Leasing Consultant (Part-Time)

A prospective resident walks in on a Saturday afternoon, having toured three other communities that week. They're tired, they're skeptical, and they haven't signed anywhere. What happens in the next thirty minutes depends entirely on you.

That's the central skill this part-time leasing consultant role at Berkshire Residential Investments builds, day after day: reading people quickly, earning trust, and converting genuine interest into a signed lease. Berkshire owns and manages its own properties, which means the team you join has real stake in outcomes. This isn't third-party management where directives come from a distant asset manager. The people above you in the org chart care about occupancy and resident satisfaction for the same reasons you will.

What the Work Actually Involves

Your primary job is guiding prospective residents from curiosity to commitment. Berkshire holds consultants to a closing ratio of at least 20%, which is a real benchmark that keeps you honest about your sales technique. Beyond the close, you'll maintain tour routes and model units so they consistently make the right first impression, track local market conditions so your pitches stay grounded in reality, and handle resident communications with enough professionalism that people feel heard rather than processed. Administrative accuracy matters here, because leasing paperwork done sloppily creates downstream problems for the whole team.

You'll also contribute ideas on marketing and resident satisfaction to the property manager. That collaboration matters more than it sounds. Consultants who pay attention to what objections come up repeatedly, or which concessions actually move traffic, bring real operational value beyond their closing numbers.

What You're Building Toward

Part-time leasing roles are often where strong property management careers start, and for good reason. The skills compound fast. You develop fluency in lease terms and fair housing compliance, you learn how occupancy decisions ripple into NOI, and you build the resident relationship skills that become essential if you move toward assistant manager or leasing director roles. Consultants who take the market-awareness piece seriously, not just memorizing comps but understanding why rents move, tend to make the jump to management-track positions more quickly.

Berkshire looks for at least two years of transferable customer service experience, comfort with technology, and strong written and verbal communication skills. Prior leasing experience isn't listed as a requirement, which means this can be a genuine entry point into residential property management for someone coming from retail, hospitality, or another client-facing field.

• Minimum 20% closing ratio expectation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• At least two years of customer service or related experience
• Comfort adapting to leasing software and emerging technology
• Attention to detail in administrative tasks

Anticipated base salary ranges from $21,750 to $25,000 annually, with placement determined by experience and qualifications. The position is part-time and based at Ellington Metro West.