Leasing Agent

Leasing roles at smaller, growing operators work differently than at large institutional owners. You're not just filling one building. You're covering a portfolio, which means more variety, more driving, and more judgment calls made without a manager looking over your shoulder.

What This Role Actually Looks Like

Birgo manages 388 units across seven properties in the Beaver Falls, Monaca, and Aliquippa area. Your home base is the leasing office at Sylvan Ridge Apartments in Beaver Falls, but a meaningful portion of your week involves traveling between sites to conduct showings and complete move-ins. You're the first person a prospective resident talks to, and you're the last person they see before they get their keys.

Day to day, you're converting inquiries into tours, tours into applications, and applications into signed leases. That means responding quickly to new leads, keeping your calendar organized, processing applications accurately, and making sure every move-in is fully inspected and documented before you close it out. You'll also coordinate with property management and maintenance to keep occupancy where it needs to be and monitor listing activity to make sure units are marketed correctly.

What Birgo Is Looking For

• At least one year of leasing experience, or a background in sales, customer service, or hospitality
• Working knowledge of Fair Housing requirements
• Comfort with property management or leasing software (preferred, not required)
• High school diploma
• Valid driver's license, insured vehicle, and willingness to travel within the region
• Flexibility for some evening and weekend availability
• Ability to work on-site with limited remote flexibility

Strong candidates in this kind of role close consistently without being pushy. They follow up fast, keep their pipeline organized, and handle the administrative side (applications, documentation, move-in checklists) without letting things slip. The travel component also matters: you need to be reliable about getting to properties on time and representing the company well at each one.

Compensation combines an $18/hour base with performance commissions, with on-target earnings ranging from $50,000 to $70,000 annually. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, pet, and life insurance with company contribution, a 401(k) with employer match, paid time off, sick time, mental health days, mileage reimbursement, profit-sharing, a professional development stipend, and discounted rates at Birgo properties.

Where This Role Can Go

Birgo positions this as a launchpad into property management, and that framing is realistic. Leasing agents who develop strong closing habits, learn the operational side of move-ins and occupancy management, and build relationships with residents and maintenance teams are well-positioned to move into assistant manager or property manager roles. Covering multiple properties from the start accelerates that learning curve compared to working a single lease-up.

One note worth flagging: because this role manages rentals on behalf of Birgo, outside real estate sales, leasing, or property management activity isn't permitted concurrently.