Local Realtor Receives Industry of Excellence Award

On September 25, 2008 at the Grand Salon of the Queen Mary, local Broker and Owner of International Realty & Investments, Malcolm N. Bennett, received the Industry of Excellence Award at the 13^th Annual Rental Housing Tribute from the Apartment Association California Southern Cities (AACSC). The awards competition is the only one of its kind in Los Angeles County for the rental housing industry. The Industry Award of Excellence is the top award given annually to the individual who has contributed the most to improving rental housing.

Mr. Bennett, who operates a management and real estate firm, specializes in the sale and management of rental housing and has offices in Los Angeles and Long Beach. Mr. Bennett is a 34-year veteran of the Southland’s real estate activity. In addition to teaching property management at Cerritos College he has served for the past two years as Chair of the Los Angeles County Assessment Appeals Board as an appointee of Supervisor Burke, serves as Chairperson for the Friends of the South Central Regional Center for the Disabled, on the Board of Directors Rancho Southeast Association of Realtors, is a Director for the California Association of Realtors® (C.A.R), and National Association of Realtors® (N.A.R.).

Mr. Bennett has testified in many Capital hearings in Washington D.C. for C.A.R, N.A.R., and the National Apartment Association. Mr. Bennett is also a State Court Receiver for several financial institutions and is the President of the Minority Apartment Owners Association. “Malcolm’s contributions to the rental housing industry have benefited owners, renters, and public agencies,” said Rebecca Moffett of A Better Property Management Company who presented the award as past president of the AACSC in the absence of the Executive Director, Ms. Nancy Ahlswede. Assemblyman Curren Price (D-Inglewood) received the Legislator of the Year Award for his outstanding service of the complexity of the rental housing procedures. On hand at the event representing International Realty & Investments was long time Realtor and General Manager, Ruth Hayles, who is also President-Elect of the Rancho Southeast Association of Realtors (RSAOR). For more information on the company please contact (323)754-2818. In photo from right-to-left is Allen Wood, Past President and Malcolm Bennett

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