Leasing Consultant

Chicago, IL

$20/hr – $23/hrEntry Level2+ years exp

Posted 2 months ago

Job Summary

Own the leasing funnel from intro to close with high touch service, precise recordkeeping, and opportunistic upsells to maximize occupancy and revenue.

  • Lease ownership: Guide clients through tours, applications, and closings.
  • Customer excellence: Maintain top service quality across phone, email, and in person.
  • Operations & revenue: Run resident tasks and records while driving add-on products and services.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Personally manage every aspect of the leasing process with prospective clients
  • Always demonstrate the highest customer service quality
  • Guide clients to take tours, apply, and close sales
  • Assist and perform many resident related functions including gift delivery, unit inspection, community entry, and more
  • Answer phone, email, and in-person communication in a timely and professional manner
  • Maintain accurate and up to date records of prospective and current client history and traffic
  • Close sales on units to ensure maximized occupancy at all times as well as offering additional products or services to ensure customer satisfaction and maximize revenue flow

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent required
  • 1-2 years in sales-related positions highly preferred
  • Prior sales experience in residential leasing
  • Able to read, write, and communicate written and verbally in the English language
  • Able to perform entry to intermediate level mathematic functions without additional personnel assistance
  • Ability to work any of the seven days of the week, 52 weeks of the year; our community staffing limitations make it critical for you to work your scheduled hours consistently as well as overtime if necessary when requested
  • Ability to serve on-call, as scheduled or as necessary
  • High level of familiarity and comfort with MS Excel, Word, and Outlook.
  • Position requires reliable transportation
  • Licensing Requirement: An Illinois Leasing Agent License or Broker's License is required for this position. If not currently licensed, the selected candidate must obtain the required license within 120 days of hire.

Benefits

  • 14 paid holidays (including your birthday!)
  • Sundays off
  • Paid 401k match
  • Zero-dollar healthcare plan option
  • Flexible hours & PTO
  • Company-paid life insurance
  • Paid short- and long-term disability insurance
  • 20-40% housing discount if you live on site
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Laramar Group

Every Square Foot of OpportunityWe’re a can-do company. Open to everything. Stopping at nothing. Always anticipating. Always improving. Giving you our all because it’s all about you. We’re hungry for new opportunities, new ways of doing things and new ways to make you feel welcome. By constantly pushing ourselves to be better, we’ve built a business that grows and adapts to you. Laramar People Originally co-founded in 1989 (known as Elkor Realty) by Jeff Elowe, Laramar benefits from an experienced management team of real estate professionals. From acquisitions to accounting, property management to finance, each team member executes their role with strong dedication. The result is a team that is diligent and focused, understanding the needs of investors. Laramar Properties Laramar targets investment opportunities for multi-family, mixed-use and senior housing properties. We then enhance these properties through redevelopment/renovation, management and repositioning. It is a process that has allowed us to establish our track record and build our portfolio to $1 billion in just over 10 years. It has also allowed us to develop properties that many now call home. Laramar Potential While we are driven by our people and focused on our properties, perhaps the greatest attribute of Laramar is our ability to realize potential. Whether that's the potential of an investment dollar, the potential of a property, or even our own potential for even greater success.We are now offering zero-dollar premium medical coverage to co-workers because we know that our people are what make us special. In this new endeavor, we wanted to #bewhatsnext by offering this exciting and innovative benefit, but furthermore, we wanted to #makeitmatter and act from a place of impact so our Laramar family can feel how truly valued they are. #laramarlove

Founded in 1989
Denver, Colorado, USA
362 employees (46 in marketing)

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$20/hr – $23/hr

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Leasing Consultant

Laramar Group · Chicago, IL