David R. Acosta
South Orange,NJ
Summary
Real Estate Leasing Manager with over 21 years of experience as an agent, Leasing Manager, Property Manager, and Leasing Director. I’ve led leasing operations for luxury residential and multifamily communities. Proven success in achieving and maintaining occupancy rates above 95%, and increasing annual rental revenue. with a focus on improving tenant retention through relationship management and superior customer service. Skilled in developing and executing targeted marketing strategies, market based pricing analysis, and streamlining leasing processes to enhance operational efficiency. Adept at training and motivating leasing teams, analyzing market trends, and implementing data-driven strategies that elevate property performance and strengthen brand positioning in highly competitive real estate markets.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Leasing Director / Property Manager
El Barrio Estates, Inc.
New York, NY
06.2017 - Current
- Conduct daily operations including all aspects of leasing and property management for multi-family residential buildings and individual condo unit owners.
- Walk-through vacant units to assess damages and make recommendations to the owner to prepare units for market.
- Conduct market analysis to strategically price vacant units for lease and post on the market.
- Guide prospective tenants through the leasing process including conducting showings, submitting applications, approval process, lease signing, pre-move in and move-in and move-out procedures.
- Prepare lease packages for condominium board approval.
- Responsible for creating comp reports to advise owners on renewal pricing.
- Prepare, negotiate, and secure renewal leases.
- Coordinate all maintenance requests and resolve tenant issues in a timely manner, creating strong relationships between tenant and landlord.
- Ensure tenants are compliant with building regulations and condo by-laws.
- Communicate with tenants, owners, and vendors to resolve issues within the apartment and building.
- Advise and collaborate with owners on how to effectively market and price their properties given the season, inventory, and competition.
- Work with owners to market and sell multi-family properties and guide them through the 1031 exchange process.
- Inspected properties before and after new tenant move-ins to schedule maintenance, cleaners, and other services.
- Responded to requests and scheduled appointments for property showings.
Residential Leasing Specialist
Glenwood Management Corporation
New York, NY
04.2014 - 07.2025
- Represent Glenwood’s full-service luxury residential home portfolio containing approximately 12,000 units.
- Manage a book of business consisting of hundreds of real estate brokers and direct clients to fill vacancies.
- Increased productivity 80% year over year 2020 – 2021.
- Consistently lease an average of 125 units over the course of year.
- Guide prospective tenants through the leasing process including conducting showings, submitting applications, approval process, lease signing and pre-move in procedures.
- Prepare and send leases through owner’s proprietary software program, GTRM.
- Assist current tenants with upgrading or downgrading their unit to another Glenwood property.
Residential Leasing Manager
Rose Associates
New York, NY
04.2005 - 11.2014
- Charged with managing the daily leasing operations of two high rise buildings in Manhattan.
- Supervised 3 onsite leasing agents at The Madison Belvedere with a total of 392 units and The Capitol Chelsea consisting of 387 units.
- Identified market trends by analyzing historical data. Determined how pricing was affected by factors such as seasonality, vacancy loss, occupancy rates and economic conditions. My decisions based on this research resulted in stabilized pricing and increased income profits at The Capitol by 10%.
- Created a comprehensive amenity-based pricing matrix identifying specific amenity categories and associated monetary values linked to all rental units.
- Developed and implemented a strategic renewal and transfer program designed to maximize the turnover rate of non-renovated units in the shortest period of time.
- Built an analytical model (presented to Senior Management and Asset Managers at JP Morgan) which demonstrated how the renewal and transfer program should be implemented accounting for risks such as tenant opposition and high-volume vacancies.
- Compiled income model forecasts for new and renewal lease pricing increases to prepare an annual budget.
- Analyzed comparative market pricing data and strategically implemented pricing structures and leasing initiatives designed to maximize price per square foot, which allowed me to better manage vacancy loss resulting from high turnover.
- Managed all aspects of lease renewals including pricing, negotiation, tracking, recording and lease generation.
- Implemented lead generation and tracking incentives, using social media and Lead2Lease platforms.
- Prepared weekly activity reports tracking communications with prospective tenants, number of applications received, leases signed and conversion ratios. Similar monthly activity reports were distributed to senior management.
- Collaborated with building management to streamline processes and enhance communication between departments.
Co-Founder
Fairy Lunch Mother, Inc.
West Orange, NJ
03.2015 - 03.2020
- Co-Founder of a company dedicated to delivering healthy, affordable lunch options for children.
- UI and UX designer for company website and mobile platforms.
- Created a Statement of Work detailing the objective, information architecture and functions of the company website.
- Worked closely with Laravel developers to build a custom PHP website based on my SOW and front-end design.
- Collaborated with designers on logo design.
- Filed company use and sales taxes on a quarterly basis and prepared corporate tax returns.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Justice
American University
Washington, District of Columbia, DC12.1996
Skills
- Bilingual (Spanish & English)
- Yardi
- Budget forecasting
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Adobe PhotoShop
- Adobe Illustrator
Timeline
Leasing Director / Property Manager
El Barrio Estates, Inc.
06.2017 - Current
Co-Founder
Fairy Lunch Mother, Inc.
03.2015 - 03.2020
Residential Leasing Specialist
Glenwood Management Corporation
04.2014 - 07.2025
Residential Leasing Manager
Rose Associates
04.2005 - 11.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Justice
American University