Acamademic Program
Our premiere, California-specific prerequisite course for your CMCA® designation.
FOUNDATIONS
“Foundations” is our California-specific prerequisite course developed by expert HOA attorneys and taught by a PCAM with decades of management and industry experience.
This program complies with state certification requirements and is approved by CAMICB® as a prerequisite course for your CMCA® designation.
WHY CAM UNIVERSITY
Foundations meets CMCA® exam eligibility requirements. Our optional Study Group helps students prepare but is not required for exam eligitiblity.
Provide state specific requirements, in-depth curriculum, examination and evaluation on topics like budgets, reserves, legal issues, meetings, maintenance, ethics and more!
Meets both California’s certification requirements and the CMCA® prerequisite requirements, and is an approved alternative to CAI’s M-100 California Edition.
Premiere, California-based instruction for your CMCA® in less time and for less money.
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STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
Real feedback from community managers on the exceptional content and instruction that sets CAM U apart.
I PASSED the CMCA! A special thank you to Ramona, your course was absolutely instrumental in my achievement.
Los Angeles Community Manager
Ramona did an amazing job, I learned so much about HOA duties, ethics, and the legal side of being a Manager.
Community Manager
They all passed with flying colors and were incredibly impressed with your teaching skills and real life examples.
Sacramento Management Company
Tinnelly Law Group has developed the FIRST California edition of a prerequisite course that complies with state certification requirements AND is approved by CAMICB® as a prerequisite course for your CMCA® designation.
Associations in CA
Total days
More in salary with CMCA
More in salary with PCAM
OUR PURPOSE
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Ramona Acosta, PCAM is the Director of Business Development for Tinnelly Law Group and Vice President of CAM University. Ms. Acosta directs and manages the firm’s business development, marketing, public relations, and client relationship management efforts. She plays a vital role in assisting the firm’s continued growth and in ensuring the firm’s clients experience the level of quality, responsive and efficient service for which Tinnelly Law Group is known throughout the HOA industry.
Ms. Acosta has over 30 years of experience working in the HOA industry and with common interest developments throughout California. She maintains several prestigious designations from the Community Association’s Institute (CAI), including the CMCA, AMS, and PCAM. Her success as a community manager and management company executive, coupled with her extensive knowledge of the California laws pertaining to HOAs, provides significant value to our clients and the professionals who manage them. Her wealth of experience working directly with Boards of Directors, vendors, and community managers gives her unique insight into the issues affecting our clients and the ways in which our firm can best serve them
She also serves as Vice President of CAM University, a professional training and development program to assist managers with obtaining and maintaining their CMCA designation throughout their career.
Ms. Acosta is very active in CAI and has served as a member of the National Faculty, the President of CAI’s Orange County Regional Chapter, Chair of the Education Committee, and as Delegate and P.R. Chair to CAI’s California Legislative Action Committee (CLAC)–an organization that champions the interests of California HOAs through lobbying and public relations efforts.
Prior to joining the HOA industry, Ms. Acosta worked in real estate and dealt with bank foreclosures, lenders and appraisals. She has a degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix.
CAM University thrives because of business partners who invest in the next generation of community managers.
