Leasing Specialist(Waypoint Homes) - Employment, career opportunity in USA

Job Title:   Leasing Specialist
Company:    Waypoint Homes
Location:    Chicago, IL 60654
Industries:    Real Estate/​Property Management Rental Services:
Job Type:    Full Time Employee
Education Level:    High School or equivalent
Job Reference Code:    00020_137755323​3

Waypoint Homes is seeking experienced sales professionals with a track record of individual success within a corporate framework.​ If you are an organized and outgoing self-starter who is attracted to the dynamic fast-paced world of a real estate start-up company, we'd like to hear from you.​ We're looking for great business partners and volume producers who are eager and willing to apply their craft in an emerging market for a progressive and innovative company.​ We are interested in career minded professionals who are looking to apply their skills to a new exciting industry.​

Based in Oakland, CA, Waypoint Homes is Reinventing Renting™ by providing quality homes, great customer service, and rewarding leases that offer valuable benefits to our residents.​ Waypoint Homes' mission is to be recognized as the leading brand in the emerging single family rental industry.​ Founded in 2008, Waypoint Homes has matured into a sector pioneer with a long-term focus on creating a superior brand in top markets across the U.​S.​ Waypoint currently owns and manages thousands of homes in seven states and is rapidly expanding nationwide.​

The Leasing Specialist is responsible for the portfolio of homes in an assigned territory.​ Presents open houses, develops relationships with brokers in the region to promote rental inventory, and promotes marketing and materials to brokers.​ Oversees the lessee application process.​ Delivers exceptional customer service to applicants and residents, and negotiates and executes contracts with lessees.​ Represents the organization to the customer and the customer to the organization.​ Responsible for expanding and retaining named accounts while ensuring ongoing customer service offered over the life of a lease.​

Responsibilities

· Completes a minimum of 15 property shows per week
· Achieves a minimum of 12 net leases per month
· Fulfills quarterly company customer service metric on prospect surveys
· Markets lease products and supporting credit programs by developing relationships with brokers, circulating marketing materials, and finding strategies that promote the rental home inventory
· Negotiates and explains terms of the lease and supporting addenda, schedules lease signing appointments, describes the documentation during the new resident orientation which includes a walk-through of the home with the new resident
· Delivers an accurate, fully completed resident lease file and appropriate move-in funds to property management
· Conducts diligent and accurate follow up on all leads within the expected timeline, including daily "Live Transfer" calls from Inside Sales departments in order to support urgent requests for property showings
· Schedules property showing appointments with all opportunities in the pipeline and effectively manages opportunity stages within in the pipeline


Qualifications
· Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
· Strong written and verbal communication skills
· Strong consultative sales and negotiation skills
· Familiarity with CRM software such as Salesforce.​com
· Aptitude with computers, MS Office and internet; ability to conduct business via iPad and PDA
· Must be comfortable with a mobile office and communicating with a diverse range of people and personalities

Minimum Requirements
· Must have experience in sales; real estate or property management leasing experience is preferred
· CA Real Estate license is required
· High School Diploma or GED equivalent
· Available to work weekends and evenings


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