Leasing Professional - The Commons at Drum Hill

Greystar; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Greystar in Boston is seeking a Leasing Associate to coordinate marketing, leasing, and renewal strategies to achieve occupancy and revenue goals. You will conduct tours, process applications, and ensure a smooth move-in for new residents.

You will monitor market conditions, implement short- and long-term marketing plans, use OneSite or Yardi to track activity, and prepare lease renewals with residents. A customer-focused approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in leasing and sales environments.
• Ability to qualify prospects and process applications.
• Familiarity with move-in procedures and paperwork.

Responsibilities

• Greet and qualify prospects, conduct community tours.
• Process applications, perform credit and background checks.
• Prepare leases and move-in packages for new residents.
• Coordinate short- and long-term marketing plans to drive occupancy.
• Inspect units for move-in readiness and coordinate with maintenance.
• Follow up with prospects to convert leases and renewals.
• Maintain show units and merchandising to a high standard.
• Track occupancy and traffic using property management software.

Skills

Sales & Leasing

Customer service

Marketing coordination

Market research

Team collaboration

Tools

OneSite

Yardi

Job description

ABOUT GREYSTAR Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $350 billion of real estate in more than 260 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, managing over one million units/beds globally. Across its platforms, Greystar has nearly $79 billion of assets under management, including over $34 billion of development assets and over $36.5 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

This position is responsible for coordinating the community’s marketing, leasing, and renewal strategies to achieve occupancy, revenue, and resident retention goals by performing all activities related to leasing to new residents, providing resident satisfaction throughout the term of the lease, and securing resident lease renewals.

Essential Responsibilities

• Performs all sales and leasing activities to achieve the community’s revenue and occupancy goals by greeting and qualifying prospects, conducting community tours and showing apartments, processing applications, credit screening, and criminal background checks, preparing the lease and move-in package, and ensuring a smooth resident move-in and lease signing.
• Inspects apartments prior to resident move-in and ensures apartments are in move-in ready condition and schedules any outstanding item to be addressed with the maintenance team.
• Stays informed about current market and competitor conditions that may impact the community’s occupancy and sales results, develops and implements short- and long-term marketing plans and goals to sustain occupancy, and follows the community’s established policies related to concessions, specials, and other programs to boost occupancy.
• Designs and executes marketing activities to create and drive traffic to the community, including implementing resident referral and employer outreach programs, using internet marketing tools (Craigslist, Facebook, e-mail, and other websites), and following other community-specific marketing plans, drives, and special programs.
• Uses the on-site property management software (OneSite, Yardi, etc.) to track apartment availability, record traffic and leasing activities, manage resident and prospect data, and capture critical demographic and other information about existing and future residents.
• Ensures that the community and show units meet the company’s standards for show quality by daily inspecting the marketing corridor and leasing tour, communicating maintenance and upkeep needs to the community’s maintenance team members, merchandising and ensuring a physically appealing show unit and/or model and amenities, and preparing the leasing office for daily leasing activities.
• Follows-up with prospects and new residents to ensure satisfaction by sending e-mail, thank-you notes, and cards or making telephone calls or other contacts to finalize decisions to lease and/or renew.
• Executes and performs activities in support of the community’s lease renewal program by preparing lease renewal letters and packages for residents, meeting with and contacting renewing residents in advance of move-out dates, and ensuring that lease renewal documents are signed and implemented on time.
• Responds quickly and courteously to resident and client/owner concerns and questions, and takes prompt action to solve problems and/or document and convey resident or other requests to the appropriate individual(s).

Required Licenses or Certifications

• Incumbents must have all licenses and/or certifications as required by State and Local jurisdictions
• Incumbents must have valid driver's license to operate a golf cart on property.

Physical Demands

Incumbents need to be able to stand, walk, and