Business phone system for residential property managers in Tennessee

The residential property management company industry in Tennessee

County Business Patterns counts 970 establishments in Tennessee classified as Residential Property Managers (NAICS 531311) for 2023. They employed 7,291 people in mid-March and reported $399.6 million in annual payroll. That is the 19th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Residential property managers make up 0.65% of the 150,129 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Tennessee has 13.4 residential property managers, 24.9% below the national rate of 17.9. The average establishment has 7.5 employees against 8.8 nationally. Payroll per employee is $54,804, 6.8% below the U.S. figure of $58,786.

Where residential property managers in Tennessee are concentrated

Census published residential property management company counts for 21 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Tennessee. The largest is Nashville, TN, with 406 establishments. Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 69% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at residential property managers in Tennessee

63.7% of Tennessee's residential property managers with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 64.9% nationally. 84.3% had fewer than ten. That is the size of team where a missed call usually means nobody was free, not that nobody was on staff.

Calls a residential property management company in Tennessee has to catch

Property managers hear from tenants, owners, prospective renters and vendors, and maintenance calls can be urgent. Separating leasing calls from maintenance and routing emergencies after hours keeps small teams sane. That holds for residential property managers in Tennessee as much as anywhere.

Calls a residential property management company in Tennessee might handle in a typical week include:

• A tenant calls about a leaking water heater.
• The manager calls a tenant about a late payment.
• An owner calls about a monthly statement.

After-hours calls

Maintenance emergencies happen at night, so after-hours routing to an on-call person is especially important here.

Callata voicemail is transcribed and triaged for urgency, and business-hours routing decides where calls go once you close.

Phone system pricing for an 8-person residential property management company

Residential property managers in Tennessee average 7.5 employees, so the comparison uses an 8-person team. On a per-user plan that headcount sets the bill: $199.60 a month on Ooma Office Pro or $240.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core at list price (checked September 28, 2026). On Callata the same 8 people cost $159.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $972. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in Tennessee

Tennessee has 8 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your tenants and owners know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for residential property managers in Tennessee

Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.

If you already have a number in Tennessee, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.