Leasing Associate

Our Company:

We are a fast growing early stage private equity backed real estate investment and management company focused on multifamily housing in state university communities. Our property portfolio is presently in Richmond VA and Greensboro NC and we expect to add new geographies via acquisition in the coming years. Roles within our company are dynamic and will change as we grow complete acquisitions and undertake new projects. We seek to offer professional growth opportunities and upward mobility to all of our colleagues.

Primary Responsibilities:

Our new colleague s tasks will include the property management marketing and leasing aspects of our business in Richmond VA and will work directly with and report to the Property Manager.

Day to day activities will include the following duties:

• Communication with customers (i.e. you will be the main point of contact and often the first point of inquiry for our residents in Richmond) relating to the following topics among others:
  
• Maintenance requests and followups
  
• Leasing inquiries
  
• Building wide communications and notices
  
• Tenant ledgers rental payments and pastdue rental balances
  
• Vendor access and their onsite work
  
• Communication with maintenance staff to ensure work order completion as well as help to prioritize maintenance activity
  
• Daytoday implementation of leasing and marketing activities which includes the following:
  
• Touring apartments
  
• Reviewing lease applications
  
• Creating social media posts and stories (i.e. Instagram Facebook website tracking etc.)
  
• Outreach marketing (i.e. local universities our retail tenants etc.)
  
• Our leasing season is heavily centered between the months of April and June and the ability to work extended hours including Saturdays during this period is required.
  
• Monitoring inbound maintenance inquiries multiple weekends per month primarily to respond to any emergency maintenance requests (e.g. HVAC service during the summer months flooding from an above apartment etc.)
  
• These types of maintenance matters are not common but do occur from time to time
  

• Assist the Property Manager to create new marketing materials and lead marketing campaigns
  
• Assist the Property Manager as well as management colleagues in other work areas as may be required from time to time
  

Our ideal new colleague is someone who:

• Takes pride in their work and ownership of the properties under their care
  
• Is selfmotivated and takes initiative
  
• Seeks to be productive and proactive every day
  
• Has an excellent sense of time management
  
• Demonstrates strong communication skills both with colleagues and external constituents
  
• Confidently seeks out new skills and knowledge and strives for personal growth
  
• Has good organizational skills and the ability to follow through
  

Location:

We primarily work from the office but remote work may be practical and is permitted on occasion. This position requires the applicant to be on site in Richmond VA most days of the work week. The frequency of onsite work and necessary office work depends on the level of project work at each property and the time of year given the seasonality experienced in the leasing side of our business.

Requirements

Qualifications:

Real estate and property management experience are preferred. But organizational interpersonal and general business senses and skills are most important. This position is ideal for someone who knows and enjoys commercial real estate but is an equally ideal position for someone interested in building a career in commercial real estate property and investment management.

Ideal candidates will have 02 years of postcollegiate work experience but candidates with less more or no experience will be considered.

Benefits

Benefits:

We offer our staff Medical Dental Vision and Life Insurance plans and incentive compensation includes equity participation in the company.