Lester Fontecha Email & Phone Number

San Rafael, California, United States

• Property Operations: Oversee the management and operations of 56 properties, including 25 fee-managed sites. Ensuring high standards of property management, resident retention, and ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations (TCAC, HUD, HCD, HOME).• Team Leadership: Lead a team of 10 regional directors, providing mentorship and guidance to ensure high performance, fostering a positive and productive work environment.• Strategic Planning and Execution: Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategic plans to enhance property performance and achieve organizational goals. Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and capital improvement planning.• Performance Optimization: Implemented initiatives to optimize property performance, increase occupancy rates, and enhance property value.• Stakeholder Engagement: Acted as a liaison between ownership, city officials, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders, maintaining strong relationships.• Risk Management: Identified and mitigated risks to ensure the safety and security of properties and residents.• Resident Relations and Community Development: Addressed and resolved resident issues, ensuring fair housing practices and high levels of resident satisfaction. Contributed to community development initiatives, supporting the organization's mission and goals.

San Rafael, California, United States

South Bay, Ca

• Acts as liaison between assigned Property Supervisors and central office.• Attends portfolio meeting every month, which include Property Supervisors and lead Maintenance or Resource Coordinator (maintenance and services rotate months) personnel, focusing on staff training, safety, communication and motivation with the goal of passing down information from the Real Estate Management meetings and gathering information to pass back up to the central office. Assist VP and Director of REM in coordinating / presenting monthly Property Supervisor meetings.• Responsible for all measures to ensure that all properties operate in compliance with all local, state, and federal law.• Working through the Property Supervisors and/or Resident Managers, administers Illness and Injury Prevention Program at each property, ensuring staff safety training and review of Accident Investigation Reports, Inspection checklists, and Hazard Report logs. Conducts periodic inspections. Ensures that each complex has a firmly established Emergency Action and Fire Prevention Plan. Works with on-site staff as necessary to ensure full compliance.• Researches and responds to various resident, owner and/or vendor issues that cannot be delegated to the Property Supervisor, ensuring that fair housing practices are followed in all resident relations.• Working through the Property Supervisors, ensures file compliance at each property in portfolio, and works with on-site staff as necessary to ensure full compliance. Responsible for ensuring that all new move-ins and recertifications are compliant with established EAH standards. May oversee the conduct of random file audits to determine compliance.• Ensures that correspondence, contracts, and other property-related documentation are secured .

Eah-South Bay Region

-Senior Property Supervisor for the South Bay Region in San Jose, Menlo Park, and Santa Cruz totaling 16 properties within my portfolio. Guru in finance, HUD Compliance, TCAC Compliance, and Market Rent Properties.

San Jose, California

Guro (Instructor) for Inayan Martial Arts Association in San Jose. Head instructor of the children eskrima program for Inayan Martial Arts Association.Verse with Inayan Serrada, Inayan Sinawali, Inayan Kadena de Mano, and Dumog. Intensive instructor for Tactical weapon/non-weapon combat. Head instructor for the Junior (youth) Inayan Martial Art Classes.

Ba, Economics

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