Dealership:
L0105 Lithia Home Office
Real Estate Specialist
The Real Estate Specialist is responsible for overseeing aspects of managing the real estate portfolio, including reviewing and negotiating lease transactions, tracking data, and communicating with necessary stakeholders throughout the process. This role requires strong leadership, communication, organizational skills, as well as an understanding of the real estate industry.
Location: Medford, OR
Compensation: $40,000-90,000 annually
We offer a competitive starting wage that is based on a variety of factors, including the specific role, experience, qualifications, skill set, and education.
Responsibilities
- Foster positive relationships with stakeholders such as landlords and attorneys, to address requests and concerns promptly and professionally.
- Maintain real property database
- Review and negotiate lease agreements, ensuring compliance with legal requirements.
- Coordinate with strategic business needs to negotiate acquisition and dispositions of properties to manage real estate portfolio.
- Collect monthly lease payment information from landlords, review changes, prepare, and provide change notices to accounting as necessary.
- Oversee rent collection, budgeting, and financial reporting. Manage delinquencies and develop strategies to ensure on-time rent payments.
- Prepare and present regular reports on critical dates, and other relevant information to senior management.
- Reviews and process recurring rent, monthly utility charges, tenant services payments and other monthly billings to certify rent roll.
- Plans, develop, and execute quarterly rent forecasts and annual budget projects for corporate properties.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant local, state, and federal laws and regulations, as well as company policies and procedures.
- Train and guide team members on real estate policies and procedures at the Organization.
Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Real Estate, or a related field (preferred).
- 5+ years of experience in property management, leasing, or a related real estate role.
- Knowledge of local real estate laws and regulations.
- Proficiency with property management software such as Tango and Microsoft Office suite.
- Strong attention to detail
- Demonstrated sense of urgency and ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong collaboration skills
Competencies
- Acts and adapts to change
- Self-motivated, makes plans and follows through
- Demonstrates humility, shares best practices, focuses on continuous learning
- Takes ownership of their performance results and adapts to improve results
- Thrives as a constructive collaborative member of a team
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. *
- Regular or infrequent travel by auto and air
- Up to 1/3 of time: standing, moving around the building
- Up to 2/3 of time: sitting, working at a computer, communicating verbally and in writing, listening or comprehending others
- Infrequent lifting/repositioning up to 25 lbs.
*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
NOTE: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the job. While this list is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, the company reserves the right to revise the functions and duties of the job or to require that additional or different tasks be performed.
We offer best in class industry benefits:
- Competitive pay
- Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
- Paid Holidays & PTO
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Paid Life Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Lithia Learning Center
- Vehicle Purchase Discounts
- Wellness Programs
High School graduate or equivalent, 18 years or older required. Acceptable driving record and a valid driver's license in your state of residence necessary for select roles. We are a drug free workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity (regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status). We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
