Property Management - A Career and not just a Job

Property management has shifted in focus during the past 5 years in our industry. Today it is seen very much as an important asset to a real estate agency business. The property managers employed with Ray White are highly skilled and regularly attend continued training to ensure their own professional development.

When a property manager is required, our office looks for someone who has strong people skills, able to negotiate, articulate and well organized, able to multi-task and offer extremely high levels of service across the office.  

The demand for experienced property managers is now reached extreme levels. This is due to the growth in our business and the prospects of career advancement within the company have also risen.

Property managers are expected to operate a business within the overall agency business, managing, monitoring and maintaining the asset in the property for the landlord, and also ensuring that the rent roll in the business is perfectly maintained.

Property management is a very rewarding and satisfying career, and as part of the Ray White you will have access to new initiatives, the highest level of training and a support group of other property managers across Australia. 

We encourage anyone who is interested in not just a 9-5 role but a career that will provide you with steady income and an opportunity to be the very best to contact one of our offices.

Becoming a Property Manager

The Property Agents and Motor Dealers (PAMD) Act 2000, requires that any salesperson or property manager in a real estate office holds a Salesperson's Certificate from the Office of Fair Trading. The Salesperson's Certificate can be applied for after satisfactory completion of the Salesperson’s Registration Course and obtaining a position, or an offer of a position, in a real estate office. Application forms can be downloaded from www.fairtrading.qld.gov.au.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Be 18 years
  • Not affected by a bankruptcy action
  • No serious criminal conviction in Queensland or elsewhere within the preceding 5 years
  • Not currently disqualified from holding a licence or registration certificate
  • Meet educational requirements (Sales Registration Course)
  • Must have an employer or prospective employer

Salesperson Certificate/Sales Registration Course

5 modules of the Certificate IV in Real Estate Agency Practice
  • Real Estate Industry Overview
  • Introduction to Sales
  • Introduction to Property Management
  • Real Estate Consumer Protection
  • Contracts for the Sale of Land

Cost: $600/$700 (approx) depending on training organisation

Training Organisations

For more information about the Property Sales and Property Management Awards, visit www.psaq.org.au.