Leasing Consultant
About the role
Our Leasing Consultants are people who make a big impact in many small ways - a friendly smile, a welcoming greeting, a genuine interest in the people walking through our leasing office doors. Our Leasing Consultants create a positive and lasting influence on visitors, prospects, and residents by understanding the importance of first impressions. As a Leasing Consultant, you manage your own success by attaining leasing goals, such as occupancy and rent growth, and by building positive rapport with prospects and residents.
Essential Job Function
Customer Service (30%): Deliver unmatched service to prospects and residents to exceed expectations and nurture satisfaction. Guide prospects through the leasing experience to make renting easy. Serve as the liaison through the application, leasing screening, and move-in process, including all related paperwork. Fully dedicated to prospects through answering calls, emails, chats, and texts. Encourage prospects to apply.
Sales (40%): Communicate detailed information regarding communities and apartments to prospects. Generate interest in the community by conducting informative and personalized tours that result in new leases. Drive the sale by highlighting the quality of the community and the lifestyle of an apartment home. Develop deep knowledge of the rental process and their assigned markets neighborhoods and translate that into successful sales interactions. Employ effective selling techniques to close the sale. Work collaboratively with the onsite team to exceed occupancy goals and objectives.
Licensing & Administration (30%): Actively participate in the leasing process by monitoring inbound leads, qualifying prospects, leasing apartments, touring prospects, following up after each tour, and completing move-in procedures in accordance with established policies and procedures. Proactively manage all leads and customer experience using the Customer Relationship Management Software (CRM). Complete assigned CRM tasks within the appropriate time frame. Manage leasing requests from existing residents, including lease breaks, roommate additions, unit transfers, and more. Run applications, communicate screening results, prepare and send leases, and collect all required information and documentation for a smooth move-in process. Inspect apartments prior to resident move-in to ensure move-in ready condition and schedule any outstanding items with the maintenance team. Master the leasing process in its entirety, from post-tour follow-up emails and prompt prospect calls to closing all tasks in the CRM.
Requirements
- High school diploma/GED required. Associate degree in Customer Service/Hospitality preferred.
- 1-2 Years of sales and customer service experience including reaching sales goals in a fast-paced environment (e.g., property management, hospitality, retail, or restaurant) required.
- 1-2 Years of previous leasing experience within the multifamily property management industry preferred.
- Demonstrated success in goal setting/achievement and following a sales process.
- Knowledge of federal and state apartment housing laws.
- Adherence to Fair Housing laws and Brookfield leasing policies and procedures.
- High energy, sales and customer service driven.
- Reliable, high attention to detail, self-motivated, and self-managing.
- Able to work well with diverse individuals.
- A customer-focused mentality, a sharp professional appearance and sales aptitude.
- Fair housing laws, affordable housing programs, Microsoft Office, personal accountability, persuasiveness, and closing sales technics.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends: our communities are busiest on the weekends, so that's when we need you there. Your schedule will include regular days off that fall between Monday through Friday.
Compensation
Commensurate with Experience $ 16.76 - 23.46 hourly. Competitive Commission Program. Bonus commission. Renewal commission. Housing discount. Other Bonuses & Incentives where applicable: Referral Bonus, Training Coach Bonus, Renovation Bonus, Lease-Up Bonus, Leasing & Occupancy Contests. Great Incentives!
About Brookfield Properties
We are proud to create a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are grateful for your interest in this position, however, only candidates selected for pre-screening will be contacted. #BPMF