Think-Realty-Magazine-July-August-2016

Carrington Property Services PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF THE YEAR

Recognized for competency, responsiveness, efficiency and transparency in all aspects of property management, enabling investors to realize consistently good returns.

Kevin Cloyd, President 866-225-1780 | www.carringtonps.com COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

Carrington Property Services is a provider of real estate marketing and manage- ment services for institutional property owners, banks, government entities, private equity firms and associated financial institutional firms. OF NOTE: Carrington PS obtained a SSAE 16/SOC 1 Type II report following an indepen- dent accounting firm’s detailed review of Carrington’s processes and controls

relating to operations. The rigorous Type II assessment, which included detailed testing of the national property management and REO asset management company’s controls, covered the following areas: control environment, risk assessment, mon- itoring, computer operations, data center operations, access/security, systems development, systems maintenance and QA procedures. Carrington sponsors an Annual Carrington Charitable Foundation Golf Classic to support wounded veterans and their fami- lies. The 2016 event is on Columbus Day.

HomeVestors/WFI Properties SINGLE-FAMILY INVESTOR OF THE YEAR Rickey Williams, Principal 713-271-7355 | www.homevestors.com COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

Specialist in investing in single-family residential properties, including

those up to four doors.

WFI Properties, created in January 2006 by Rickey Williams Sr. and Rickey Williams Jr., is a HomeVestors independently owned and operated franchisee in Stafford, Texas (a sub- urb of Houston). HomeVestors of America Inc. is the largest professional house buying franchise in the U.S., with more than 65,000 “ugly,” or hard-to-sell, houses bought since 1996. OF NOTE: Within the 12 years since its founding, WFI Properties has added Rickey Williams Jr.’s sons Josh and Chris to the fami- ly-owned company and has purchased more than 1,000 homes to date. Each year’s goal is to add 80 to 100 single-family residential properties to the company’s existing rental portfolio. HomeVestors Co-President David Hicks calls WFI Properties one of the most impressive producers among its franchisees and has recognized it as the Franchisee of the Year on several occasions. WFI Properties has won HomeVestors’ Top Buy Closings Award and is consistently among the Top 20 Producers/Year-Over-Year.

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