LeasingAssociate

Preferred Apartment Communities combines expertise with a people-first approach, delivering consistent care and communities that feel like home. Our mission is to provide exceptional living experiences for our residents while building a workplace where our associates feel supported, inspired, and prepared to grow. Guided by the belief that we should always be better today than yesterday, we champion continuous improvement across every level of our organization. Through operational excellence, strategic partnerships, and a people-focused approach, we strive to be good neighbors to our residents, to each other, and to the communities we serve. Responsibilities: * The Leasing Associate conducts daily leasing activities; including attaining leasing goals (occupancy and rent growth), building, and managing rapport to generate * Interest, desire, and satisfaction for the PAC community. The Leasing Associate also provides the ultimate in service to our residents; completes lease paperwork, and all other duties that correspond to leasing activities. Ultimately, a Leasing Associate sells prospects and residents on the quality of the PAC brand and the lifestyle of a PAC apartment home. * Achieves daily, weekly, monthly individual leasing goals to contribute to team/property leasing goals established by operational budget. * Answers telephone calls, internet inquiries, or in-person requests from prospects with the purpose of leasing a PAA apartment home; performs follow-up action(s) for every prospect. * Responds to and/or follows up on resident requests; logs requests as needed. * Utilize sales tools including rapport building, qualifying, closing during each sales interaction/presentation. * Qualifies prospects by collecting/compiling personal data, entering data into database, initiating background check, and providing follow up status to prospect. * Communicates move-in/move-out apartment status to other team members; ensures apartments are move-in ready; takes action to e