Property Manager
What the work is
Manages the leasing of rental properties on behalf of owners.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Inspects and assesses rental properties to determine rental value and marketability
- Advertises and promotes rental properties to attract potential tenants
- Screens and selects tenants, including conducting background checks and verifying references
- Negotiates and prepares rental agreements and leases
- Collects rent and ensures timely payment by tenants
- Conducts inspections of tenanted properties to ensure compliance with lease agreements, and identifies and coordinates any necessary repairs or maintenance
- Resolves tenant complaints and issues, including addressing maintenance requests and resolving disputes
- Manages rental property finances, including budgeting, accounting and financial reporting
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in the property management team of a fictional real estate agency in a busy coastal town. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A good tenant renews, the owner is happy and a repair got fixed without any fuss
- A tricky disagreement ends with both sides satisfied that they were heard
- You match a family with a home that is exactly right for them
Hard days
- A tenant and an owner who each think you are on the other's side
- Late-night calls about a problem that cannot wait until morning
- Having to tell someone their application was not successful, again
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 622131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.