Become a Real Estate Property Manager

In contrast, community association managers are hired by homeowner condominium associations, cooperatives or planned community associations to manage and oversee the maintenance and daily affairs of the common property and facilities owned jointly by the homeowners. These can encompass community pools, golf courses, community centers, all landscaping and parking areas, or any other community common areas. They are also often tasked with overseeing homeowner compliance with community guidelines and local ordinances.

Many property managers start out as real estate agents or brokers and use their knowledge of the real estate industry to make effective decisions regarding property operations, rents and property marketing. Taking courses in a real estate school or attending a professional program in property management can be very helpful to your property manager career development. As you gain more experience and more education, you may move on to managing larger properties or groups of properties and may move into other areas of real estate such as development or finance.