Leasing Team Member

About the role

The Leasing Team Member will reward your people skills, sales experience, high energy, positive attitude and excellent performance with great earnings possibilities and outstanding advancement opportunities. The Leasing Team Member strives for 100% occupancy through retention of existing residents, leasing current availability and pre-leasing of future availability.

Responsibilities

• Be an ambassador for customer service by consistently going above and beyond to ensure that Cardinal customers are satisfied.
• Utilize the Cardinal Way of Leasing by:
  • Warmly greeting prospective clients
  • Answering incoming leasing calls
  • Determining needs and preferences
  • Professionally presenting the community and apartment homes
  • Utilizing feature/benefit selling
  • Closing the sale
  • Following up
• Complete all lease applications and lease file paperwork.
• Maintain accurate lease file documentation in accordance with company policy; participate in lease file audits as assigned by the Community Manager.
• Maintain cleanliness of the tour path to ensure for a positive first impression of the community.
• Demonstrate a positive and professional attitude with team members, residents, prospective residents, and vendors.
• Participate in and assist with planning community events.
• Assist with various additional community projects as assigned by the Community Manager.
• Participate in Cardinal U training as required.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of customer service and sales experience.
• Strong communication skills.
• High-energy and enjoys a fast pace environment.
• Enjoys and takes pride in providing excellent service.
• Great with people — warm, friendly and helpful in person and on the phone.
• Basic computer skills: typing and writing ability for correspondence, memos, etc.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Available evenings and weekends.
• Ability to embody the Cardinal Culture and Cardinal Core Values every day.
• Preferred career experience: Leasing Agent, Leasing Consultant, Real Estate Leasing Receptionist, Leasing Specialist.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Team Member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Incumbents work both inside and outside of apartment buildings and in all areas of the property including amenities and have frequent exposure to outside elements where temperature, weather, odors, and/or landscape may