Assistant Property Manager

Location: Remote from South Africa; U.S. client business hours required

Company

hirify.global is recruiting for a client seeking support for residential, commercial, or mixed-use property operations.

What you will do

• Serve as the first point of contact for tenants, handling questions about rent, leases, policies, and maintenance.
• Process new leases, amendments, renewals, signatures, applications, showings, and leasing documentation.
• Track rent payments, delinquent accounts, late fees, deposits, refunds, and security deposits.
• Create and monitor maintenance work orders, coordinate vendors, communicate updates to tenants, and verify completed work and invoices.
• Maintain tenant files, leases, notices, inspections, applications, and compliance records in an audit-ready condition.
• Support occupancy, vacancy, turnover, leasing, rent collection, maintenance, and owner portfolio reporting.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in property management, real estate operations, leasing administration, or a similar role.
• Hands-on experience with AppFolio, Yardi, Buildium, or similar property management software.
• Familiarity with lease agreements, leasing workflows, tenant communication, rent collection, Fair Housing requirements, and landlord-tenant regulations.
• Strong Microsoft Office and Google Workspace skills, organization, multitasking, and independent work capability.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication and availability during U.S. business hours are required.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting portfolios of 100+ units.
• Experience with residential, commercial, or mixed-use properties and multi-state landlord-tenant requirements.
• Exposure to property accounting, owner statements, security deposits, financial reporting, and vendor coordination.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work aligned with U.S. business hours.
• Hands-on ownership across leasing, tenant relations, rent collection, maintenance, compliance, and reporting.
• Direct interaction with tenants, vendors, owners, and Property Managers.
• Career growth opportunities toward Property Manager, Senior Property Manager, Portfolio Coordinator, or Real Estate Operations Manager roles.

Hiring process

• Initial phone screen followed by a video interview with a hirify.global recruiter.
• Practical task involving a lease renewal or mock maintenance request, followed by a client interview.
• Offer, background verification, and a required one-way Spark Hire video interview for qualified candidates.