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Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers

$60.67K Median Salary 29.1K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 3.1% Job Growth

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About This Career

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).

Reported Job Titles

Apartment Manager, Community Association Manager, Community Manager, Lease Administration Supervisor, Leasing Manager, Occupancy Director, On-Site Manager, Property Manager, Real Estate Manager, Resident Manager

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Written Comprehension

Written Expression

Inductive Reasoning

Problem Sensitivity

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Deductive Reasoning

Information Ordering

Category Flexibility

Fluency of Ideas

Mathematical Reasoning

Near Vision

Number Facility

Selective Attention

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service

Administration and Management

Economics and Accounting

English Language

Law and Government

Public Safety and Security

Mathematics

Personnel and Human Resources

Computers and Electronics

Sales and Marketing

Education and Training

Administrative

Building and Construction

Skills

Speaking

Reading Comprehension

Active Listening

Coordination

Writing

Critical Thinking

Negotiation

Persuasion

Social Perceptiveness

Complex Problem Solving

Judgment and Decision Making

Management of Personnel Resources

Monitoring

Active Learning

Management of Financial Resources

Mathematics

Service Orientation

Time Management

Technology Skills

Data base user interface and query software

Word processing software

Accounting software

Web page creation and editing software

Access software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Desktop publishing software

Video creation and editing software

Office suite software

Cloud-based data access and sharing software

Operating system software

Internet browser software

Presentation software

Data mining software

Project management software

Web platform development software

Calendar and scheduling software

Tools

Ladders

Mobile phones

Pocket calculator

Notebook computers

Laser printers

Digital camcorders or video cameras

Special purpose telephones

Desktop computers

Laser fax machine

Security or access control systems

Two way radios

Photocopiers

Scanners

Digital cameras

Golf carts

Desktop calculator

Personal computers

Abilities

Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

Skills

Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Technology Skills

Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Accounting software: Billing software; Bookkeeping software; Intuit QuickBooks; Sage 50 Accounting
Web page creation and editing software: Facebook; Google Sites; LinkedIn; Social media sites
Access software: Citrix cloud computing software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Desktop publishing software: Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign; Microsoft Publisher
Video creation and editing software: YouTube
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software: Dropbox; Google Drive; Microsoft SharePoint
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Data mining software: Google Analytics
Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project
Web platform development software: Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
Calendar and scheduling software: Appointment scheduling software

Tools

Ladders: Extension ladders
Mobile phones:
Pocket calculator: Handheld calculators
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Laser printers: Computer laser printers
Digital camcorders or video cameras: Digital video cameras
Special purpose telephones: Multi-line telephone systems
Desktop computers:
Laser fax machine: Laser facsimile machines
Security or access control systems: Access control systems; Electronic article surveillance EAS sensing devices
Two way radios:
Photocopiers: Photocopying equipment
Scanners: Data input scanners
Digital cameras:
Golf carts:
Desktop calculator: 10-key calculators
Personal computers:

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