Floating Leasing Consultant
About the role
We’re looking for a talented leasing consultant who will coordinate all activities related to apartment rentals, move-ins, move-outs, and lease renewals. The leasing consultant will interact directly with prospective and current residents to achieve maximum occupancy and ensure resident retention and client satisfaction.
Responsibilities
- Focuses on the needs of others by listening, understanding, and showing empathy and respect.
- Ensures excellent customer service to prospective and current residents and promotes a quality living experience for all.
- Generates and handles traffic, qualifies prospective residents, leases apartments, prepares lease documentation, and completes move-in paperwork and processes.
- Maintains accurate and detailed records of traffic activity by entering applicable information into the computer.
- Follows up with all prospective residents via phone, mail or email.
- Converts phone traffic into scheduled appointments with prospective residents in order to tour the property.
- Inspects apartments prior to resident move-ins and ensures apartments are in move-in condition by coordinating move-in/out needs and schedules with the maintenance team.
- Creates and maintains confidential resident files, which include reviewing move-in paperwork with new residents.
- Completes weekly leasing reports in accurate and timely fashion.
- Safeguards all open and close procedures are completed daily.
- Assists with ongoing resident relations throughout the occupant’s tenancy by ensuring requests are responded to promptly and accurately.
- Responsible for shopping competitive properties.
- Inspects buildings and grounds to ensure safety and cleanliness, and alerts maintenance to items that need to be repaired.
- Aids in processing work order requests for residents and ensures work is completed in a timely manner.
- Supports management by providing clerical support such as answering phone calls, filing, and processing property invoices, as needed.
- May be asked to assist with planning and implementing resident activities in order to increase resident retention.
- Complies with all company policies, applicable health and safety rules and regulations, as well as applicable local, state, and federal laws.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- High school diploma is required.
- Minimum of one year of previous sales experience is preferred.
- One year of previous residential leasing experience is preferred.
- Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills with the ability to relate to others.
- Prior experience in Yardi Voyager or another equivalent system is preferred.
- Basic level knowledge with Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively and sensitively communicate with all levels of management.
- Sensitivity to confidential matters is required.
- Ability to work independently and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment with a strong sense of urgency.
- Ability to relay technical concerns with adequate detail, quickly and accurately.
- Capability to read, write, comprehend, and converse in English.
- Ability to use general office equipment, such as telephone, fax machine, printer, copier, and key track system.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to cope with and defuse situations involving angry or difficult people.
- Must maintain a valid driver’s license, clean driving record and current auto insurance is required.
- Must comply with all safety requirements.
- Required to complete and successfully pass the Avenue5 Fair Housing, Diversity and Inclusion Training within the first 30 days of employment.
Skills
- Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills with the ability to relate to others.
- Prior experience in Yardi Voyager or another equivalent system is preferred.
- Basic level knowledge with Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively and sensitively communicate with all levels of management.
- Sensitivity to confidential matters is required.
- Ability to work independently and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment with a strong sense of urgency.
- Ability to relay technical concerns with adequate detail, quickly and accurately.
- Capability to read, write, comprehend, and converse in English.
- Ability to use general office equipment, such as telephone, fax machine, printer, copier, and key track system.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to cope with and defuse situations involving angry or difficult people.
Benefits
Our award-winning culture includes being a top 15 national finalist on the Best Places to Work Multifamily™, Certified as a Great Place to Work® since 2017, listed as one of the Best Workplaces in Real Estate™, ranked second on the 100 fastest-growing private companies in Washington by The Puget Sound Business Journal, and ranked 6 on the 2026 National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) Top 50 Managers List. We offer new opportunities every day and provide a supportive and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered.
Pay
$21 to $23 per hour
Schedule
Flexible schedule to accommodate property management needs.