Estate agent

[RoboJedi]

What do you need to be a estate agent?
You obviously need to be able to market and sell...
However don't you need to be part of a estate agent board, or do some sort if financial, or fix or fais training?

Any estate agent care to share?

 

[deweyzeph]

What do you need to be a estate agent?
You obviously need to be able to market and sell...
However don't you need to be part of a estate agent board, or do some sort if financial, or fix or fais training?

Any estate agent care to share?

You need to be a shark.

 

[DA-LION-619]

Wasn't there a dude on the forum who was an estate agent? Always upgrading to the latest GTi.

 

[Thor]

You need an estate to agent

 

[rrh]

Pass the exams

 

[Grubscrew]

Get a Fidelity Fund Certificate, then start with your internship at an agency. Then with in 12 months you need to start and complete your NQF4 you have 12 months then to complete it. Then you will have two years to write your PDE, then you should be a full status agent. A bit more if you intend to become a principal.

 

[surface]

What do you need to be a estate agent?
You obviously need to be able to market and sell...
However don't you need to be part of a estate agent board, or do some sort if financial, or fix or fais training?

Any estate agent care to share?

I am not an estate agent, but apparently you need to be extremely honest and hard-working.

 

[Compton_effect]

Get a Fidelity Fund Certificate, then start with your internship at an agency. Then with in 12 months you need to start and complete your NQF4 you have 12 months then to complete it. Then you will have two years to write your PDE, then you should be a full status agent. A bit more if you intend to become a principal.

That. And forget about making big bucks real fast. The majority of estate agents make about 1 sale a month (If they are lucky), and maybe get a decent commission off it. You work your ass off, and have to handle a lot of nonsense. You only start making big bucks once you are a principal with a solid reputation and years of experience. And that reputation can be destroyed in seconds.

(My wife was one, has moved over to Property Valuation. Its long hours and hard work. And yes - even she says you shouldn't trust estate agents.)

 

[Hemi300c]

I am not an estate agent, but apparently you need to be extremely honest and hard-working.

Yeah right I have yet to meet a honest estate agent and over the years I have met plenty.

 

[Grubscrew]

That. And forget about making big bucks real fast. The majority of estate agents make about 1 sale a month (If they are lucky), and maybe get a decent commission off it. You work your ass off, and have to handle a lot of nonsense. You only start making big bucks once you are a principal with a solid reputation and years of experience. And that reputation can be destroyed in seconds.

(My wife was one, has moved over to Property Valuation. Its long hours and hard work. And yes - even she says you shouldn't trust estate agents.)

Yes and no. When I started it took 7 months before I received my first commission in my bank account. Like mentioned you need to be honest and hardworking if you want to make an success of it. Another thing to consider is that 20% of agents sell about 80% off all the stock. So you need to be really good at selling if you want to survive.

 

[Grubscrew]

Yeah right I have yet to meet a honest estate agent and over the years I have met plenty.

About 5% of us are actually good guys.

 

[Hemi300c]

About 5% of us are actually good guys.

I have no doubt there are good honest agents out there and as with insurance it's difficult for the honest ones because of the dishonest mob.

 

[Compton_effect]

I have no doubt there are good honest agents out there and as with insurance it's difficult for the honest ones because of the dishonest mob.

The problem is that they have to work closely with lawyers...

(A lawyer once told me not to trust lawyers. A bit of a paradox actually. )

 

[surface]

Yeah right I have yet to meet a honest estate agent and over the years I have met plenty.

 

[AntiGanda]

Used car salesperson type. Pushy and thick.