Aretha Estep serves as property operations manager in the Mid-Atlantic region for The Community Builders, Inc. (TBC), a position she has held since July 2018. Aretha leads operations of a portfolio of family and senior residential properties located across Pennsylvania, Akron, Ohio and Washington, D.C.

Aretha joined TCB with over 13 years of property management experience. She previously served as a regional manager for a property management firm in Annapolis, Md., where she successfully oversaw 14 tax credit, rural, conventional, Section 8, senior and multifamily sites.

Based in TCB’s Washington, D.C. office, Aretha holds a Certified Occupancy Specialist® designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), as well as Certified Credit Compliance Professional (C3P) and S.T.A.R. Rural Development 515 designations from Spectrum. She completed additional training in fair housing with the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO).