Leasing Consultant

Skills This Role Puts to Work Every Day

Leasing consulting is a craft that sits at the intersection of sales, hospitality, and administration. At The Edison Apartments in Memphis, you'll draw on all three. The core skill at work here is relationship-building: converting traffic into signed leases requires genuine rapport, sharp listening, and the ability to match a prospect's needs to the right unit quickly. You'll also use written and verbal communication constantly, whether that's drafting follow-up emails, walking a prospect through lease terms, or handling a current resident's concern at the front desk.

Mathematical reasoning matters more in leasing than many candidates expect. You'll work with pricing, concessions, and occupancy figures regularly, and you need to be comfortable enough with numbers to answer questions accurately on the spot. A two-year leasing background gives you the foundation to do that without hesitation.

What the Day-to-Day Actually Develops

Beyond the skills you arrive with, this role builds others. Resident retention is a discipline on its own. Keeping an occupied unit from going on notice requires understanding what residents value, catching friction early, and following through consistently. That's a different skill set than closing a new lease, and this position asks you to practice both.

The administrative side of leasing, including file accuracy, reporting, and lease documentation, sharpens your attention to detail in ways that pay dividends if you move toward an Assistant Manager or Property Manager role later. Many strong leasing consultants treat the admin work as secondary, but the ones who advance treat it as a parallel competency. This is also where a working knowledge of fair housing law becomes non-negotiable. You'll apply it daily, and doing it well is what separates a professional leasing consultant from someone just showing apartments.

Saturday hours are part of this position. Weekends are typically when prospect traffic peaks, so Saturday availability is a practical necessity, not an afterthought.

What Makes This Role Worth Considering

Makowsky Ringel Greenberg is a Memphis-based firm with a long operating history in the local market. Working for a regional operator means you're close to decision-makers and you'll learn how a property fits into a broader portfolio rather than executing directives handed down from a national platform. That proximity can accelerate your development in ways that larger institutional environments sometimes don't allow.

The compensation structure here includes a bonus and commission program alongside base pay, which rewards performance directly. The benefits package covers medical, dental, disability, and additional insurance options, along with a 401(k) and profit-sharing plan.

• Two years of leasing experience preferred
• Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and proof of insurance required
• Strong English communication skills, written and verbal
• Comfortable with basic mathematical reasoning
• Saturday availability required
• High school diploma or equivalent

If you take the craft of leasing seriously and want a role where both your sales ability and your operational attention get tested, The Edison is a reasonable place to build that record.