Common Employers

Real estate managers are employed by owners of real estate, either directly or through third-party management firms, and the manager’s job is affected by the type of employer.

Common employers of real estate managers include the following:

• Property management firms and full-service real estate companies - providing management services in exchange for a fee (the insider lingo is "fee managers")
• Developers - overseeing company-owned properties
• Commercial banks - managing their investment portfolios or properties held in trust
• Real estate investment trusts - providing expertise in managing groups of investment properties
• Insurance companies - supervising investment properties directly or through third-party managers
• Mortgage brokerage firms - providing real estate management services for lenders and market investment properties to investors
• Specialty users - managing the real estate assets of the military, government, educational, and religious or other specialty organizations