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Property Management Agents

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  • Job description
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2024-2028
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals manage and rent buildings. They work for:

  • Developers
  • The public service
  • Property management companies
  • Management services

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Negotiate and approve rental agreements or leases and ensure compliance.
  • Prepare and administer contracts for real estate services (maintenance, security, alarm systems, etc.).
  • Hire and supervise operations, management, or maintenance personnel.
  • Coordinate repair, maintenance, and renovation work.
  • Monitor the progress and costs of the work.
  • Compile and maintain records of operating costs and revenues.
  • Inspect apartments to check if they conform to market value.
  • Respond to customer or tenant claims.
  • Manage deposits in case of damage.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.
Minimum
$21.00
Median
$32.00
Maximum
$58.97

Job prospects for 2024-2028

Les 2 champs de sélection ci-dessous vous permettent de comparer 2 régions. Les données des régions seront automatiquement mises à jour à la sélection. Par défaut, la province de Québec est sélectionnée pour la première région.

Job prospects for 2024-2028

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Very good

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2023

All of Québec

8,000

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
50.6% Female
49.4% Male

Not available.
  • 50.6% Female
  • 49.4% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2020

All of Québec

$56,000

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • None

All of Québec

  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
    NAICS 53
    71% of jobs
  2. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    7% of jobs
  3. Construction
    NAICS 23
    4% of jobs
  4. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    3% of jobs
  5. Business, building and other support services
    NAICS 55, 56
    3% of jobs
  6. Others
    12% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
    NAICS 53
    71% of jobs
  2. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    7% of jobs
  3. Construction
    NAICS 23
    4% of jobs
  4. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    3% of jobs
  5. Business, building and other support services
    NAICS 55, 56
    3% of jobs
  6. Others
    12% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Secondary school diploma

Sometimes required

  • Administrative experience in the following may be required:
    • Building Management Clerk
    • Contract Clerk
    • Administrative Officer

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Data collection
  • Oral expression
  • Coordination
  • Active listening
  • Reading comprehension
  • Negotiation
  • Information processing
  • Written expression
  • Critical thought
  • Social perception
  • Persuasion
  • Judgment and decision-making
  • Human resource management
  • Service oriented
  • Active learning
  • Result evaluation
  • Time management
  • Solving complex problems
More Less skills

Abilities

  • Written comprehension
  • Oral comprehension
  • Verbal skills
  • Speech clarity
  • Awareness of issues
  • Written expression
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Speech recognition
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Near vision
  • Classification
  • Information organization
  • Originality
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Knowledge and attributes

  • Leadership
  • Knowledge of administration and management
  • Autonomy
  • Capacity to adapt
  • Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
  • Knowledge of customer and personalized services
  • Capacity to work in a team
  • Versatility
  • Tolerance to stress
  • Vitality

Interests

  • Direct, organize, and manage
  • Draft, communicate, and inform
  • Work in sales or client service
  • Self-employment

Personality profiles (RIASEC)

Enterprising
People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Conventional
People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Investigative
People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Additional information

Official name of the NOC 13101

Property administrators

Job titles

  • Property administrator
  • Accommodation officer
  • Rentals agent
  • Building managing supervisor
  • Residential property manager
  • Housing development officer
  • Apartment rental agent
  • Commercial building rental agent
  • Leasing and development officer - public works
  • Property rental agent
  • Accommodation planning officer
  • Chief of property management
  • Property section head
  • Accommodation coordinator
  • Property leasing coordinator
  • Property management operations coordinator
  • Property acquisitions area manager
  • Strata property manager
  • Commercial property manager
  • Housing project manager
  • Property rentals manager
  • Landlord/landlady
More Less job titles

Skill type

Business, finance and administration

Related occupations

  • Facility operation and maintenance managers
  • Janitors, caretakers and heavy-duty cleaners
  • Real estate agents and salespersons

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi

Last update: January 29, 2026

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