A real estate administrative assistant keeps a real estate office running smoothly, assisting a real estate agent with various tasks so that they can focus on making sales. As a real estate administrative assistant, you help meet the clerical needs of the real estate agency. Your job falls somewhere between a secretary and a property manager, and your duties include answering phones, taking messages, sending emails, distributing office memos, preparing correspondence, and scheduling appointments. You may also collect rent payments and update listings on the Multiple Listing Service, or MLS.