Real estate manager to real estate leasing manager
A real estate manager already meets 65% of what the real estate leasing manager role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
41.7/ 100
1 How much of what a real estate leasing manager is expected to do is already part of a real estate 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 leasing manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A real estate leasing manager role treats 16 of its required skills as things a real estate manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse financial performance of a company
- analyse insurance risk
- collect rental fees
- compare property values
- corporate social responsibility
- create insurance policies
What stands in the way is 7 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 leasing manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a real estate 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 16 the real estate leasing manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 6 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 communicate with tenants required
- still to learn prospect new customers required
- still to learn communicate with customers required
- still to learn handle lease agreement administration required
- optional, not held advise on investment optional
- still to learn perform project management required
- still to learn supervise staff required
- optional, not held organise property viewing optional
- optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
- optional, not held plan buildings maintenance work optional
- still to learn advertising techniques required
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held prepare inventory of properties optional
- optional, not held analyse the credit history of potential customers optional
- optional, not held maintain records of financial transactions optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held building codes optional
- optional, not held building construction principles optional
- optional, not held check construction compliance optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a real estate leasing manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 communicate with tenants practise this
- 02 prospect new customers practise this
- 03 advertising techniques study 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 analyse financial performance of a company skill
- already held analyse insurance risk skill
- already held collect rental fees skill
- already held compare property values skill
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held create insurance policies skill
- already held enforce financial policies skill
- already held financial analysis knowledge
- already held financial statements knowledge
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held inform on renting agreements skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held property law knowledge
- already held provide information on properties skill
- already held real estate market knowledge
- already held strive for company growth skill
- already held advise on financial matters skill
- already held advise on property value skill
- already held analyse market financial trends skill
- already held attend trade fairs skill
- already held concurrent estate knowledge
- already held create a financial plan skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held examine the conditions of buildings skill
- already held financial management knowledge
- already held manage contracts skill
- already held obtain financial information skill
- already held organise a damage assessment skill
- already held plan health and safety procedures skill
- already held supervise property development projects skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on investment optional
- optional, not held organise property viewing optional
- optional, not held prepare inventory of properties optional
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held analyse the credit history of potential customers optional
- optional, not held building codes optional
- optional, not held building construction principles optional
- optional, not held check construction compliance optional
- optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
- optional, not held maintain records of financial transactions optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held plan buildings maintenance work optional
14 held skills the real estate leasing manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role audit contractors skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role control financial resources skill
- not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
- not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role modern portfolio theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor contractor performance skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate with property owners skill
- not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role trace financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role value properties skill
4 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 advertising techniques required
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held building codes optional
- optional, not held building construction principles optional
Common questions about this move
Can a real estate manager become a real estate leasing manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A real estate manager already covers 65% of what a real estate leasing manager is expected to do: 30 skills carry over, 16 of which the real estate leasing manager role treats as required.
What skills does a real estate manager need to become a real estate leasing manager?
7 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is communicate with tenants.
How hard is the move from real estate manager to real estate leasing manager?
Its learning distance is 41.7 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.