Leasing Specialist — Growth, Benefits & Flexible Hours

Greystar Worldwide, LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Paid time off

Housing discount

Sabbatical

401(k) match

Parental leave

Employee assistance

Charitable giving

Job summary

Greystar Worldwide, LLC in Austin, TX is seeking a Leasing Consultant to coordinate marketing, leasing, and renewal strategies to achieve occupancy and revenue goals. You will greet prospects, conduct tours, process applications, and ensure a smooth move-in and lease signing.

The role requires knowledge of on-site software, strong customer service, and the ability to follow up with prospects and renewing residents to maximize occupancy and resident satisfaction.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Performs all sales and leasing activities to achieve 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).

Tools

OneSite

Yardi

Job description

Greystar Worldwide, LLC in Austin, TX is seeking a Leasing Consultant to coordinate marketing, leasing, and renewal strategies to achieve occupancy and revenue goals. You will greet prospects, conduct tours, process applications, and ensure a smooth move-in and lease signing.

The role requires knowledge of on-site software, strong customer service, and the ability to follow up with prospects and renewing residents to maximize occupancy and resident satisfaction.