Training to become a real estate management assistant is a course that ends with a certificate and provides you with the basic knowledge of real estate management. Further training to become a real estate manager, on the other hand, is a preparatory course for a federal professional examination (BP) which, if passed, leads to a federal specialist certificate.

The content of further training courses to become a real estate management clerk can vary greatly depending on the training provider, degree and duration. In terms of content, the course can look something like this:

• Real estate accounting (bookkeeping; real estate accounting; real estate valuation approaches; mortgages; value maintenance; rental income; provisions; postings; yield calculation; budgets)
• Property management (change of tenants; caretaking; ancillary and heating cost billing; condominium owners' meetings; billing of operating costs; reporting; advertisements; self-management)
• Building documentation; tenant damage accounts; insurance; handover protocol)
• Law (legal bases; rental agreement, defects, contract theory).

Topics such as construction cost plan, family law, commercial register, condominium ownership, energy efficiency, re-letting measures, building damage, bankruptcy proceedings, rent structuring and other topics are also part of this further training. For exact content, please contact the individual training providers directly for further training as a real estate administrator.

No special prior knowledge of the real estate sector is required for a course in real estate management. Ideally, participants should meet the personal requirements in terms of enjoyment of learning, intensive commitment to further training, regular class attendance (at least 80%) and initiative for self-study.

Furthermore:

• Good written and spoken German (level C1)
• Basic accounting knowledge according to the edupool self-assessment test
• At least two years of general professional experience (note: the apprenticeship period is taken into account here)
• Recommendation: edupool commercial school diploma, basic commercial vocational training or equivalent training

You can achieve the following with training as a real estate management clerk:

• Entry into the real estate industry through solid basic training for all important real estate management skills
• all the necessary knowledge to establish yourself as a specialist in the Swiss real estate landscape
• Solid basic knowledge and skills in the areas of construction, real estate management, real estate accounting and law
• Knowledge of all services and customer needs in property management, condominium management and real estate accounting
• act as a contact person for clients, customers and employees in the administrative management of the properties
• are familiar with all administrative and technical issues relating to real estate
• Ideal preparation for Edupool exams as a real estate management clerk
• Further development possible after the Real Estate Management Clerk training to become a Federal Diploma of Higher Education in Real Estate Management

The following learning content is taught in a further training course for real estate management clerks:

• Commercial arithmetic
• Management of rental properties incl. tenancy law
• Management of condominiums incl. condominium law
• Real estate management
• Structural knowledge
• Debt enforcement and bankruptcy law
• Insurances
• Real estate accounting/financial accounting
• Law
• Communication technology/methodological competence

The content of a course to become a real estate manager or real estate management specialist can vary greatly depending on the school, focus and scope. The contents of three schools are listed here as examples.

• School 1: Construction Law, Real Estate Management, Real Estate Accounting.
• School 2: Management of rental properties and condominiums, legal issues, debt collection, real estate marketing, construction knowledge, real estate financing, taxes, sales techniques, insurance.
• School 3: Management of rental properties, debt collection, insurance, construction knowledge, dealing with complaints.

Further training in real estate management provides graduates with the following skills:

• Basic knowledge of real estate management
• Knowledge of employer services and customer needs in the areas of property management, condominium management and property accounting
• Routine solution of job-specific tasks
• Practice-oriented knowledge transfer
• Practical application of methods and instruments
• Customer and market-oriented mindset
• Social competence and trust
• Foundations for further training in the holistic real estate industry

The certificate courses to become a real estate administrator / real estate management specialist differ considerably not only in terms of content but also in terms of time. For example, you will find courses with a total of 60 lessons over two months, with lessons two evenings a week, and others that take place once a week on an evening plus once a month on a Saturday morning over the course of a year with a total of 200 lessons. The length of a course in property management therefore depends primarily on which school you choose and the scope of your training.

Real estate certificate courses at clerk level:

• Real Estate Management Clerk
• Real estate marketing clerk
• Real estate valuation clerk
• Real Estate Accounting Clerk

The certificate courses are aimed at people who wish to prepare for entry into the real estate sector by acquiring the necessary basic knowledge. The course is also recommended for people who are already working in the real estate sector and would like to deepen or consolidate the knowledge they have acquired in practice.

As the work of a property manager involves extensive knowledge of personnel management, law, property management, property accounting, building maintenance and other areas, sound training as a property manager is essential. This can take the form of a Federal Professional Examination, a certificate course in real estate management, a course at a College of Higher Education leading to a degree in business administration CHE or a Bachelor's degree in facility management, business administration or real estate at a University of Applied Sciences.