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Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate the selling, buying, leasing, or governance activities of commercial, industrial, or residential real estate properties. Includes managers of homeowner and condominium associations, rented or leased housing units, buildings, or land (including rights-of-way).

311,180 people do this job in the US. $69,990 a year.

now
32%

of the working time. Estimate.

Kinds of work
  • 58%
  • 34%
  • 8%
17%

Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.

Half the desk work within reach
Already

On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.

Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030

0%25%50%75%100%2027202820292030NowDesk work: 58% of the time
Chosen to Ceiling: the share
DateNow
NowEnd of 2030

What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .

At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.

How far this has come

With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 21%. Today's estimate: 32%.

0%10%20%30%40%2023202420252026GPT-4, March 2023: 0% within reachGPT-4 Turbo (Nov 2023), November 2023: 0% within reachGPT-4o, May 2024: 0% within reachClaude 3.5 Sonnet (June 2024), June 2024: 0% within reacho1-preview, September 2024: 0% within reachClaude 3.5 Sonnet (Oct 2024), October 2024: 0% within reacho1, December 2024: 0% within reachClaude 3.7 Sonnet, February 2025: 0% within reacho3, April 2025: 1% within reachGPT-5, August 2025: 1% within reachGemini 3 Pro, November 2025: 3% within reachClaude Opus 4.5, November 2025: 3% within reachGPT-5.2, December 2025: 4% within reachClaude Opus 4.6, February 2026: 4% within reachClaude Mythos Preview (early), April 2026: 21% within reachToday (estimate), September 2026: 32% within reach
Each step is a new best model measured by METR, four in five; the dashed end is today's estimate. Point at a dot for the model.

A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.

The tasks

Sorted by . 26 tasks from .

TaskKind
Manage and oversee operations, maintenance, administration, and improvement of commercial, industrial, or residential properties.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task.27%3.3 h1.7 h to 6.7 h49%Half by now
Plan, schedule, and coordinate general maintenance, major repairs, and remodeling or construction projects for commercial or residential properties.Done daily by most who do it. 12%2.5 h1.3 h to 1 work day51%Half by now
Direct and coordinate the activities of staff and contract personnel and evaluate their performance.Done daily by most who do it. 11%1.7 h50 min to 3.3 hStays with people
Solicit and analyze bids from contractors for repairs, renovations, and maintenance.Done more than yearly by most who do it. 10%3.3 h1.7 h to 6.7 hStays with people
Direct collection of monthly assessments, rental fees, and deposits and payment of insurance premiums, mortgage, taxes, and incurred operating expenses.Done more than monthly by most who do it. 8%2.5 h50 min to 6.7 hStays with people
Inspect grounds, facilities, and equipment routinely to determine necessity of repairs or maintenance.Done daily by most who do it. 4%1.7 h38 min to 4.2 hStays with people
Act as liaisons between on-site managers or tenants and owners.Done more than monthly by most who do it. 4%50 min25 min to 1.7 h99%Half by now
Investigate complaints, disturbances, and violations and resolve problems, following management rules and regulations.Done daily by most who do it. 4%1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h77%Half by now
Clean common areas, change light bulbs, and make minor property repairs.Done daily by most who do it. 3%50 min25 min to 1.7 hStays with people
Prepare and administer contracts for provision of property services, such as cleaning, maintenance, and security services.Done more than yearly by most who do it. 3%3.3 h1.7 h to 6.7 h49%Half by now
Prepare detailed budgets and financial reports for properties.Done more than yearly by most who do it. 2%6.7 h3.3 h to 2.5 work days10%Half by May 2027
Confer regularly with community association members to ensure their needs are being met.Done more than monthly by most who do it. 2%1.7 h25 min to 3.3 hStays with people

Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.

Jobs that share skills with this one

From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

Where this job works

The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).

Where the most of these jobs are

The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).