Who is RMS?

Real Estate Management Services, Inc. was founded in 1986 to provide professional appraisal, consulting and educational services to both private and governmental sectors. The company was founded by James G. Ramos and Joan E. Paskewich, assessors and appraisers with experience in the fee and mass appraisal professions; they have established reputations as real estate educators as well.

Mr. Ramos has been actively engaged in the appraisal business since 1971, appraising real estate and personal property in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, South Carolina, Texas, Alabama, and Florida. He is the Past President of the Society of Professional Assessors (SPA) and the Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers (CAAO). In addition to serving as an instructor at the University of Connecticut Assessors School, he is the past Chairman of the CAAO Education Committee. Mr. Ramos possesses the professional designations of Certified Connecticut Municipal Assessor (CCMA II) and is a professional member of the Society of Professional Assessors (SPA). He is experienced in the appraisal of residential, commercial, industrial, public utility and tangible personal property and has supervised numerous revaluations in rural, suburban and urban communities.

Ms. Paskewich has been similarly engaged in the appraisal Business since 1977. She is the Past President of the Greater New London Area Association of Assessors (GNLAAA) and has served for many years on the Credentials Committee for the Society of Professional Assessors. She was President of the Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers from 1995-1996, and is the recipient of the 1991 CAAO Assessor of the Year award. She received the 1994 Public Information Award from the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAA0) for the successful revaluation program implemented in the Town of Windham and received a IAAO Presidential Citations in 1995 and 2000. Ms. Paskewich also recently received the 1998 IAAO Zangerle Award for publishing Northeast News, an assessment newsletter serving over eleven states in the Northeastern United States and Canada.

Ms. Paskewich was appointed by the Under Secretary of the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management to serve on the State Assessors Certification Committee, and is the immediate Past Committee Chairman. She is also the Past Co-Chairman of the CAAO Education Committee and has served the CAAO as an instructor for several years. She is a nationally certified instructor with the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO), conducting classes in Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Rhode Island, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio and Iowa. She served six consecutive terms as the Connecticut Representative to the IAAO, and was the 1996, 1997 and 1998 IAAO McCarren award winner as International Representative of the Year. Additionally, she was the 1998 Chairman of the Small and Rural Jurisdiction Issues Section of the IAAO, served on the Board of Governors for the IAAO CAMA Section, and was elected to the IAAO Executive Board in 1998. Ms. Paskewich possesses the professional designations of CCMA II and SPA. She is also a candidate for the CAE designation, the highest level of certification from the IAAO.

Both Mr. Ramos and Ms. Paskewich are certified by the State of Connecticut as revaluation residential and commercial property appraisers, and have obtained the highest designation as revaluation supervisors. Ms. Paskewich is also certified as a revaluation personal property appraiser. Real Estate Management Services Inc. is certified as a "Connecticut Revaluation Company."

The formation of Real Estate Management Services, Inc. arose from the demand of Connecticut municipalities dissatisfied with impersonal work products reflective of larger, out-of-state corporations lacking familiarity with the complexities of the State and its municipalities. The exposure and reputations of Mr. Ramos and Ms. Paskewich, garnered by their numerous affiliations and experience, create a unique, client-based market, which expanded as they continued to successfully provide relief to fellow assessors in crisis situations. These professional services have been provided to, but are not limited to the following Connecticut municipalities: Bristol, Groton, Bozrah, Brooklyn, Colchester, East Hampton, Essex, Franklin, Haddam, Lisbon, Colchester, Rocky Hill, Wallingford, Westbrook, Windham, Old Saybrook and Sterling.