Leasing professional vs leasing agent

The differences between leasing professionals and leasing agents can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a leasing professional and a leasing agent. Additionally, a leasing agent has an average salary of $33,660, which is higher than the $32,944 average annual salary of a leasing professional.

The top three skills for a leasing professional include customer service, yardi and property tours. The most important skills for a leasing agent are customer service, property management, and yardi.

Leasing professional vs leasing agent overview

	Leasing Professional	Leasing Agent
Yearly salary	$32,944	$33,660
Hourly rate	$15.84	$16.18
Growth rate	3%	3%
Number of jobs	48,976	32,462
Job satisfaction	5	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	6	6

What does a leasing professional do?

A Leasing Professional is responsible for handling and coordinating with potential tenants for rental purposes. Leasing Professionals discuss the leasing terms and agreements with the clients, conduct property inspections, and identify possible repairs and renovations. They also evaluate the current market performance to negotiate pricing and payment procedures. A Leasing Professional must have excellent communication and organizational skills, especially in processing lease documents efficiently, responding to clients' inquiries and concerns, and adhering to state regulations and policies.

What does a leasing agent do?

A leasing agent primarily works to assist and represent property owners when finding and managing tenants. They are in charge of advertising and promoting the properties in different areas or platforms, developing marketing strategies, coordinating with applicants, gathering their requirements, verifying the applicants' paperwork and references, and negotiating leasing terms. Moreover, a leasing agent also acts as the landlord because they serve as the tenants' point of contact regarding issues and concerns, conduct property inspections, and manage the properties' maintenance operations, coordinating with the owners regularly.

Leasing professional vs leasing agent salary

Leasing professionals and leasing agents have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Leasing Professional	Leasing Agent
Average salary	$32,944	$33,660
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $40,000	Between $27,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	Boston, MA	New York, NY
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	New York
Best paying company	Aldon	CFM International
Best paying industry	Finance	Retail

Differences between leasing professional and leasing agent education

There are a few differences between a leasing professional and a leasing agent in terms of educational background:

	Leasing Professional	Leasing Agent
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Southern California	University of Southern California

Leasing professional vs leasing agent demographics

Here are the differences between leasing professionals' and leasing agents' demographics:

	Leasing Professional	Leasing Agent
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 31.7% Female, 68.3%	Male, 25.4% Female, 74.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.5% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 17.4% Asian, 5.2% White, 64.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 8.6% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 17.8% Asian, 5.3% White, 63.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	12%	12%

Differences between leasing professional and leasing agent duties and responsibilities

Leasing professional example responsibilities.

Manage marketing across multiple channels (website, craigslist, on-site, social media, etc . )
Assist with the office duties, booking appointments for tenant rentals, posting photo to craigslist.
Follow up to ensure that all collect documentation are accurate, calculate and enter into Yardi and AS400 programs.
Record all resident activities, complaints, and concerns into OneSite software and directing attention of the issues to upper management.
Input prospects and applications into Onesite
Contact customers regarding sensitive issues such as evictions and collections with proper follow-up for timely payment.

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Leasing agent example responsibilities.

Manage dailyoperations to include providing funding for the purchase of evidence being narcotics, firearms and explosives.
Lead the operations of a field enforcement office responsible for investigating violations of federal statutes enforce by ATF.
Perform marketing on Craigslist that generate leads of prospective customers which help increased overall occupancy.
Direct all DEA intelligence collection efforts, enforcement operations, investigative programs and pharmaceutical regulatory initiatives along the southwest US/Mexico border.
Review court decisions affecting ATF to determine impact on operations.
Screen potential tenants using YARDI, and pull comparable in the neighborhood to ensure fair competitive pricing of the properties.

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Leasing professional vs leasing agent skills

Common leasing professional skills

Customer Service, 25%
Yardi, 6%
Property Tours, 6%
Lease Renewals, 5%
Work Ethic, 4%
Background Checks, 4%

Common leasing agent skills

Customer Service, 27%
Property Management, 11%
Yardi, 8%
Rent Payments, 6%
Background Checks, 5%
Apartment Homes, 3%

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