Collections Associate – Landlord/Tenant Administration

🕒 August 31

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

📞 Collections

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Fairstead

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501 - 1000 employees

🏗️ Construction

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Construction • Healthcare • Hospitality

Fairstead is a national real estate development and management company focused on creating, acquiring, rehabilitating, and operating affordable multifamily housing and mixed-income communities. The firm partners with public, nonprofit, and community organizations to deliver resident services, public‑private programs, and digital inclusion initiatives that support aging in place, community health, and economic opportunity. Fairstead emphasizes impact-driven redevelopment, preservation of affordable units, and building resilient, walkable neighborhoods.

📋 Description

• Directly own and manage a dedicated geographic portfolio of collections and landlord/tenant litigation matters. • Monitor all landlord/tenant litigation within the assigned geography from initiation through resolution. • Arrange and lead monthly update meetings with local landlord/tenant counsel to review case status and next steps across the portfolio. • Enter and maintain landlord/tenant case updates in the property management system on a timely and accurate basis. • Work with community managers, regional staff, and outside local landlord/tenant counsel to initiate non-payment legal proceedings against current tenants on a regular, consistent cadence, as well as holdover and other proceedings on an as-needed basis. • Serve as a first point of contact, together with the community manager, for outside landlord/tenant counsel on information requests and settlement negotiations. • Ensure consistency, timeliness, and compliance with company standards in the initiation, management and tracking of collections and landlord/tenant legal matters. • Identify trends or issues across the assigned geography and escalate to the regional operations staff and the Collections and Landlord/Tenant Administration Manager, as appropriate. • Monitor and report on portfolio KPIs (e.g., case aging, cycle time, and recovery rate) within the assigned geography. • Perform other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required. • Minimum of two (2) years of prior paralegal or legal case management experience required; experience with landlord/tenant, eviction, or collections matters strongly preferred. • Experience with property management systems (e.g., Yardi, RealPage, or similar) preferred. • Strong organizational and case-management skills, with the ability to manage a high volume of active matters across multiple jurisdictions simultaneously. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with outside counsel, community managers, and regional staff. • Sound judgment and discretion in handling sensitive tenant, legal, and settlement information. • Ability to work independently in a remote environment and manage competing deadlines across an assigned geography.

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous employer contribution for Medical Insurance through Meritain Health. • Employer Paid Vision Plans. • Company Matched 401(k) Retirement Plan: 100% of the first 3%; 50% of the next 2%. • 12 paid Holidays. • 15 days of PTO. • 7 Sick days. • Employer Paid Life Insurance. • Flexible Spending Account. • Nationwide Pet Insurance. • Disability Insurance. • Laser Correction Discount. • Employee Discounts on appliances, apparel, and more.