Pros
Sometimes they buy you lunch. The bare minimum. Benefits, non-discriminatory hiring. A lot of diversity in the office staff and vendors. You'll meet incredible people. residents or vendors. You'll learn what it is to struggle, through perspective of others. The money, and commission is fine. The work isn't rocket science, a toddler can do it. You just have to have really thick skin and be completely unafraid of confrontation.
Cons
Where to even begin! - Typical tedious, unresponsive upper management. If your property flies under the radar because it's "low-maintenance", you'll never hear or see from upper management. - You are the mouth for a landlord. You give people fees they can't afford, fine people for circumstances they can't control. - Some managers will do a walkthrough after move-out and intentionally upcharge because they didn't like said resident. You can be stuck with unbelievably narcissistic coworkers. - You really have to be thick skinned. If you have anxiety or social anxiety, every other day will have something that will be extremely anxiety inducing. It can be stressful a lot of the time, since you're dealing with the same angry residents all week. - Money hungry is the way to go! You charge people egregious rates for poor-condition apartments. If you have no heart, and feel okay bowing down to your corporate overlords, then go ahead. Personally, I can't justify nor do I feel comfortable telling people "It's okay that you got an $800 increase. It's just the market, duh!" - A lot of movement happens within the company; when one property manager position opens up, everyone kinda shifts over or all around. I've seen on-site employees move up to corporate positions and power-trip so hard, it's hilarious. - You'll meet some rude residents, some who are straight up racist to your face, but there's no real procedure on how to handle it they're just like yeah people gonna be racist too bad
