Lease-up Community Manager - Buckland Cottages

On-Site Community Manager

Buckland Cottages
· New Construction Lease-Up

2950 NW 9th Street, Corvallis, OR 97330
· Full-time, W-2, exempt
· Reports to Ross Leavitt, Principal Broker

Monday-Friday, plus evening and weekend tours as needed during lease-up. Approximately 10 months, pre-leasing through stabilization and handoff. On-site residence required.

$66,000 base ($5,500/month), uncapped occupancy bonuses, rent-free housing, and benefits.

Buckland Cottages is a 53-home build-to-rent community of freestanding one- and two-bedroom, two-story cottages arranged around a central lawn/pavilion and multiple gardens on a gated, fenced site. It is the largest cottage cluster in the state. Opening October 2026; pre-leasing is underway.

Trinity Property Management, LLC is an Oregon property management brokerage in Corvallis. This is a small team: you work directly with the principal broker, with written authority over concessions within budget.

You will run the lease-up from first listing to stabilized occupancy, then hand off operations.

• - Furnish the model and take over the marketing campaign (listings, ads, follow-up).
• - Tour prospects, convert qualified traffic, and process applications under Fair Housing and Oregon landlord-tenant law.
• - Execute leases, collect deposits, and complete move-in inspections.
• - Manage residents, rent collection, and accounts in Buildium; coordinate maintenance, landscaping, and builder-warranty items.
• - Report weekly on traffic, conversion, and occupancy against plan.
• - Issue first-cycle renewals at stabilization; train a successor and document operations.

• Experience successfully completing multifamily new construction lease-up.
• 3 years of multifamily community management.
• Working knowledge of Fair Housing and Oregon landlord-tenant law.
• Strong sales and follow-through; organized files and accurate records.
• Driver’s license and transportation.
• Willing and able to live on-site for the assignment.

• Base: $66,000 per year, paid semi-monthly.
• Monthly occupancy bonus: $250 for each unit the month-end leased count sits above the cumulative baseline. Floor of zero, no cap, no clawbacks. Baseline assumes zero pre-leases (each pre-lease you execute starts you ahead of the curve and pays out every month), 6 units per month after occupancy.
• Completion bonus: $6,000 when 49 of 52 rentable cottages are leased and the handoff checks clear.
• Housing: pick of any available cottage, rent-free. Valued at $23,000-$26,000 per year, tax-free. Guaranteed for 10 months from move-in; unused months convert to cash if the lease-up is completed early. Employee pays standard resident utilities. Furnished option available for relocating candidates. On-site residence is a condition of employment. Reimbursement for housing prior to C of O.

• Employer contribution toward health insurance.
• Retirement plan available.
• 20 days of combined PTO for the assignment: 3 days at start, 10 on Nov 1, 7 on Mar 1. Vacation in September and October is not approved except for illness or emergency. Unused PTO paid out at separation at base salary.
• Paid holidays.

Office work at the model cottage, daily walking of the community, and coordination with the Corvallis office five minutes away. Cottages are two-story. The role requires walking the property in all weather and lifting up to 25 pounds.

Employment is at-will. The stated salary is an annualized rate and is not a contract for a fixed term. Trinity Property Management LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Registered business name with the Oregon Real Estate Agency. Principal Broker:
Ross Leavitt. Work is in person.