Leasing Professional - Melbourne, FL

A prospective resident walks in on a Saturday morning, timeline vague, wish list long. Within fifteen minutes, you've figured out what they actually need, shown them a made-ready unit that fits, and started building the kind of rapport that turns a tour into a signed lease. That's the core of this role at Davis Development in Melbourne, FL.

What You'll Be Doing

Davis Development operates as a privately owned luxury apartment developer and property management company with more than 25 years in the business. Their on-site teams run communities with an owner-operator mindset, which means this leasing position carries real responsibility from day one. You won't be handed a script and left to follow it. You'll be expected to read traffic, understand the local sub-market, and bring informed input back to your Community Manager.

Day to day, the work spans the full leasing cycle: greeting and qualifying prospective residents, walking models and make-ready units each morning to confirm they're show-ready, processing applications and verifications, and keeping the Community Manager informed through daily and weekly reporting. Outreach marketing is also part of the job, so expect to get off-site periodically. A valid driver's license and reliable transportation are required for that reason.

You'll also contribute to market survey work, helping the team stay current on competing properties and local conditions. That market awareness is more valuable than most leasing job descriptions let on. It's the kind of intelligence that shapes pricing decisions, concession strategy, and occupancy targets across the community.

What You Bring and Where This Role Can Take You

The requirements are straightforward:

• At least one year of sales experience
• At least one year of customer-facing experience
• Property management or leasing experience preferred (not required)
• High school diploma or GED
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Strong communication skills across written and verbal channels
• Detail orientation and a self-starter attitude

The leasing consultant role is one of the clearest on-ramps into property management leadership. The skills you build here, qualifying residents, reading a market, managing documentation, contributing to occupancy goals, directly translate to an Assistant Manager position and eventually a Community Manager seat. At a company like Davis Development, where management is in-house and teams are given genuine ownership over their communities, that path tends to move faster for people who treat the leasing floor like a business rather than a customer service queue.

Strong candidates in this kind of role tend to be curious about numbers (delinquency, occupancy trends, market comps) even when no one asks them to be. That curiosity signals readiness for the next level.

Benefits include health coverage starting the first of the month after 30 days, a 401(k) with a 4% employer match that vests immediately, company-paid life insurance, paid time off with a carryover provision, and a training and career development program. Davis Development also offers a company apparel store allowance.