Outside Sales Counselor - Punta Gorda

Responsibilities

• Accomplish sales and customer service goals, and other objectives as determined by your Sales Leader.
• Maintain existing and cultivate new Realtor relationships through various methods that create long‑term partnerships and reoccurring business.
• Connect unrepresented home buyers to Realtors and foster the partnership through the home buying process.
• Actively manage and partner with others to ensure the overall look of the communities, homes, and surrounding area are pristine, so guests enjoy a quality experience as they tour our communities and homes.
• Create, practice, refine, and continually improve your personal sales presentation to be as effective as possible to convert leads.
• Use insight and consultative selling techniques to teach customers about the home‑buying industry and offer unique perspectives to help influence a sale.
• Proactively utilize the CRM system to effectively and efficiently manage discovery and follow‑up strategies of all potential customers.
• Engage visitors and offer to demonstrate our models, home sites, and/or showcase homes depending on the needs of the guest; showings can also be scheduled through available technology to make it convenient for the customer.
• Provide all pertinent community, home site, floor‑plan, and pricing information.
• Ask for the sale.
• Drive traffic, travel to, and sell from multiple Meritage communities that meet the buyer's needs.
• Present the Meritage Homes Purchase Agreement to buyers in a professional and complete manner, including explaining payment information, taxes, insurance, CC& R (deed restrictions), HOA rules and restrictions, and other amenity information as necessary for the community.
• Actively solicit both new and referral business using  to ensure the most effective and efficient prospecting skills are employed to help drive your sales efforts.
• Ensure accurate and timely completion of all buyer paperwork and internal reporting information.
• Assist buyers with scheduling appointments with the design studio, operations managers, mortgage, and title companies as necessary.
• Communicate and assist lenders with customer loans, keep current on the status of each loan, and the requirements to expedite the processing and closing of all sales.
• Product Knowledge:
  • Concept of Community
    • Know size, number of homes, future plans and restrictions
    • Know the area around the community – Interstates, shopping, schools, churches, etc.
  • Extensive Product Knowledge
    • Plans, features, pricing, options, warranties, and construction knowledge
  • How we differ from the competition.
  • Maintain an updated Competition Analysis Notebook and know what the competition is offering each month (sales incentives, new product, lot releases, etc.).
• Maintain knowledge of local markets, real‑estate laws/rules, public opinion, local and national trends, any government‑proposed regulations, and economic trends related to the home‑buying industry.
• Shop the competition in sub‑markets to determine community traffic, sales, new product, visual presentation, promotions and etc.
• Update the buyer throughout the construction process; be the point of contact for buyers throughout all phases of construction and closing and assist with the resolution of any questions or problems encountered.
• Ensure customer satisfaction from initial visit to closing.
• Secondary:
• Complete all onboarding and other assigned training.
• Strive to maintain, improve and promote the company's image with prospects, customers, homeowners, and brokers within the community.
• Establish and maintain relationships with realtors and mortgage brokers.
• Attend weekly sales meetings or other meetings directed by management.
• Special projects and other duties as assigned.
• Must be able to work nights, weekends, and most holidays.

Education:

• Minimum high school diploma or educational equivalent required; some college coursework or bachelor's degree strongly preferred.

Experience:

• 3+ years of previous experience in outside sales.
• Strong preference for a minimum of one year of experience in new‑home sales, with a proven track record of success.

Technical

Skills:

• Some states may require a valid real‑estate license; a license in other states is a plus.
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