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Property, Real Estate, & Community Association Managers

Also called: Property Manager, Apartment Manager, Community Manager, Lease Administration Supervisor

What they do:
Plan, direct, or coordinate the selling, buying, leasing, or governance activities of commercial, industrial, or residential real estate properties. Includes managers of homeowner and condominium associations, rented or leased housing units, buildings, or land (including rights-of-way).
On the job, you would:
  • Meet with prospective tenants to show properties, explain terms of occupancy, and provide information about local areas.
  • Direct collection of monthly assessments, rental fees, and deposits and payment of insurance premiums, mortgage, taxes, and incurred operating expenses.
  • Inspect grounds, facilities, and equipment routinely to determine necessity of repairs or maintenance.

Knowledge

Business
  • customer service
  • management
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Math and Science
  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Skills

Basic Skills
  • talking to others
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Social
  • bringing people together to solve differences
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Abilities

Verbal
  • listen and understand what people say
  • communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include
leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Attention to Detail
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Self Control
  • Adaptability/Flexibility

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Data base user interface and query software
  • Advantos Systems DataTrust Enterprise
  • Domin-8 Enterprise Solutions Tenant Pro
Accounting software
  • Intuit QuickBooks software
  • RealEasyBooks ezREB
Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel

Education

Education: (rated 3 of 5)
some college or
associate's degree
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Below Average Outlook
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
Salary
$52,510
per year, on average
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