How Leading Real Estate Firms Are Scaling With Global Talent (Without Sacrificing Quality)

The fastest-growing real estate companies aren’t just buying buildings. They’re building better teams.

From property management groups to private developers, firms are under pressure to scale, but rising local salaries, talent shortages, and turnover make it hard to hire the people they need.

That’s why more real estate firms are turning to global hiring. Not for outsourcing or short-term contractors, but for fully embedded professionals who understand the real estate industry, operate as an extension of the team, and support long-term growth.

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What Roles Are Being Filled Globally?

Top real estate firms are hiring global professionals across multiple functions:

• Property Accountants & Controllers, handling AP/AR, bank recs, month-end close, CAM reconciliations, and financial reporting
  
  
• Lease Administrators, abstracting leases, updating data in Yardi/Buildium/Entrata, ensuring compliance
  
  
• Marketing Coordinators & Managers, creating listings, managing digital campaigns, running CRM workflows
  
  
• Executive Assistants & Admin Support, calendar management, investor reporting, vendor communication
  
  
• Operations & Billing Coordinators, tenant portals, invoice follow-up, billing coordination, and vendor management
  
  
• Virtual Asset Managers, tracking performance, helping manage day-to-day property-level execution, assisting in investor reporting and strategic planning
  
  
• Underwriters & Investment Analysts, supporting acquisitions with pro forma modeling, comps, deal review, and financial due diligence

These professionals integrate into internal teams, work U.S. hours, and run on your systems, no hand-holding required.

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Why Global Hiring Works So Well in Real Estate

• Real estate-specific experience, candidates often come from U.S./Canadian firms and understand the structure, workflows, and lingo
  
  
• Speed to hire, new team members can start in under 3 weeks
  
  
• Stronger retention, global hires value long-term stability and perform with ownership
  
  
• Lower payroll pressure, salaries are 30–60% lower without sacrificing talent
  
  
• Timezone overlap, full U.S. schedule coverage, with real-time collaboration across departments

Where the Talent Is Coming From

Firms are building global teams across strategic markets:

• Argentina 🇦🇷 & Colombia 🇨🇴 — controllers, accountants, and marketing leads with deep U.S. real estate exposure
  
  
• The Philippines 🇵🇭 — EAs, operations managers, and tenant-facing admin talent, highly organized, fluent in English
  
  
• Eastern Europe (Romania 🇷🇴 , Serbia 🇷🇸 )  — strong analytical talent for financial analysis, underwriting, and reporting
  
  
• Mexico 🇲🇽 & El Salvador 🇸🇻 — bilingual support staff who blend nearshore convenience with relevant sector experience
  
  

Talent Gems doesn’t just post job ads, we headhunt directly from firms where candidates already understand the pace and performance expectations of the real estate sector.

What This Looks Like in Practice

A real estate investment firm in Florida recently brought on three full-time global hires through Talent Gems: a lease administrator in the Philippines, a property accountant in Argentina, and a billing coordinator in El Salvador. All three attend weekly team calls and reduced reporting turnaround by 40%.

Another developer in Ontario hired a marketing coordinator in Colombia to manage listings, campaigns, and CRM follow-ups, freeing up the internal team to focus on strategy and investor relations.

Real impact. Real ROI. No compromise.

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Final Thought

The real estate market is competitive. Margins are tight. Talent is harder to find and harder to keep.

Outsourcing doesn’t give you the commitment you need. Local hiring is expensive and slow.

But global hiring? When done right, with industry-trained, embedded professionals, it’s a game changer.

Book a call with Talent Gems and let’s build the global real estate team that takes you to the next level.

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