Property Manager

Student housing property management sits at one of the more demanding intersections in residential real estate: you're running a full business operation while managing a resident base that turns over almost entirely every 12 months. At PeakMade Real Estate, this Property Manager role in Davis, California carries that full weight. You'll own the NOI, the leasing strategy, the team, and the resident experience at an off-campus community serving UC Davis students.

What This Role Actually Covers

The scope here is genuinely broad. On the financial side, you'll build and manage the annual operating budget, track performance against it, and report to your Regional Manager with accurate operational and financial data. Rent collection, delinquency monitoring, and reconciliation fall to you, as does identifying cost control opportunities that protect NOI without sacrificing the resident experience.

Leasing strategy is a real part of the job. Student housing runs on a highly compressed leasing cycle, and you'll direct marketing and sales plans designed to hit budgeted occupancy before the annual turn. You'll keep close tabs on competitor properties and make sure your team knows the product and the market just as well as you do.

On the people side, you'll recruit, train, coach, and evaluate your on-site staff. You'll also own the Turn process from start to finish, which in student housing is one of the highest-stakes operational events of the year. Every unit cycling through make-ready in a condensed window demands tight coordination between leasing, maintenance, and administration.

• 4+ years of property management experience required
• 2 years in student housing management preferred
• Comfort reading monthly financial statements and building annual budgets
• Experience with property management software; Entrata strongly preferred
• Full-time, on-site presence required
• High school diploma required; college degree preferred

Where This Role Leads

For a property manager who wants to move toward a Regional Manager position, student housing is one of the better training grounds. The annual lease-up cycle forces you to sharpen leasing strategy in ways that conventional multifamily doesn't always require. The Turn builds operational discipline under real time pressure. And managing a younger resident demographic develops communication and conflict-resolution skills that transfer cleanly to any asset class. Managers who come out of student housing tend to read occupancy trends and traffic patterns with more urgency than their conventional peers. That instinct compounds over time.

PeakMade is an Atlanta-based company with a national portfolio spanning student housing, multifamily, and build-to-rent communities. The Davis property sits in a college town with a stable, enrollment-driven demand base, which gives you predictable traffic patterns to work with even as you manage the intensity of annual renewals and new leases. Compensation for this role is set in the $80,000 to $85,000 range annually, with the final number reflecting experience and fit.