How to become a real estate agent or property manager

Official title: Real estate agents and property managers

Also called: Estate agent, Property manager, Realtor, Salesperson (real estate)

Real estate agents and property managers arrange the sale, purchase, rental and lease of real estate and property, usually on behalf of clients and on a commission basis.

Main tasks

• Obtaining information about properties to be sold or leased, the circumstances of their owner and the needs of prospective buyers or tenants
• Showing properties to be sold or leased to prospective buyers or tenants and explaining terms of sale or conditions of rent or lease
• Facilitating negotiations with tenants and owners on rents and fees
• Drawing up leasing and sale agreements and estimating costs
• Arranging signing of lease agreements and transfer of property rights
• Collecting rent and bond monies on behalf of owners and inspecting properties before, during and after tenancies
• Ensuring the availability of workers to perform maintenance of the properties

Ways in

• Qualifications Framework: Vocational Qualifications Pathway: Property Management. The Qualifications Framework publishes a Vocational Qualifications Pathway for the Property Management industry (物業管理業), showing QF-recognised qualifications by level: https://www.hkqf.gov.hk/pm/en/vqp. Link between the industry and this job by Peernovo.
• Licence or registration: Registering body: Estate Agents Authority. Law: Estate Agents Ordinance (地產代理條例), Cap. 511. Summary by Peernovo; check the body's current rules.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$27,000 a month
• About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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• Employment agents and contractors
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Questions people ask

How do I become a real estate agent or property manager?

Ways in include: Vocational Qualifications Pathway: Property Management.

Do you need a degree to become a real estate agent or property manager?

Not always. 50% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Ways in include: Vocational Qualifications Pathway: Property Management.

Will AI change the work of a real estate agent or property manager?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026