Real estate leasing manager to real estate manager
A real estate leasing manager already meets 70% of what the real estate manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
37.3/ 100
1 How much of what a real estate manager is expected to do is already part of a real estate leasing manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the real estate manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A real estate manager role treats 22 of its required skills as things a real estate leasing manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on financial matters
- analyse financial performance of a company
- analyse insurance risk
- analyse market financial trends
- collect rental fees
- compare property values
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 30 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A real estate manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a real estate leasing manager background worth leading with.
- already held collect rental fees management skills
- already held supervise property development projects management skills
- already held inform on renting agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held concurrent estate business, administration and law
- already held create insurance policies communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on property value communication, collaboration and creativity
All 30 carried skills, including the 22 the real estate manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn audit contractors required
- still to learn execute feasibility study required
- still to learn maintain financial records required
- still to learn provide cost benefit analysis reports required
- still to learn trace financial transactions required
- optional, not held value properties optional
- still to learn control financial resources required
- still to learn manage staff required
- still to learn monitor contractor performance required
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- still to learn budgetary principles required
- optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
- optional, not held negotiate with property owners optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a real estate manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 budgetary principles study this
- 02 audit contractors practise this
- 03 control financial resources practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 30 skills that carry over
- already held advise on financial matters skill
- already held analyse financial performance of a company skill
- already held analyse insurance risk skill
- already held analyse market financial trends skill
- already held collect rental fees skill
- already held compare property values skill
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held create a financial plan skill
- already held create insurance policies skill
- already held enforce financial policies skill
- already held financial analysis knowledge
- already held financial management knowledge
- already held financial statements knowledge
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held manage contracts skill
- already held obtain financial information skill
- already held organise a damage assessment skill
- already held property law knowledge
- already held real estate market knowledge
- already held strive for company growth skill
- already held supervise property development projects skill
- already held advise on property value skill
- already held attend trade fairs skill
- already held concurrent estate knowledge
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held examine the conditions of buildings skill
- already held inform on renting agreements skill
- already held plan health and safety procedures skill
- already held provide information on properties skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
- optional, not held negotiate with property owners optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- optional, not held value properties optional
19 held skills the real estate manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
- not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on investment skill
- not needed by the target role analyse the credit history of potential customers skill
- not needed by the target role building codes knowledge
- not needed by the target role building construction principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role check construction compliance skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with tenants skill
- not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role handle lease agreement administration skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role organise property viewing skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role plan buildings maintenance work skill
- not needed by the target role prepare inventory of properties skill
- not needed by the target role prospect new customers skill
- not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn budgetary principles required
- optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
Other moves recorded from real estate leasing manager
Common questions about this move
Can a real estate leasing manager become a real estate manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A real estate leasing manager already covers 70% of what a real estate manager is expected to do: 30 skills carry over, 22 of which the real estate manager role treats as required.
What skills does a real estate leasing manager need to become a real estate manager?
9 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is budgetary principles.
How hard is the move from real estate leasing manager to real estate manager?
Its learning distance is 37.3 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.