北西雅圖社區(qū)學(xué)院

This program prepares students for a career in either residential or commercial property management. It is a multi-disciplinary curriculum, combining business, accounting, and real estate courses. This bachelor’s degree program combines a business, accounting, or real estate AAS-T degree with upper division courses in property management. Our focused curriculum ensures students are prepared for career opportunities upon graduation.

The program is ideal for business and accounting students who want to make the transition to an exciting career in property management. Real estate professionals who want to move into or specialize in property management can benefit from having a four-year degree.

This is a dynamic, well-paying, in-demand occupation many have never heard of, and North is offering the first affordable and flexible bachelors of its kind on the West Coast.

Dynamic Property Management is booming! It is a critical segment of the much broader real estate industry and this part of the industry is looking for highly skilled professionals. Property Managers manage real property assets. The typical office building or apartment complex is a multi-million-dollar asset, and its manager is recognized as the CEO of the business enterprise that property represents.

Property management offers job opportunities at many levels – ranging from front-line site managers and leasing agents to company executives and portfolio managers. In addition, a variety of staff positions in accounting, marketing, leasing, maintenance, human resources support overall property management responsibilities.

A property manager’s primary responsibilities generally fall into five areas:

1. Management of the physical property, including maintenance, inspections, operations, capital improvements, and sustainability.

2. Human resources, including interacting with tenants, managing and leading the people who maintain and support the property’s operations, and working with property owners.

3. Financial management, including budgeting, accounting, financial and investment analysis, and financing.

4. Marketing and leasing, including developing marketing plans and strategy, advertising and preparing the space for rent, showing the property, negotiating leases, and establishing rents.

5. Legal and risk management, including insurance, emergency planning, government regulations, contracts and leasing.