Leasing Consultant Job Description
Leasing consultant
provides direction and guidance to staff performing leasing and marketing, and customer service for the assigned apartment community.
Leasing Consultant Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Maintains current knowledge of marketing and leasing techniques
Responsibility for the affordable housing program
Manages all aspects of the leasing process, including, but not limited to, incoming traffic, qualifying prospects, leasing apartments, preparing lease paperwork and completing move-in paperwork
In this sales-driven role, you will quickly identify the needs of our prospective residents to help them find the perfect apartment home
Meets with prospective residents, identifies their housing needs, interviews them to determine eligibility based on established criteria, shows vacant and model suites and property amenities based on established techniques specified by the company
Assists with resident retention
Tending to the needs of tenants, including processing work orders and managing key cards
Administrative tasks in the office, including filing, maintaining records, answering and transferring phone calls, greeting and directing guests, and relaying necessary information to upper management
Build relationships with prospective residents, identify needs, show apartments, overcome objections, and close the deal by obtaining the lease paperwork
Open all correspondence on a daily basis (Hard copy & AP Team Email)
Leasing Consultant Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Leasing Consultant
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Education for Leasing Consultant
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Employers hiring for the leasing consultant job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Collage and Bachelor's Degree in Hospitality, Business, Marketing, Education, Supervision, Associates, Management, Technical, Computer, Design
Skills for Leasing Consultant
Desired skills for leasing consultant include:
Community and competitors in the industry to give potential residents all the information they need to make their decision
State
Apartment management laws and regulations at the federal
Local levels
OneSite and Yield Star
Aspects of leasing units and leasing documents in accordance with Company and Fair housing guidelines
Microsoft Outlook
Word and Excel
Marketing and leasing techniques
Affordable housing programs
Desired experience for leasing consultant includes:
Minimum of three years’ apartment leasing sales experience in an A+ high rise community
You will be the first point of contact with prospective residents, current residents, vendors or Fairfield associates
This position will tour, qualify and sell the property’s features to prospective residents
We look to you to use your customer friendly personality your ability to diffuse/resolve difficult situations while nurturing relationships
Using your strong administrative and computer skills, this position will manage various tasks, such as managing lease files, updating necessary paperwork and computer systems, completing marketing/advertising tasks, updating social media sites
Must have the ability to work independently and as part of a team of professionals
Leasing Consultant Examples
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Leasing Consultant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a leasing consultant. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for leasing consultant
- Alerts the Accounts Payable Manager and other appropriate personnel of accounts payable related problems and questionable invoices/documents
- Promptly answers and responds to inquiries from the staff, sites, management and vendors (as appropriate)
- Review statements and follow up with vendor regarding any outstanding invoices
- Reviews prior balances on statements/bills, checking for double payments
- Update/Maintain AP Log on a daily basis
- Prior sales experience in leasing, retail, banking, or other related fields(s)
Qualifications for leasing consultant
- Must possess professional written and verbal communication skills
- MINIMUM of two years’ LEASING CONSULTANT exp in a conventional apartment community
- Minimum of two years’ of leasing consultant experience in a sales-goal or commission based environment
- Experience with mixed-income buildings, a major plus!
- Must possess good computer skills including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
- Minimum of one year leasing experience in the multi-family industry
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Leasing Consultant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a leasing consultant. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for leasing consultant
- Associate's degree (A.A./A.S.) in Business or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience required
- 2-3 Saturdays a month -rotating Sundays off
- Initial questions most likely come through you first
- Experience with tax credit/section 8/market rate housing is a plus!
- At least one year of direct experience with the LEASING process
- At least two years of sales / leasing
Qualifications for leasing consultant
- Minimum of one year of office experience is required
- Minimum of two years’ apartment leasing experience in a sales-goal or commission based environment
- A minimum of 2-3 years of goal-driven sales and customer maintenance experience
- High School Diploma/BA with 0-5 years of experience
- Prior experience in leasing, sales, or hospitality preferred
- This position requires a High School Diploma/GED