Leasing Consultant - Temporary and Temp to Hire

Career Strategies Inc. seeks leasing consultants to provide exceptional service at apartment communities.

This exciting role encompasses sales, customer service and marketing skills. The primary responsibility of this position is to lease apartments through product demonstration and implementing marketing strategies.

Other responsibilities include resident retention and customer satisfaction for the current residents and prospective residents.

Administrative duties include completing lease paperwork, updating web advertising and inquiries, and completing leasing reports.

Other responsibilities include thorough product knowledge of major competitors through site visits and telephone surveys.

Primary Duties

• Respond to leads, answer prospect calls, schedule appointments, conduct property tours and promote attractive community features
• Greet visitors (residents, future residents and internal team members)
• Prepare refreshments
• Maintain thorough product knowledge of the property and that of major competition
• Accurately prepare and have a thorough knowledge of all lease-related paperwork
• Maintain prospect traffic and leasing data, and assist with other computer data entry as necessary
• Deliver new resident gifts and move in packets
• Inspect units for move-ins to ensure units are ready
• Assist with planning and hosting of resident functions
• Collect application fees, deposits and rent
• Prepare and submit application materials for approval
• Follow up with prospects after viewing homes or submitting applications
• Prepare service requests
• Prepare move-in / move-out notices, inspections or procedures
• Utilize established sales and marketing strategies to increase property traffic, maintain closing ratios and work to achieve and exceed budgeted occupancy percentages

Categories : Property Management, Residential, Apartment, Leasing, Rental, Real Estate

About You

Ideal candidates must possess a dynamic personality with the ability to interact and connect with all different personalities.

Extraordinary communication skills coupled with a confident approach is critical to this role. A reliable, can-do spirit.

Successful candidates may have previous backgrounds in : real estate, banking, customer service, management, retail, restaurant, hospitality / hotel, reception, administrative and sales.

• Must have minimum 1 year customer service and / or sales experience
• Professional appearance
• Reliable means of transportation
• Ability to be prompt and on time every day
• Ability to solve problems and work with minimal supervision
• Office skills : customer service, typing, clerical, computer, telephone
• Best candidates are friendly, outgoing and display a positive, upbeat attitude
• Self-motivated individuals who are excellent multi-taskers and HIGHLY reliable excel in this role
• Bi-Lingual skills, knowledge of tax credit, fair housing laws, safety issues and / or a working knowledge of property management software such as YARDI, MRI, ONESITE, POP CARD, ON-SITE or YIELDSTAR are a PLUS
• Respectful of the boundaries of confidentiality, fair housing laws and safety
• Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. Equal Employment Opportunity
30+ days ago