Also called: Landlord
Buys homes or apartments and rents them out, earning income from rent and rising property values.
You show a unit to a possible tenant, call a plumber about a leak and run numbers on a duplex for sale down the street.
Income depends on how many properties you own and how much debt you carry.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 2 years after high school. No degree; money for down payments and knowledge of local real estate.
Ways in: Self-taught, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Real Estate, Finance.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps screen tenants and price rent; buying property, repairs and landlord decisions stay human.
Classes: Personal finance, Accounting, Construction CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9141.
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