Real Estate Sales Agents
Also called:
Realtor, Associate Broker, Real Estate Agent, Real Estate Broker
What they do:
Rent, buy, or sell property for clients. Perform duties, such as study property listings, interview prospective clients, accompany clients to property site, discuss conditions of sale, and draw up real estate contracts. Includes agents who represent buyer.
On the job, you would:
- Present purchase offers to sellers for consideration.
- Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, generally representing one or the other.
- Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price.
Business
- sales and marketing
- customer service
Arts and Humanities
Safety and Government
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Social
- bringing people together to solve differences
- talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- order or arrange things
- notice when problems happen
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Independence
- Attention to Detail
- Persistence
- Self Control
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You might use software like this on the job:
Expert system software
- CMA Stuffers
- Commercial Pro software
Financial analysis software
- In-Hand Pocket APOD
- RealData Comparative Lease Analysis
Customer relationship management CRM software
- Agent Business Builder
- DataBasix Technologies Lead Commander
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some college or
high school diploma
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$39,140
per year, on average
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