Do you get energy from helping others and working with people? If so, leasing and community management could be the residential property management (RPM) career field for you.

Working as part of a close-knit team, you’ll help build and nurture friendly, welcoming communities. RPM companies reward talent and hard work, so over time you can move up to regional community manager and oversee a real estate portfolio!

Leasing Consultant

Experience in retail, hospitality, or other jobs that involve customer service can be helpful.

To learn more, download our Leasing Consultant Brochure. This brochure describes compensation, benefits, and other advantages of the leasing consultant career path.

Community Manager or Assistant Community Manager

Experience in bookkeeping, accounting, data administration, or customer service can be helpful.

To learn more, download our Community Manager Brochure or our Assistant Community Manager Brochure. These brochures describe compensation, benefits, and other advantages of the community manager career path and the assistant community manager career path.

Leasing Consultant
Annual Base Salary Range*
Entry Level: $30,900–$41,400
Experienced: $41,200–$60,200
Regional Marketing Director: $80,800–$110,700

Additional Earnings*
Bonus Pay: 17.8–20.3% of salary

Assistant Community Manager
Annual Base Salary Range*
Entry Level: $38,600–$52,500

Additional Earnings*
Bonus Pay: 13.3% of salary

Community Manager
Annual Base Salary Range*
<150 units: $43,700–$60,900
150–300 units: $54,600–$73,900
301-450 units:$62,700–$82,800<150 units: $43,700–$60,900
>450 units: $72,600–$95,200
Regional Manager:$102,800–$145,400

Additional Earnings*
Bonus Pay: 15.6–19.7% of salary

Housing Benefits
For all positions, some employers offer rent reductions of 20% or more.

* Source: 2020 CEL & Associates Real Estate Compensation Survey. These salary ranges are not reflective of every market and may be higher or lower depending on geographic area and employer.

RPM Career Options: Leasing Consultant

For people with customer service experience, working as a leasing consultant is a great entry point to residential property management (RPM). Discover what makes a great leasing consultant and why the job is so rewarding.

 

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