Floating Leasing Consultant (Broadlands & Tuscarora Creek)

The Skills This Role Puts to Work Every Day

Leasing is fundamentally a sales and relationship role, and this position makes that clear from day one. You'll draw on customer service instincts constantly, whether you're greeting a walk-in prospect, following up by phone with someone who toured last week, or checking in with a current resident whose service request has been sitting open too long. The ability to read people quickly and adjust your communication style matters here as much as knowing the floor plans.

Van Metre is hiring a Floating Leasing Consultant to split time between two Northern Virginia communities: Tuscarora Creek Apartments in Leesburg and Broadlands Apartments in Ashburn. The standard split runs three days at Tuscarora Creek and two at Broadlands, though that can shift based on staffing and property needs. Floating roles like this one require a specific kind of adaptability. You're not just learning one team's rhythm and one property's quirks. You're learning two, and you need to show up fully functional at both.

On the leasing side, you'll handle the full prospect cycle: generating traffic through grassroots marketing, conducting tours, processing applications, and pushing toward signed leases. You'll also work renewals and track service requests to make sure residents feel heard. Three times a week, you'll walk the exterior of whichever property you're at and log anything that needs attention, from landscaping gaps to paint wear to visible damage. Inspecting vacant units and flagging make-ready needs before a turn goes sideways is part of the job too.

Skills This Role Builds

Floating between two properties accelerates your development in ways a single-site role typically doesn't. You'll get exposure to different team dynamics, different resident demographics, and different operational rhythms. That experience translates directly into stronger site management instincts if you move toward an Assistant Manager or Property Manager role later. You'll also sharpen time management under real pressure. Managing competing priorities across two locations, with weekend availability required, teaches you to triage quickly and follow through consistently.

Because Van Metre invests in professional development through mentorship programs, paid certifications, and tuition reimbursement, this isn't a role where your growth stalls once you've learned the basics. There's a clear path forward if you want to take it.

What Separates Strong Candidates Here

The Leesburg and Ashburn markets are competitive. Residents in this corridor have options, and they know it. What sets a strong leasing consultant apart isn't just closing traffic that walks through the door. It's the follow-up cadence, the ability to remember what a prospect said on their tour and reference it in the next email, and the genuine interest in solving problems for current residents before those problems become reasons to move out. Bilingual ability is a plus here given the diversity of Northern Virginia's renter population.

• Prior experience in customer service, sales, or hospitality required
• Leasing or property management experience preferred
• Comfortable conducting indoor and outdoor property inspections in all weather
• Weekend availability required
• Bilingual candidates encouraged to apply

Compensation ranges from $20 to $22 per hour depending on experience, with an annual bonus potential of $5,000 paid quarterly, plus leasing and renewal commissions. Van Metre's benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company-matched 401(k), generous paid leave, an annual wellness reimbursement, and discounts on Van Metre rentals and home purchases.