Leasing Assistant

PAY: $18.00/hour

THE LEASING ASSISTANT POSITION: Discovery Capital is looking to hire a part-time Leasing Assistant for Aria Luxury Apartments. You will focus heavily on leasing activities with new residents as well as working with current lease renewals. The Aria leasing office is open Mon-Fri from 9am-5pm and Sat 9am-1pm. The scheduled hours will vary between business hours, open availability needed.

LEASING ASSISTANT RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Walk units prior to tours to ensure cleanliness, accessibility, and suitability.
• Accompany leasing staff on property and apartment tours as needed
• Ensure model units and common areas are tour ready throughout day
• Support full-time leasing staff throughout leasing process, including prospect communication, tours, follow ups, applications, and move ins.
• Develop relationships with potential residents from first interaction through lease signing while practicing a consultative sales approach.
• Take charge of follow-up process for prospects that did not immediately sign a lease and successfully determines next-steps depending on situation.
• Keep meticulous notes and records of all telephone and in-person visits on guest cards and in Entrata.
• Assist with the move-in, move-out inspection process as needed.
• Process applications for approvals. (i.e., credit check, rental history, etc.) and submit processed applications for approval.
• Maintain excellent working knowledge of property, amenities and community.
• Assist with market surveys by shopping competitive communities.
• Secure new resident’s signature(s) on appropriate paperwork prior to move-in.
• Orient new residents to the community upon move-in.
• Distribute and follow-up on renewal notices, creating a sense of urgency to re-sign lease.
• Listen to and resolve resident requests, concerns and comments.
• Complete other duties assigned by management.

LEASING ASSISTANT QUALIFICATIONS:

• REQUIRED: Previous experience with customer service and sales or retail.
• REQUIRED: Able to work within the leasing office hours: Mon-Fri from 9am-5pm, Saturdays 9am-1pm.
• Outgoing and extroverted personality
• Competitive, and self-motivated!
• Excellent communication skills

ABOUT OUR COMPANY: Discovery Capital is a privately owned design-build and property management firm based in Columbia, Missouri. For more than 20 years, we have fulfilled community needs by building a diverse commercial and residential real estate portfolio across the Midwest. Over the years, our portfolio has grown to include hotels, restaurants, mixed-use and market-rate communities, in addition to commercial and retail spaces. We remain focused on our plans for growth and currently have several exciting projects under construction and in queue!