Assistant Property Manager

Cottonwood Residential is filling an Assistant Property Manager role at Cottonwood Ridgeview Apartments in Plano, TX. If you want to attend in person, Cottonwood is hosting a walk-in hiring event at Stonebriar of Frisco Apartments (5200 Town and Country Blvd, Frisco, TX 75034) on Friday, May 22nd from 12 to 4pm. No appointment needed.

This is a front-line operations role. Day to day, you're processing rent payments, tracking delinquencies, keeping resident files current, and coordinating with vendors. When legal notices need to go out, you're preparing and delivering them. When the property manager is out, you run the community. That last part matters more than it sounds. Stepping into that seat, even temporarily, means understanding how every moving part connects: occupancy, collections, traffic, lease activity, and resident relations all land on your desk at once.

Cottonwood was an early mover on Self-Guided Tours, which changed how their sites handle traffic and convert prospects. That means the leasing side of this role isn't purely transactional. You'll be thinking about the full prospect-to-resident arc, not just answering phones and handing out keys. Candidates who've worked in sales or service environments tend to adapt to that model faster than those who haven't.

Entrata Core is the platform here. If you've logged time in it, great. If not, comfort with property management software in general goes a long way. A working understanding of basic accounting is genuinely required since rent collections, ledger accuracy, and delinquency management are core to the job. Fair Housing knowledge is expected at any professional level in this industry, and this role is no exception.

What Cottonwood is looking for

• Prior leasing, sales, or customer service experience
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Basic accounting fluency (collections, ledgers, charges)
• Familiarity with Fair Housing Laws
• Entrata Core experience is a plus
• Weekend availability is required

The compensation package includes a competitive base plus a quarterly bonus structure, full health, vision, dental, life, and disability benefits (available within the first 30 days), a 401k with company match, HSA match, 120 hours of PTO in year one, and 10.5 paid holidays.

Plano is a competitive submarket with strong renter demand. For someone building a career in multifamily, an APM role at a company that invests in leasing innovation is a reasonable path toward a property manager seat. The skills you build here, collections discipline, vendor coordination, delinquency management, leasing conversion, carry directly into that next step.