Apartment Locator (Real Estate Sales)

Smart City Apartment Locating; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart City Locating is hiring a full-time Leasing Agent to guide renters through Houston apartment hunts. You will chat with clients, build tailored property lists, and conduct tours with leasing partners, guiding them to their next home.

We emphasize client-focused service with no cold calling. Earn commission, with top performers reaching six figures; expect flexibility and local travel to tours across Houston as you grow in residential real estate.

Qualifications

• Empathetic and sociable candidate with a client-service mindset.
• Self-driven and goal-oriented with a winning attitude.
• Strong follow-up skills and persistence in outreach.

Responsibilities

• Manage the client relationship from initial inquiry to lease signing.
• Chat with clients via text, phone, and email as the go-to contact.
• Build hyper-personalized apartment lists based on client needs.
• Tour properties with clients and coordinate with leasing partners to place renters.

Skills

Empathetic

Social

Goal-oriented

Follow-up

Education

Texas Real Estate License coursework

Job description

Smart City is looking for our next great human.

People are moving to Houston every day, and apartment hunting is a nightmare—47 open tabs, unanswered phone calls, and "special move-in pricing" on an apartment's website with zero additional context. We remove the complexity and mystery of the apartment hunting process for our clients, and we need more humans to help us do it.

How it works: Our marketing and CX teams bring in the leads (check us out @smartcityhtx on Instagram and TikTok). You chat with renters, learn what they actually want, tour apartments all over Houston with them, and lease them at their next place.

Client pays rent → the apartment complex pays you → our service remains free to the client. Win/Win/Win.

What you'll actually do:

• Manage the client relationship from "help, I need an apartment" to lease signed
• Chat with clients via text, phone, and email (you're their go-to person)
• Build hyper-personalized apartment lists based on what they actually care about
• Tour properties, work with leasing agent partners, get people into places they love

People who succeed in this role are:

• Empathetic, social, a little bit of a hype person
• Self-driven and goal-oriented — you like winning
• Can laugh at yourself when things go sideways (they will, occasionally)
• Organized in your own way, a follow-up whiz, persistent (in an endearing way)

Compensation:

This role is commission-based. Full-time agents averaging 10-14 leased clients/month land between $70K–$100K+ per year. Top performers clear $100K+.

Why Smart City:

• We generate the leads. No cold calling, ever. People come to us.
• A launchpad into residential real estate, if that's a future goal, this is where you start.
• Flexibility, with an asterisk. Your schedule follows your clients. Some evenings, some weekend tours, but you own your time off as long as clients get 5-star service.
• Get paid faster. We advance 30% of the invoice at move-in confirmation, so you're paid 60-90 days sooner than most brokerages.
• Tenure pays. Your commission percentage grows the longer you're here, up to 90%.
• We promote from within. 90% of our exec leadership team started as agents. Seriously.

What you'll need:

• Willingness to complete your Texas Real Estate License coursework within 6 weeks of your offer (we'll walk you through it)
• A laptop (MacBook strongly encouraged) — you're reachable and searching on the go
• An iPhone (our custom CRM's mobile app is iOS-only)
• Comfort with local travel around Houston for tours

Smart City is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and does not discriminate based on race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law, in connection with any aspect of employment at Smart City Locating.