Property Manager (Leasing, Inspections + Maintenance) | Residential Rentals | On-site (Davis, CA) 🏠

About the role

Our client is a small property management company that manages rental homes in Davis and Woodland, California for individual owners. Operating since 2008 with a team of 5‑10 people, the owners run the business day‑to‑day and keep pricing simple — showings, tenant placement and vendor visits are included in the service, not extra charges. The role runs the day‑to‑day for the company's rental homes: showing units and signing leases, conducting move‑in and move‑out walk‑throughs, writing condition reports, calculating security‑deposit returns, coordinating repairs with vendors, handling rent issues and tenant notices, and keeping owners informed about their properties, repairs and costs. You will report directly to one of the owners, who steps in on any matter affecting an owner's money or a tenant dispute that could escalate. Success is measured by condition reports and deposit returns that stand up to scrutiny and by closing repair requests rather than merely scheduling them. Davis is a college town, so move‑ins and move‑outs tend to cluster around the academic year.

Responsibilities

• Show rental homes and answer applicants' questions
• Screen applicants, then prepare and sign leases
• Walk units at move-in and move-out and write the condition reports
• Work out security deposit returns from the condition report
• Take maintenance requests, dispatch vendors and follow up until the job is done
• Handle rent issues and send notices to tenants
• Keep owners updated on their properties, repairs and costs

Requirements

• An active California DRE real estate license
• Hands-on experience in residential property management or leasing, covering a good part of the work above
• Clear, careful writing for notices, condition reports and owner updates
• Comfort working on site across Davis and Woodland for showings, inspections and vendor visits

Skills

• Security deposit dispositions under California rules
• Experience in a college-town or other seasonal rental market
• Property management software, or tenant and owner portals
• Time at a small, owner-run company
• Working Spanish for tenant conversations
• Using AI tools to draft notices or reports

Benefits

• A direct line to one of the owners, with room to run your own day
• A small team where you'll see the whole business, not one department of it

Schedule

Full time, based in Davis, CA, mostly on site, with some admin possible from home.