Land Acquisition Specialist

[Rick Thompson]

Title: Acquisition Specialist

Main tasks: Improve neighborhoods and create win-win relationships with sellers and clients as you acquire properties to build new homes on and assist with new construction home sales.

Details: As our Acquisition Specialist at BrightLeaf you will work directly with our head of Sales and Acquisition, to successfully find new development opportunities, negotiate purchase contracts, and assist with the sale of our cutting edge, high performance homes throughout the Chicago area.

Primary responsibilities

• Develop, implement, analyze, and refine systems to find off market properties for purchase
• Develop, implement, analyze, and refine systems to perform market analyses on properties
• Qualify, cultivate, follow up, and negotiate with leads for property purchases
• Attend auctions and bid on qualified properties
• Network and develop partnerships with real estate, legal, and other professionals as well as wholesalers
• Develop, implement, analyze, and refine systems to find currently listed properties for purchase
• Learn about our homes, processes, and philosophy to assist in selling our new construction homes

Required qualifications

• Strong previous work experience, not necessarily in real estate
• Familiarity with basic real estate concepts
• Sales experience with negotiation and closing skills
• Good with people and quick on your feet
• Clear time management and organizational skills
• Competency with technology including smart phones, mobile apps, and computer skills
• Demonstrable proficiency in Microsoft Excel for manipulating and analyzing data
• Self-starter with ability to learn on your own and solve problems with little direction
• High school diploma and valid driver’s license
• Live within 20 miles of La Grange

Awesome qualifications if you have them

• Real estate and market analysis experience 
• Understanding of Kaizen, Lean principles or GTD system
• Off market property acquisition experience - 
• Experience utilizing CRM software

Promotion ladder: Acquisition Specialist ---> Acquisition Manager ---> Head of Sales and Acquisition

Why work at BrightLeaf? We can offer an engaging work environment where you can look to build a career rather than simply just hold a job. There is a VERY large opportunity for growth at our company. We promote an unexpectedly fun atmosphere with challenging and fulfilling work that sometimes feels more like a tech startup than a homebuilding company. If you’re self motivated, interested in continually learning and growing, and don’t want to sit in a cubicle from 9-5, then this might be your ideal position. If you currently work as a Realtor, but are tired of the traditional real estate industry hustle and the commission chase, this may be a good fit for you too.

What we’ll do for you

• Hire you into a full time salaried position
• Compensate you for performance that grows both you and the company
• Reimburse you for business use of your personal vehicle and mobile phone
• Provide you paid vacation and holiday pay

Interested? Here is what we need you to do

• Check out our website and Facebook page so you know more about us, what we do, and why we do it.
• Send us an email with a PDF resume, salary history, and a little blurb on why you are interested in this position at BrightLeaf to [email protected].