real estate managertoreal estate investor
A real estate manager already meets 50% of what the real estate investor role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
50%
49.6/ 100
1 Share of the real estate investor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the real estate manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A real estate investor role treats 8 of its required skills as things a real estate manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- compare property values
- examine the conditions of buildings
- modern portfolio theory
- obtain financial information
- property law
- provide cost benefit analysis reports
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A real estate investor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a real estate manager background worth leading with.
- already held negotiate with property owners communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held supervise property development projects management skills
- already held concurrent estate business, administration and law
- already held examine the conditions of buildings information skills
- already held value properties information skills
- already held provide information on properties communication, collaboration and creativity
All 14 carried skills, including the 8 the real estate investor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held collect property financial information required
- required, not held perform property market research required
- required, not held estimate profitability required
- required, not held maintain records of financial transactions required
- optional, not held prepare inventory of properties optional
- required, not held asset management required
- required, not held banking activities required
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
- optional, not held tax legislation optional
- required, not held handle financial transactions required
- optional, not held plan buildings maintenance work optional
- optional, not held building codes optional
- optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
- optional, not held communicate with banking professionals optional
- optional, not held actuarial science optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a real estate investor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 collect property financial information skill · sector specific
- 02 perform property market research skill · sector specific
- 03 asset management knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 14 skills that carry over
- already held compare property values skill
- already held examine the conditions of buildings skill
- already held modern portfolio theory knowledge
- already held obtain financial information skill
- already held property law knowledge
- already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- already held real estate market knowledge
- already held value properties skill
- already held attend trade fairs skill
- already held concurrent estate knowledge
- already held negotiate with property owners skill
- already held provide information on properties skill
- already held supervise property development projects skill
- already held trace financial transactions skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held actuarial science optional
- optional, not held prepare inventory of properties optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held building codes optional
- optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
- optional, not held communicate with banking professionals optional
- optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
- optional, not held plan buildings maintenance work optional
- optional, not held tax legislation optional
30 held skills the real estate investor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on financial matters skill
- not needed by the target role advise on property value skill
- not needed by the target role analyse financial performance of a company skill
- not needed by the target role analyse insurance risk skill
- not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends skill
- not needed by the target role audit contractors skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect rental fees skill
- not needed by the target role control financial resources skill
- not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
- not needed by the target role create a financial plan skill
- not needed by the target role create insurance policies skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role enforce financial policies skill
- not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
- not needed by the target role financial analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial statements knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow company standards skill
- not needed by the target role inform on renting agreements skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role monitor contractor performance skill
- not needed by the target role organise a damage assessment skill
- not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role strive for company growth skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held asset management required
- required, not held banking activities required
- optional, not held actuarial science optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held building codes optional
- optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
- optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
- optional, not held tax legislation optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.