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Although not always the case, the core difference between a leasing agent and a real estate agent is the real estate license (one always has it and the other usually doesn't).
A leasing agent is quite often a salaried employee of the landlord or property manager and doesn't have any of the fiduciary responsibilities an agent would have with his client.
I have experience in customer service but not in real estate. Is that okay ?
At an entry level position, possibly. You can learn a lot on the job but it is a job that doesn't tolerate mistakes well. What you may consider an innocent remark may be a violation of federal law. We ha e property that I am not very comfortable renting to people with children (I wouldn't want my son living there) but I can't tell someone that. You would be very well served to spend some time with your nose in a book about landlord-tenant law in your area.
I'm also fluent in Spanish, would that be considered a plus?
And, I've been watching informational videos about fair housing, I understand it's trickier than it appears.
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