Course description
Real estate agents earn their living by helping people to sell or buy property. If you like talking to people and thrive on making social contacts, this offers a rewarding and promising profession. This course begins by teaching you the basics of finding sellers and listing properties. We lay out the difference between valuation, evaluation and appraisal before highlighting the negotiation skills required by an estate agent.
We then explain how to find buyers and list a property for sale or rent. A professional estate agent must be able to employ the letting process efficiently and we provide this skill. Today’s digital technology can drive the marketing of your products and services. Our lesson on digital marketing and ‘lead magnets’ adds conviction to your decisions as you learn to confidently sell yourself as well as real estate.
The course goes through the regulations governing this profession before explaining how real estate agents establish their credibility through qualifications and their enforcement. The career path of an estate agent can lead upward by offering better earnings and leadership roles, both in sales or property management. Sign up to take advantage of this training course and acquire the skills you need to work as a real estate agent.
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Training content
Listing, Valuation and Negotiation
Description: This module will explain the role of a real estate agent. It will highlight the critical skills needed for the job and then progress to cover how to find sellers. You will cover the listing process, valuation, evaluation and appraisal before comparing a chartered surveyor's role with an estate agent. Finally, you will learn about negotiating.
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction to Estate Agents
- Listing Property, Finding the Sellers
- Valuation Process
- Negotiating as an Estate Agent
- Lesson Summary
Buyers, Technology and Regulations
Description: Letting agents are expected to offer the right advice regarding property sale or rent. This module will explain the role of a letting agent after teaching you about understanding your buyers. You will learn about the scope of digital marketing for estate agents. As we advance, you will find answers to questions like – who regulates estate agents.
- Learning Outcomes
- Selling Property– Finding the Buyers
- Letting Property
- Technology for Estate Agents
- Regulation of Estate Agents
- Recap of the Course
- Lesson Summary
Course assessment
- Assessment: Course assessment
Certification / Credits
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Outline the skills, characteristics and role of an estate agent
- Explain the process of listing a property
- Outline the property valuation process
- Indicate how to manage healthy client relationships
- Compare the role of chartered surveyors and estate agents
- Highlight how to complete a property valuation report
- Discuss various negotiation strategies and styles
- Categorise home buyers to understand their motivation and specific needs
- Describe the role of a letting agent and the letting process
- Establish the importance of digital marketing for your profession
- Outline the best content strategy for an estate agent
- Recall the qualification and affiliations of an estate agent
- Recognise the enforcement and regulation requirements for the industry
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