DeLeon Realty is an innovative, top-tier real estate company in Silicon Valley. We offer a higher level of service and a greater depth of competency than any other real estate organization in the Bay Area. We accomplish this by strictly adhering to a few fundamental principles: bring in the best people with the strongest education and experience, foster areas of specialization, implement and oversee efficient systems, and utilize the latest technology. At DeLeon, we put quality and superb client service first.
Buyer Specialist, Real Estate
DeLeon Realty, one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and prestigious full-service real estate companies, is seeking a Sales Specialist to represent buyers in the purchase of residential properties.
The Sales Specialist is responsible for assisting buyers purchasing residential properties, and toward that end, is expected to develop relationships with new and existing clients, and to gain a thorough knowledge of real estate and an assigned city or cities. They are responsible for prospecting for new clients, retaining existing clients, and increasing opportunities with new and existing clients using a consultative selling approach to deliver value to our clients.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Manages and grows sales volume with existing and new clients. Prospects successfully to expand the client base with the expectation of incremental and steady growth;
- Hosts open houses, greet potential buyers, provide information, answer questions regarding neighborhood, comparable homes, disclosures, etc.;
- Follows-up on and nurtures leads;
- Builds a working knowledge and becomes an expert on all properties (active, pending, sold) within a given city, including all upcoming activities and changes within a given city;
- Develop thorough knowledge of assigned city, including building codes, upcoming expansion and development within city, issues of concerns to locals, etc.;
- Identifies key barriers/core problems and applies problem solving skills in order to deal creatively with complex situations. Troubleshoots and resolves complex problems. Makes decisions under conditions of uncertainty, sometimes with incomplete information, that produce effective end results;
- Independently performs assignments with instruction limited to results expected. Determines and develops approach to solutions.
Required Qualifications:
- At least 2+ years of proven sales experience
- Knowledge of one or more of the following cities preferred: Atherton, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Sunnyvale, and/or Woodside
- Real estate license required
- Entrepreneurial spirit, highly motivated, independent, and a strong desire to succeed. Can do attitude a must!
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Professional appearance, great listener, with excellent networking skills
- Client focus mentality, with excellent client service skills
- Proven history of meeting or exceeding sales goals
- Commitment to be flexible with work hours and work overtime as necessary
Candidates: Please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@deleonrealty.com.
In-house Counsel, Real Estate
DeLeon Realty, a prestigious full-service real estate company, is seeking an in-house attorney with residential real estate transaction experience and at least 2 years of law firm experience. The attorney will provide support to the General Counsel, Management, and assist outside counsel with respect to real estate, employment, litigation, and other matters as they arise.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Provide legal assistance on a wide variety of residential real estate matters
- Assist clients with the preparation and review of real estate purchase contracts and supporting documents
- Review, summarize, and spot issues in real estate disclosures
- Review and analyze preliminary title reports and title documents, including encumbrances and restrictions affecting real property
- Research and understand real estate laws and regulations at the local, county, and state level
- Conduct legal research, draft memos, and provide legal advice in connection with real estate, litigation and general business matters
- Work on a wide variety of business related matters, including real estate, litigation, employment, contracts, ethics, intellectual property
- Draft legal articles for internal and external use (e.g., newsletters, newspapers, websites)
- Other duties as assigned by General Counsel & Management
Required Qualifications:
- JD degree with at least 2 years of law firm experience
- Experience in residential real estate required
- Admission to the California State Bar and distinguished academic credentials
- Experience with drafting contracts; contract negotiation experience is preferred, but not required
- Ability to simplify complex and comprehensive information
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with established customer service skills
- Ability to work effectively in a team setting
• Possess a strong work ethic and work well under pressure and time limitations
• Time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills are essential
• Must be a self-starter and able to work with minimal supervision
Candidates: Please send your resume & cover letter to Colette Thomason: colette@deleonrealty.com
Real Estate Listing Specialist
DeLeon Realty (Palo Alto, CA)
Job Description:
DeLeon Realty, one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and prestigious full-service real estate companies, is seeking a Real Estate Listing Specialist to join our team.
The Real Estate Listing Specialist is responsible for meeting with prospective home sellers, retaining existing clients, and increasing opportunities with new and existing clients using a consultative selling approach to deliver value to our clients.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Prospect and conduct lead generation activities for new listing appointments
- Promptly respond and convert listing leads into appointments
- Track all outbound & inbound lead generation activities, from leads-contacts-appointments-contracts-escrow
- Prepare and analyze Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) before each listing presentation appointment
- Conduct listing appointments and convert appointments to listing agreements
- Communicate with team members, clients, and all other parties to ensure clients’ needs are met
- Answer questions and educate clients about the real estate market, the transaction process, disclosures, and contracts
- Present and negotiate all offers to purchase with clients and agents representing buyers until acceptance
- Have a proactive networking mindset to build and maintain business relationships with a number of people
- Manage and grow sales volume with new and existing clients, including following-up and nurturing relationships with prospective home sellers
Required Qualifications:
- California real estate license required
- Thorough knowledge of the Peninsula/Silicon Valley real estate market
- 5+ years of proven sales experience, in real estate or luxury market preferred
- Must be attentive, detail-oriented, hardworking
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong sales mentality, and negotiating ability
- Professional appearance, great listener, with excellent networking skills
- Entrepreneurial spirit, highly motivated, independent, and a strong desire to succeed
- Can-do attitude is a must!
- Client-focused mentality with excellent customer service skills
- Proven history of meeting or exceeding sales goals in a remote position
Candidates: Please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@deleonrealty.com.
Sign Placement Professional
Employment Type: Contractor
DeLeon Realty is seeking a Sign Placement Professional to place open house signs directing buyers to open houses in the various cities we serve. These cities are in southern San Mateo County and northern Santa Clara County, approximately ranging from Redwood City to Sunnyvale. We are looking for someone who is professional in demeanor, organized, responsible, and reliable. Company vehicle will be provided.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Gathering open house signs from the office
- Setting up signs at various locations indicated on provided maps
- Collecting all signs and materials at the end of each open house and bringing them back to the office
- Being on call to run miscellaneous errands as necessary to ensure that open houses run smoothly
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Superb map reading ability
- Ability to determine ideal and safe locations for placement of signs
- Ability to understand local ordinances controlling placement of signs
- Excellent navigation skills
- Clean driving record
- Ability to lift heavy objects
- Comfortable working independently
Candidates: Please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@deleonrealty.com.
Interior Designer/Project Manager
DeLeon Realty is seeking a highly motivated, results-driven Interior Designer to join our Palo Alto, CA office.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain and update inventory data on a regular basis and ensure accuracy of same at all times.
- Develop reports based around inventory par location utilization and metrics to report on daily, weekly, and monthly intervals
- Assist Design Coordinator with ordering, tracking, stocking of all furniture, arts & accessories.
- Track Purchase Orders and delivery dates for the purchases made by yourself, the sales person and project managers
- Assist Design Coordinator with the staging, installation delivery and de-staging schedule
- Monitor upcoming staging schedule to proactively manage needed specialty items.
- Provide timely communication and follow-up, both written and verbal, with internal Staging team members and external vendors.
- Processes and acting in a safe manner at all times
- Communicate with finance team for payment of orders
- Additional duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Fluent in Mandarin and English required
- BA/BS in interior design or equivalent years in experience;
- Loves design, but also analytical, obsessive about detail and incredibly well organized;
- Experience with residential remodeling strongly preferred;
- Renovation and remodeling project management experience preferred;
- Ability to provide exceptional customer service;
- Ability to prioritize workload to meet established goals and timelines;
- Sound business judgment and critical thinking skills;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are necessary, as well as a strong ability to work autonomously and cooperatively;
- Effective time management and ability to successfully multi-task and manage various deadlines within a short timeframe are critical;
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and ability to work under pressure;
- Commitment to be flexible with work hours and work overtime as necessary.
If you have the skills we are looking for, we invite you to apply.
Candidates: Please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@deleonrealty.com.
Handyman Technician
DeLeon Realty, an innovative, top-tier real estate company in Silicon Valley, is looking for a skilled and hard-working Handyman to assist our Design Team in preparing residential properties for the market. We have a fulltime opening available for an individual who possesses nothing but the highest of quality and customer relations skills. DeLeon Realty will provide a company van for work.
Responsibilities:
- Services our portfolio of residential properties by working with our interior designers to prepare the homes for market
- Performs different tasks associated with a client’s request
- Site supervision of improvements at the properties
- Perform pre-inspection on each property to identify issues/problems that may show up on property inspection and pest inspection
- Perform general repairs (g., drywall repair, painting, carpentry, minor electrical and plumbing repairs) and maintenance of properties
- Maintain a consistent quality and quantity in work produced
- Undertake duties as assigned or emergency tasks
Requirements:
- Must have a clean driving record, a valid CA driver’s license and pass a background check
- Experience with general repairs and remodeling tasks (e.g., rough and finish carpentry, drywall patching, installing windows and doors, yard maintenance or cleaning, and painting)
- Basic understanding of electrical, plumbing, or HVAC
- Ability to speak, read, and write in English
- Excellent customer communication skills and presenting a professional appearance
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work under pressure
- Ability to prioritize, good time management skills, and execute daily tasks with perfection
- Experience as a general fix-it specialist who uses problem-solving and technical skills to solve household maintenance problems
- Must have the ability to climb and work from ladders, work in crawl spaces and have the ability to lift 50+ lbs
If you have the skills we are looking for, we invite you to apply.
Candidates: Please send your resume to jobs@deleonrealty.com.
Licensed Real Estate Assistant
Job Description:
DeLeon Realty, one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and prestigious full-service real estate companies, is seeking a skilled Licensed Real Estate Assistant to support two Listing Specialists. We are looking for a fast-paced, independent thinker who prefers a challenging environment and has a proven track record for success.
We are one of the fastest growing companies in the Silicon Valley. We seek to innovate and change the way real estate is sold by capitalizing on our team members’ experience, education, professionalism, and genuine commitment to the clients’ best interests. We offer competitive salaries, great benefits, and a high-energy environment with lots of room for personal and professional growth.
If you have a strong administrative background and a real estate license, we want to meet you.
Primary Responsibilities Include:
- Attend listing appointments and provide support
- Possess good dictation and transcription skills
- Prepare disclosures for meetings with sellers
- Prepare contracts for electronic signature
- Set appointments and manage multiple calendars
- Communicate with clients
- Prepare property informational portfolios
- Occasionally provide access to properties for clients and vendors
Required qualifications include:
- California Real Estate Salesperson License
- College degree
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Highly responsive with communications to both clients and colleagues
- Strong organizational skills
- Good judgment and the ability to make quick decisions
- Ability to act professionally in a collegial environment
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Strong multitasking skills
- Fluent in Mandarin
Additional desired qualifications include:
- One or more years of real estate experience
- Working knowledge of the geographic area, specifically the Peninsula and Silicon Valley
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Candidates: Please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@deleonrealty.com
Part-Time Accounting Assistant
Job Description:
DeLeon Realty, one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and prestigious full-service real estate companies, is seeking an experienced accounting assistant to work closely with the Controller of this growing company. We are looking for an assistant who is fast-paced, yet embraces the detailed nature of the job. This position requires time management skills with the ability to multitask and meet deadlines while maintaining a high level of attention to detail. A high volume of accounting data entry, accounts payable, and general document filing will be the core of the role.
We are one of the fastest growing companies in the Silicon Valley. We seek to innovate and change the way real estate is sold by capitalizing on our team members’ experience, education, professionalism and genuine commitment to the client’s best interests. We offer competitive compensation and a high-energy environment with lots of room for personal and professional growth.
If you have a strong accounting background and multiple years of accounts payable experience, we want to meet you.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Accounts Payable
- Document Filing
- Scanning Documents
- Additional tasks as requested
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Five or more years of experience in Accounts Payable
- Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong multitasking skills and the ability to prioritize tasks appropriately based on deadlines
- Ability to act professionally in a friendly environment
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Please send your resume to the accounting@deleonrealty.com with three references. No phone calls, please.
About Us:
DeLeon Realty is an innovative, top-tier real estate company in the Silicon Valley. We offer a higher level of service and a greater depth of competency than any other real estate organization in the Bay Area. We accomplish this by strictly adhering to a few fundamental principles: bring in the best people with the strongest education and experience, foster areas of specialization, implement and oversee efficient systems, and utilize the latest technology. At DeLeon, we put quality and superb client service first!
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