Community Manager

What You'll Actually Do

This is a full-scope Community Manager role at a multifamily property in Gainesville, FL under Waypoint Management Services. You're running daily operations, leading a mixed team of leasing and maintenance staff, and owning the financial performance of the asset. That means monitoring delinquency, managing collections proactively, controlling expenses, and keeping occupancy where it needs to be.

You'll handle budget prep, track capex projects, and report on property performance with enough detail to drive real decisions. On the leasing side, you're watching traffic, conducting market surveys, adjusting strategy based on what competitors are doing, and closing. You're also the person vendors, contractors, and residents escalate to when things get complicated.

Team development is a real part of this job, not a line item. You're recruiting, coaching, and setting performance expectations for leasing agents and maintenance techs. Culture on-site reflects how you lead.

What You Bring

• At least 3 years as a property manager and 5 or more years in multifamily, including experience at Class A communities
• Solid financial background: budgeting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and capital project oversight
• Working knowledge of Yardi and CRM tools
• Demonstrated experience building and developing a site team
• Strong grasp of Fair Housing law, leasing procedures, and maintenance operations
• A track record of improving NOI through a combination of rent growth, retention, and expense discipline
• A bachelor's degree is preferred but not a hard requirement given the right experience

Context Worth Knowing

Gainesville is a college-influenced market, which means you're likely dealing with lease-up cycles tied to the academic calendar, a resident base with higher turnover than typical suburban multifamily, and a competitive landscape where concessions and marketing timing matter more than in steady-state markets. Managers who succeed here know how to run a tight make-ready schedule, keep renewal rates up despite seasonal move-outs, and stay visible in the local market.

What separates strong candidates from average ones here is financial ownership. Plenty of managers can handle resident relations and day-to-day ops. The ones who move up are the ones who treat the P&L like it's theirs, catch expense creep early, and can walk a supervisor through a T-12 without needing to be coached. If that's how you already operate, this role is a fit.

Waypoint offers quarterly manager bonuses, monthly leasing and renewal bonuses, an employee housing discount, benefits starting day one, 401k with company match, and 120 hours of PTO in year one with progressive increases.