Being the only leasing consultant for a massive property
Starting a new leasing consultant position with no prior experience while managing hundreds of units as the sole leasing agent leaves you putting out fires nonstop. With minimal team support from just a manager and assistant manager, a massive unit workload stretches you completely thin while trying to learn the ropes.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1absorbing everything the manager and assistant do when things get quiet to learn habits
- 2viewing the high unit count as potential unshared commissions
- 3avoiding taking resident meltdowns personally
- 4Renting equipment instead of purchasing
- 5Chipping away at small garden projects to get a feel for the land first
- 6Using a trimmer with brush cutter attachment
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I just started a new position this week as a leasing consultant. I have no prior leasing or property management experience... I’m also a little uncertain of what to expect. Currently I’m the only leasing consultant on the team along with a manager and assistant manager. It’s a 3 person team for a 400 unit apartment.”source ↗
“that's a huge workload for one LC, especially new. 400 units means you'll be putting out fires nonstop while trying to learn the ropes. my old property had 2 LCs for 250 units and we still felt stretched thin some weeks”source ↗
“What are some essential tools/machines that make your life so much easier when developing a large landscape design.”source ↗
“Since many of these types of gardens will be on the scale of 1000+ square feet, what tools/equipment do you think would be essential for developing the gardens/landscapes.”source ↗
“I currently have a tractor with front loader. Thinking about getting a grapple attachment. A tiller attachment I'm thinking will be quite worthwhile just to help prepare some of the sites.”source ↗
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