Property manager

Property manager
building manager, rental property manager, property manager, rental manager
From rental to renovation work, the property manager manages the lots of apartments or offices entrusted to him. He finds tenants, establishes leases and collects the rents paid to his clients. On a daily basis, he ensures the payment of insurance, distributes costs between tenants and owners, launches calls for tenders for the completion of maintenance and renovation work, the execution of which he monitors.


Professional life
Start as an assistant
In a small or large property management agency, a young graduate can assist a property manager, take charge of a rental department, or even join an accounting department which collects rents and charges, pays taxes and charges. .
Take responsibility
Career development depends on the size of the company and personal motivations. After 5 to 7 years of experience, it is possible to administer a property portfolio and supervise a team of managers. The administrator may also be entrusted with the administration of new housing. In this case, he is responsible for its delivery and ensures supervision of the work.
Obtain the professional card
To set up on their own, a property manager must have a professional real estate management card, renewable each year. This card is issued by the prefecture to holders of at least a baccalaureate + 3 in a legal, economic or commercial specialty, or a BTS in a real estate specialty.
Beginner's salary
2000 to 2250 euros gross per month.
Working conditions
Manage and promote
With regard to his clients, the property manager assumes different responsibilities. It ensures that it finds solvent tenants and guarantees the payment of rent. Manager of real estate assets, he is responsible for the good general condition of the building. It is also a driving force for increasing the value of a property.
Moving from the office to the field
He divides his time between his office and his visits to the real estate sites for which he is responsible. In business, he handles day-to-day affairs (recovery of unpaid debts, preparation of leases, management of complaints, etc.). Outside, he shows potential tenants around the apartments or supervises work in progress in the building.
Create your agency
On a daily basis, the administrator manages relations between owners, tenants and service companies (responsible for maintenance or work). He can also supervise a team of real estate managers. When he runs his own agency, this experienced professional is totally responsible for his activity, from supervising teams to increasing his turnover.
SKILLS
Comfortable with building law and techniques
Managing rents, launching calls for tenders to carry out work, advising clients or informing them of new laws in force in real estate: all of this requires legal and technical knowledge. Other useful skills: a taste for numbers and rigor in accounting management.
Mediator position
Availability, sense of contact and diplomacy are assets to occupy this position of intermediary between owners and tenants. Heating breakdown, request for receipt or various complaints... The property manager must provide answers to all questions as quickly as possible.
Information and advice
A fine connoisseur of the real estate market and legal texts, he informs his clients and tenants of their obligations, and ensures that they are respected. Attentive to the value of real estate assets, he advises his clients in the event of work (restoring a stairwell, an apartment, tearing down partitions, etc.) to enhance the value of their property.
Nature of the work
Rental management
Mandated by an owner, the property manager manages the rental of real estate. Its clients are mainly individuals who invest in real estate or companies who rent buildings or office space. Among his main missions, he organizes site visits in order to find the “ideal” tenant. It is he who establishes the lease and is responsible for the inventory of fixtures. Manager above all, he ensures that the future occupant presents sufficient financial guarantees. The property manager collects the rents before paying them back to the owners. It distributes the payment of charges between the two parties.
Property management
On a daily basis, he ensures the day-to-day management of the property for which he is responsible. For example, paying bills (insurance, heating, maintenance, etc.) and taxes, upkeep and maintenance of properties (from cleaning to renovation work). He is the one who chooses