Rent Underwriter

Roofstock•Houston, GA

2d•Remote

About The Position

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. 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). 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).

Requirements

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
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.

Nice To Haves

2+ years experience preferred in real estate, customer service, or account management
Prior experience in property management, a plus

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