Scott Bloom

Scott Bloom is Owner and Senior Property Manager of Columbia Property Management. CPM is a boutique firm specializing in a highly personal approach to rental management of single-family homes, small multi-unit properties and large houses with shared living arrangements. The CPM team manages approximately 160 rental units in the District of Columbia (Washington, DC) with an average monthly rental amount of over $2500 per unit. After 20 years developing his marketing and customer service expertise in Fortune 50 companies General Electric and Verizon Communications, Scott transitioned to full-time property management in 2009 after nearly ten years managing his own investment rental properties. Scott’s formal education includes a B.S in Marketing from Indiana University and a M.A. in International Affairs and Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University (SAIS). In addition to Columbia Property Management, Scott founded Koti Property Services in 2020 to serve the maintenance and minor repair needs of the rental owner clients of CPM. Koti has expanded and serves a niche market of small to medium-sized property management companies in our nation's capital. He also speaks French and German and lived in Western Europe for ten years before settling in Washington, DC. Scott is an affiliate member of GCAAR, the regional realtor association and a longtime member of the local LGBT chamber of commerce (ECC DC). He has served on the voluntary board of One in Ten, producer of the Reel Affirmations Film Festival and is a cofounder / founding President of the District of Columbia Chapter of the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM). He is a founding member of the U.S. branch of the Leading Property Managers Association (LPMA). He served as former Vice President of a local chapter of Business Networking International (BNI) of which he was a member for over five years. In addition to being a landlord since 2000, Scott has completed several single family rehab projects, founded two different residential management companies, and helps to fund other rehabber’s projects. He is a lifelong Masters Swimmer, practices with a swim team on a regular basis, and participates in swimming competitions around the globe.