Leasing Assistant

Q: What is a Leasing Assistant?

A leasing assistant is a property management specialist who performs tasks related to commercial or residential property rental. They work with landlords and tenants and sometimes represent the landlord in specific tasks. They can fulfill a wide variety of duties, depending upon the property and needs.

What is a Leasing Assistant?

A Leasing Assistant is a professional in property management who is responsible for the daily tasks related to leasing commercial or residential rental properties. Their duties can include preparing leasing documents, creating marketing materials, screening prospective tenants, maintaining leasing records and coordinating move-in or move-out tasks. They work with landlords and tenants, sometimes representing the landlord in specific tasks and the nature of their duties vary according to the specific property and its needs.

ShoreAgents can help you with the entire process of hiring a virtual Leasing Assistant, starting with developing a complete job description, advertising for the position, and ultimately hiring the right candidate. We also provide coaching to ensure the success of the virtual Leasing Assistant in the role, which will ultimately help make the process smoother for you.

What is the salary of a Leasing Assistant?

The duties the property manager assigns to the leasing assistant vary widely, and so does the salary. Salaries also depend upon education and experience, as well as responsibilities.

A primary factor in determining salary is the location. Wages are higher or lower in specific areas depending upon the cost of living. You can save by hiring a virtual leasing assistant who works in a country with low labor costs.

ShoreAgents provides offshore property management staffing solutions in the Philippines. You can hire a leasing assistant in the Philippines at a fraction of the price you’d pay in many other countries.

What is the average salary for a Leasing Assistant?

The table below is a guide based on the annual average leasing assistant salary. Consider that the salary amounts listed for most countries do not include additional costs such as government charges, employer contributions, supplemental insurance, or the cost per employer for equipment. The salaries listed for the Philippines, however, do include government charges, employee benefits, and ShoreAgents fees.

The average salary of a Leasing Assistant in Australia

AU

$51,500 AUD

$26,400 SGD

Local

PH

$18,605 SGD

based in the Philippines

Can a Leasing Assistant work virtually?

Now that you’ve seen the cost savings of hiring a virtual leasing assistant based in the Philippines, you’re probably wondering if the job can really be done virtually.

The answer is: Yes, as long as you make some preparations and have realistic expectations. You’ll need clear and defined policies and procedures and the right software tools. ShoreAgents is an offshore real estate staffing solutions company, and we can help you ensure you’ve got the policies and tools in place for success. We can even provide coaching for you and your leasing assistant to make sure the relationship works well.

Some tools you might need are:

A cloud-based task management software tool
Someone to drive the leasing assistant
A well-defined job description
Buy-in from current staff

Local Leasing Assistant Vs. Virtual Leasing Assistant

Hiring a virtual leasing assistant presents several advantages over hiring one based locally.

You'll Save Money

In most countries, hiring a local leasing assistant is significantly more expensive than hiring one offshore in the Philippines. Two factors go into the costs:

Salaries. The wages in offshore locations such as the Philippines are lower than in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Singapore.
Office Costs. If you hire a local assistant, you’ll be responsible for finding and furnishing a workspace. You’ll need a desk, ergonomic chair, computer, and a phone or VOIP tool. If you partner with ShoreAgents to hire a leasing assistant, we furnish the workspace, including the desk, chair, a computer with two monitors, headphones, and a webcam.

You'll Gain Specialized Skills

You want a leasing assistant who understands property management and real estate. ShoreAgents is the only BPO provider managed daily by an experienced real estate agency owner. We have a network of contacts from which we can recruit qualified virtual leasing assistants.

Our environment also encourages their professional growth. We provide ongoing education. We also provide an environment where your virtual leasing assistant works with other leasing assistants. They’ll learn best practices that can improve the success of your property management business.

Hiring Will Be Easy

Hiring a local employee requires a significant time commitment.

However, the six-step hiring process is easy with ShoreAgents.

You sign up with us.
You complete your company profile, providing us with information about your business and its specific needs.
You submit a work order for your virtual leasing assistant.
You speak with a ShoreAgents team member to clarify your needs.
You interview candidates from among the small number we present.
You choose the candidate most suited to your company.

You don’t have to do any advertising or recruiting, nor do you have to cull through all those applications. We will do all that for you.

Your Leasing Assistant Will Be More Likely to Stay

At ShoreAgents, our core business is real estate staffing, and we know what’s required to keep employees engaged. We provide opportunities for them to work with others in similar professions. We also provide continuing education about the real estate industry. We offer an excellent working environment, as well.

As long as you gain team buy-in, establish your procedures, invest in the right software tools, and are willing to be a little flexible, you can gain many benefits by hiring a virtual leasing assistant.

Local leasing assistant vs. virtual leasing assistant? The decision is yours.

If you value the cost savings, specialist skills, ease of hiring, and better retention probabilities and like the concept of a virtual leasing assistant, contact ShoreAgents. We can help you find the perfect virtual leasing assistant.

What are the duties of a Leasing Assistant?

Young Woman With Glasses Office Worker Holding Clipboard Working

So, what does a leasing assistant do? The answer is they do various tasks related to leasing commercial or residential property. The duties in leasing assistant jobs vary depending on the company’s needs and the leasing assistant’s skills.

Here are some of the more common duties:

Provide information to prospective clients about the properties and the leasing process, sometimes showing the property
Set up appointments for the showing of the property
Prepare leasing documents for signature
Collect rent payments
Maintain financial records or work with other employees to ensure the accuracy of the records
Update databases with new rental agreements
Coordinate with lawyers and other professionals, as necessary, to handle disputes or evictions
Prepare marketing materials
Process move-out documents and ensure the prompt return of the tenant’s deposit
Secure move-in clearances and schedule move-ins. Collect the security deposit
Screening prospective tenants

A successful leasing assistant will be highly organized and attentive to detail. They also need excellent time management skills. Some leasing assistants have bachelor’s degrees in business or some specific real estate training, certification, or licensing.

Leasing Assistant Role

With a bit of flexibility and the right tools, a virtual leasing assistant can perform all the core job functions.

We’ve listed the primary leasing assistant duties below. We’ve put a tick by each one that can be done remotely and an crosses by each one that cannot. If part of the task can be done remotely, but part of it requires in-person work, we’ve put both a tock and an crosses.

Provide information to prospective clients about the properties and the leasing process, sometimes showing the property

Set up appointments for the showing of the property

Prepare leasing documents for signature

Collect rent payments

Maintain financial records or work with other employees to ensure the accuracy of the records

Update databases with new rental agreements

Coordinate with lawyers and other professionals, as necessary, to handle disputes or evictions

Prepare marketing materials

Process move-out documents and ensure the prompt return of the tenant’s deposit

Secure move-in clearances and schedule move-ins. Collect the security deposit

Screening prospective tenants

As you can see, a virtual leasing assistant can do all the core job functions with minor adjustments. ShoreAgents can help you think through your processes and tools so that you can reap the benefits of hiring a virtual leasing assistant.

Where to hire a Leasing Assistant?

The choices are hiring locally or partnering with an offshore staffing firm to hire a virtual assistant.

Let’s examine each option. The local hiring option is certainly traditional. However, being traditional doesn’t always work well. In this case, to hire locally will require a significant time investment. Hiring also is not your core business function. You didn’t train as a real estate agency owner to hire people. You are trained to find commercial or residential properties and lease them. You enjoy doing commercial or residential deals. Any time you spend hiring is less time performing your core business function.

Once you hire someone locally, you’ll still have to find and equip office space and work hard to keep your leasing assistant engaged so they’ll stick with you.

Now, let’s look at the second option. The second option is partnering with ShoreAgents, a real estate staffing firm based in the Philippines. Staffing is our core business and we enjoy seeing how our work helps you succeed. Our hiring services include:

Helping you to clarify what you want in your ideal leasing assistant.
Recruiting and advertising for that assistant.
Presenting you with candidates to interview.
Providing a spacious, modern office where the property accountant works with others in similar roles for other companies.
Equipping the leasing assistant for success with a desk, computer, two monitors, a webcam, and headphones.
Sharing our knowledge of the real estate business through our founder and day-to-day director, Stephen Atcheler.

Our location in the Philippines also provides many benefits in hiring. Filipinos speak and write fluent English and are eager to work with foreign companies. The government provides incentives for specialized training and education, which means the workforce is well qualified. The Philippines was ruled first by Spain and later by the United States so its culture shares similarities with European countries and with Canada, and the United States. Finally, the labor costs in the Philippines are a fraction of those in most Westernized countries.

ShoreAgents is an offshore real estate staffing company that knows what is required to run a profitable property management business. We understand your needs and can help ensure you find the right leasing assistant and develop a productive relationship.

We are ShoreAgents. We provide staff to support every niche within the real estate industry.

Leasing Assistant

What is a Leasing Assistant?

What is the salary of a Leasing Assistant?

What is the average salary for a Leasing Assistant?

AU

PH

NZ

PH

GB

PH

USA

PH

CA

PH

SG

PH

Can a Leasing Assistant work virtually?

Local Leasing Assistant Vs. Virtual Leasing Assistant

You'll Save Money

You'll Gain Specialized Skills

Hiring Will Be Easy

Your Leasing Assistant Will Be More Likely to Stay

What are the duties of a Leasing Assistant?

Leasing Assistant Role

Where to hire a Leasing Assistant?

<img class="size-full wp-image-33843 alignright" src="https://www.shoreagents.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Hiring-at-ShoreAgents-in-the-Philippines.jpg" alt="Hiring at ShoreAgents in the Philippines" width="2048" height="1365" />

ShoreAgents is a BPO company that specializes in providing virtual staff to the real estate industry. They work remotely from our office but are fully dedicated to serving your business needs.Unit 2 2/F Business Center 6, Philexcel Business Park, Ma Roxas Highway, Clark Freeport, 2023

Quick Links

Services

About Us

Glossary

Social Media

Social Media

Quick Links

About Us

Services

Glossary

ShoreAgents is a BPO company that specializes in providing virtual staff to the real estate industry. They work remotely from our office but are fully dedicated to serving your business needs.Unit 2 2/F Business Center 6, Philexcel Business Park, Ma Roxas Highway, Clark Freeport, 2023

Quick Links

Services

About Us

Glossary

Social Media

© 2023 ShoreAgents Inc.

Pricing Calculator

ShoreAgents is a BPO company that specializes in providing virtual staff to the real estate industry. They work remotely from our office but are fully dedicated to serving your business needs.

Unit 2 2/F Business Center 6, Philexcel Business Park, Ma Roxas Highway, Clark Freeport, 2023

ShoreAgents is a BPO company that specializes in providing virtual staff to the real estate industry. They work remotely from our office but are fully dedicated to serving your business needs.

Unit 2 2/F Business Center 6, Philexcel Business Park, Ma Roxas Highway, Clark Freeport, 2023