Become a property manager in Australia | Step by step

14 Aug 2025 · 3 min

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In this segment, the speaker outlines the steps required to become a property manager in New South Wales, emphasizing the need for a Certificate in Property Services obtained through TAFE or a registered training organisation, followed by supervised work under a licensed agent. The discussion clarifies that the qualification must be paired with practical experience before progressing to a licensed agent status, and notes that supervision requirements may vary based on employment circumstances. The speaker also addresses common questions about the cost of training and management fees, providing a general overview of typical residential management fees in the eastern side of Sydney’s CBD, and lists the agency’s core service suburbs, including Darlinghurst, Surry Hills, Redfern, Chippendale, Kings Cross, Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay, Woolloomooloo, Rushcutters Bay, and Paddington.

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Another common question of what qualifications and what does that cost? Well, we're not a training organization, but as a property management business and as an employer, to become a property manager in New South Wales, of course, you need to have your license or your certificate in New South Wales again. What that means is you need to complete your certificate in property services, whether it's through TAFE or a registered training organization. Then you have to work under a licensed agent. But here's what people want to know. Yeah, so look, there's heaps of training organizations, but The system as it is currently is you need to have your tertiary type qualification, and that has to dovetail in with supervisional experience. And then you work your way through your qualifications and until ultimately you become a licensed agent of a given category that the government deems at the time. That hopefully, if that's one's aspiration, doesn't require such direct supervision unless you're, of course, employed under a licensing charge, depending on your employment circumstances. We also get asked a lot about management fees. Fees, fees, and money. So management fees. Look, I will speak for our core area. As we said, city fringe, Darlinghurst, Surry Hills, Redfern, Chippendale, Kings Cross, Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay, Woolloomooloo, Rushcutters Bay, Paddington. Cool. So the eastern side of the CBD. And I don't say these are our fees, but we're just very generalizing on sort of what colleagues and in general is for residential management. So