liability listing CAI headquarters as a certificate holder.

  • Please contact [email protected] for details on how to reinstate the AAMC accreditation.

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