What are the responsibilities and job description for the Rent Underwriter position at Roofstock?
What we do and why we do it
As the leading end-to-end investment platform for single-family rental homes (SFR), our mission is to make real estate investing radically accessible, cost effective, and simple. We successfully merge our passion for helping investors build wealth through real estate with cutting edge technology that transforms the way they do it.
How it’s going (and growing)
With a talented team of 600 Roofsters, our collaborative, can-do culture is what fuels our growth. In 2022, we closed on our Series E, raising $240 million, and have offices in California, Texas, and New York as well as many remote opportunities. Our growth includes recent acquisitions of Stessa (financial and asset management software), RentPrep(tenant screening and placement service for landlords), and Mynd (property management platform for both Retail and Institutional investors).
About the role:
The role of the Rent Underwriting Associate is to provide excellent service to our internal Mynd teams through setting accurate and competitive rental rates for our homes and providing detailed reviews and recommendations for rental marketing advertisements. You’ll be responsible for your own market(s) and manage all things rent setting and vacancy marketing review related (during turnover, lease expirations, and newly onboarded properties).
Responsibilities:
- Analyze marketing advertisements and lead/showing metrics for vacant units on a weekly basis and make recommendations to internal teams on what is needed to lease the home (related to marketing changes, rents, move-in specials, etc)
- Creating tasks in an internal system for marketing and property service teams to implement marketing and advertising changes
- Communicating recommended marketing, advertising, and pricing changes to property and asset managers
- Review market data to set projected rental rates for homes at turnover, lease expiration, and newly onboarded properties
- Ad hoc pricing analysis as needed
Qualifications:
- Attention to detail
- Have strong customer service skills
- Come to a quick conclusion to complete a large number of tasks
- Enthusiastically embrace innovation/change and provide feedback
- Must have the ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing
- Build strong virtual relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Bachelor’s degree in business or related field, or equivalent experience
- 2 years experience preferred in real estate, customer service, or account management
- Prior experience in property management, a plus
Competitive & Unique Benefits Package
- Generous PTO Policy
- 13 Paid Holidays
- Volunteer Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401k Program
- Wellness and home office/cell phone subsidies
- Robust health, dental, vision insurance, and more
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment and we are unable to sponsor H1-B Visas at this time.
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation.
Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity
The company provides equal opportunity in all of our employment practices to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other category protected by federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment, hiring, compensation, promotion, transfer, disciplinary action, layoff, return from layoff, training and social, and recreational programs. All such employment decisions will be made without unlawfully discriminating on any prohibited basis.