Full - Time Leasing Consultant

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide excellent service to all residents, prospects, and visitors to the community.
• Effectively lease apartments in accordance with occupancy goals.
• Follow Fair Housing Standards in all dealings with prospects and residents.
• Coverage of outside marketing under the direction of the Assistant Manager and the Community Manager.
• Conduct application reviews for each lease, including credit and income verifications and background checks.
• Complete lease paperwork and files for each resident, including the lease, all addendums, and proper documentation and signatures.
• Ensure the condition of leased apartments prior to move-in, including a final inspection.
• Follow up with residents throughout their lease terms, promote the annual renewal campaign for the community, manage lease renewals, and complete lease documents.
• Complete all tasks necessary to successfully operate the leasing office.

Specific Responsibilities

• Daily/Weekly:
  • Daily Opening and Closing Procedures: Perform a daily “marketing” inspection, including the check of the model, the condition of the leasing path, and amenities areas. Pick up trash while carrying a trash bag and sparkle kit.
  • Answer all phone calls, emails, and voicemails that come in throughout the day.
  • Signed Inspection: Inspect bootlegs, banners, balloons, and brochures.
  • Leasing Office/Clubroom Appearance: Vacuum and clean clubroom as needed, if not performed by housekeeper.
  • Refreshments: Prepare cookies or restock candy, beverages, and coffee each morning. Notify Community Manager when supplies are needed.
  • Leasing: Greet prospects and show apartments and coordinate the leasing process. Review applications from applicants and provide information to Assistant Community Manager for verification.
  • Leads: Maintain Guest Cards and maintain leasing notebook. Follow-up on all traffic with a Thank You email the same day as their visit and a phone call within 24 hours of their visit. Review all Leads on a weekly basis and ensure that they are complete with notes on follow-up communication.
  • Applications: Enter prospect information into Entrata as directed by Assistant Community Manager. Follow up with applicant to retrieve any incomplete information.
  • Lease Files: Once Lease file is complete and all signatures have been provided, ensure that a completed lease file is forwarded to Assistant Community Manager for review and approval. Once approved, send a copy to resident and file lease properly.
  • Work Orders: In conjunction with Maintenance Team, enter work orders into Entrata. Provide a follow-up call if work cannot be completed within 24 hours. File work orders. Notify Community Manager of problems.
  • Renewals: complete renewal effort tasks as necessary.
• Monthly/On-Going:
  • Leads: Archive inactive Leads. Ensure Leads and Applicants in Entrata are up to date.
  • Outside Marketing: Conduct outside marketing under the direction of the Assistant Manager and Community Manager.
  • Audit: Complete audits of lease files and Entrata data as instructed by the Assistant Manager and Community Manager.
  • Market Knowledge: Stay up to date with competitor rental rates, features, and specials to effectively overcome objections while marketing apartments to prospective residents.

Qualifications

• Professional and enthusiastic demeanor resulting from sales, leasing, marketing, and customer service experience.
• Able to demonstrate a positive attitude and to enthusiastically and effectively communicate the benefits of the apartment community to prospective students, their parents, and University personnel.
• Excellent customer service, sales, and negotiation skills.
• Good communication and listening skills.
• Able to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Able to read and understand lease documents.
• Able to be an effective team player and interact well with others.
• Organized and detail oriented.
• Patient, even-tempered and works well under pressure.
• Able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, legal correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Able to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Able to compute rate, ratio, percentage, discounts, and pro-rations.
• Able to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Effective time management skills.
• Able to maintain confidentiality.
• Able to follow directions from a supervisor.
• Able to understand and follow posted work rules and procedures.
• Able to accept constructive criticism.
• Able to work weekends or overtime as job requires.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred; or High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Other and/or Preferred Education/Experience

• Knowledgeable in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Knowledge in Entrata preferred.