Property Manager

Property management at the community level is where all the disciplines converge: leasing, financials, maintenance coordination, staff development, and resident relations all land on one desk. CommonPlace is hiring a Property Manager for their Raleigh-area community, and this role carries the full weight of that responsibility. You're running the site, leading the team, and owning the resident experience from first tour through renewal.

What This Role Covers

Day-to-day, you're overseeing leasing activity and guiding prospective residents through the full cycle: tours, applications, screenings, deposits, lease execution, and move-in. You're also managing the financial side, building and tracking budgets, monitoring variances, handling accounts payable and receivable, and completing month-end and year-end reporting. That financial fluency matters here. CommonPlace expects accurate, timely reporting, not just operational instincts.

On the maintenance side, you'll conduct regular property inspections and coordinate with your team to keep units move-in-ready and common areas clean and safe. Retention programs, resident concerns, vendor relationships, and marketing campaigns all fall within your scope as well. You're also the hiring manager, trainer, scheduler, and performance evaluator for your on-site staff, which means your leadership style directly shapes how the team operates.

• 3 to 5 years of property management experience in a leadership capacity
• Fair Housing knowledge with certification required
• Demonstrated experience managing budgets and producing financial reports
• Strong communication and conflict resolution skills across residents, staff, and vendors
• OneSite and AppFolio experience preferred
• Valid driver's license and current auto insurance
• On-site presence five days per week

Where This Role Builds Skills

The craft of property management compounds in a full-cycle role like this one. You already need to arrive with budget fluency, leasing fundamentals, and the confidence to lead a team through conflict and change. What you'll develop further is the judgment that comes from owning outcomes completely. When occupancy dips, you're diagnosing the cause and adjusting marketing strategy. When delinquency creeps up, you're making the call on how to address it. When a make-ready falls behind, you're working the punch list alongside your maintenance team. That kind of decision-making, practiced consistently, is what prepares a property manager to step into a regional or multi-site role.

CommonPlace grounds its work in a community-first philosophy, which shows up in how they expect their managers to handle resident relationships: with professionalism, approachability, and genuine follow-through. The company offers a base salary of $65,000 with performance-based incentives, along with medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, 401k, and paid vacation, sick, and volunteer time.