Leasing Specialist in Ann Arbor, Michigan at Morningside Property Management LLC

Morningside Group is a premier multifamily housing developer, owner, and operator of luxury apartment communities with offices in Chicago, Ann Arbor, San Antonio and Austin. We seek an enthusiastic, self-motivated leasing agent at our community, Beekman on Broadway, located in Ann Arbor (www.BeeekmanOnBroadway.com).

Beekman on Broadway is a 540-unit, new construction, mid-rise apartment community. Beekman on Broadway offers a great opportunity to work at a large, new community with big commission potential.

This opportunity requires a highly motivated leasing person with strong communication, sales, and organizational skills. The ideal candidate has an upbeat enthusiastic personality, is a team player, takes initiative, and is willing to work flexible hours to meet and exceed leasing objectives. Morningside Property Management offers an attractive compensation package and great employee benefits.

The responsibilities of the leasing agent include, but are not limited to:

• Lease apartments including fielding phone and internet leads, scheduling appointments, conducting prospect tours, application processing and lease execution
• Demonstrate the ability to build rapport with prospects, create urgency, ask for the application, and close leases
• Manage and maintain daily traffic logs, prospect database, and perform diligent follow-up with all leads
• Conduct outreach marketing with the community and local real estate community, assist in social media marketing, and conduct other marketing related tasks as requested
• Maintain thorough knowledge of the competition and area market, conduct regular market surveys, and make recommendations
• Effectively meet and exceed leasing, occupancy, and renewal goals
• Assist with planning and hosting frequent resident events
• Leasing administration from guest card through move-in
• Ensure paperwork and files are complete, documents are executed properly, and resident ledgers are accurately updated
• Physically walk and inspect the models, community amenities, and tour path daily
• Process resident maintenance requests
• Assist with the scheduling and coordination of move-ins/outs - conduct new home orientations
• Provide excellent customer service to all residents and prospects
• Conduct all business in accordance with company policies and procedures, Fair Housing, Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other pertinent laws
• All other tasks as required by your supervisor

*Estimated compensation includes commission assumptions

Requirements:

• Market rate leasing experience preferred. Open to candidaets with relevant sales or customer service experience as well.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook
• Must be willing to work both Saturdays and Sundays, with days off during the week