Becoming An Estate Agent

Kintarō Hattori

Hey Folks,

My girlfriend has had yet another wild idea and now fancies the idea of becoming an estate agent. What qualifications would she need to become one, does it take long to become qualified etc?

uberwolf

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Hey Folks,

My girlfriend has had yet another wild idea and now fancies the idea of becoming an estate agent. What qualifications would she need to become one, does it take long to become qualified etc?

lol. Does she intend to gain employment out of this?

Karoma

In Ireland? There are easier ways to get the dole...


She could start with a Certificate in Auctioneering, Valuation and Estate Agency, which leads to a Diploma and Degree (two, three and four years respectively). DIT used to do a course. Anyone I know who has ever worked as an Estate Agent knew somebody who knew somebody, except for one who started as a temp. via an agency. Check out their website.

zod

as a second job she could do line work in a computer factory .. in limerick. should be equally as fruitfull

mcerc

Bit of work going in the cystal business to at the moment, if shes just generally looking for booming industries.............

martinr5232

Maybe she could get some sales experiance selling cars.:D

ntlbell

could you not try and point her down the debt collection route...

she does realise that del boy trotter couldnt sell a house in this market right?

Jo King

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Hey Folks,

My girlfriend has had yet another wild idea and now fancies the idea of becoming an estate agent. What qualifications would she need to become one, does it take long to become qualified etc?

She needs a licence. She has to be bonded in the sum of €12,700 and then she can make an application to the District Court for a licence. should be all over and done with in a few months. Once she has the licence she can set up in the business.

Kintarō Hattori

Yes I'm aware that it is hardly an ideal time to be thinking about such a career move but eh she's a lady- they often don't make sense.

Thanks Karoma & Jo King for the serious replies.

If she wants to work with an existing property company as an agent does she still need to go down the diploma/degree route?

jdivision

AFAIK she doesn't need any, she just has to just pay a bond with the court.

Jo King

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

If she wants to work with an existing property company as an agent does she still need to go down the diploma/degree route?

She does not need to have done any courses. She can sell under the firm's licence so she does not need to be bonded. She migh get a commisssion only job easily enough.

uberwolf

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

If she wants to work with an existing property company as an agent does she still need to go down the diploma/degree route?

There is not an estate agent in the country hiring.

She could offer to volunteer for a couple of weeks, get a feel for it

She could do international property without any major setup costs or qualifications. Would need to know her markets though, not many good ones at the moment.
Acting as an agent for property funds in the states (funds that are buying foreclosures etc) that require low cash investment would be about the easiest thing to sell at the moment.

godeas

im a lady too. but with a brain. so first I suggest she will need a brain, then a paper to show her there is a recession and that no one is buying property in their right mind and then perhaps she will have a change of thought in becoming one:P

nusername

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Thanks Karoma & Jo King for the serious replies.

Those serious replies are relevant to somebody setting up their own Estate Agent business.

Your missus could get work with 0 qualifications selling houses for an estate agent, trouble is, no EA is hiring, they are firing, secondly, nobody with a (brain+money) is buying houses.

Sounds like your missus doesn't want to work?!?

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

If she wants to work with an existing property company as an agent does she still need to go down the diploma/degree route?

on a sarcastic note, she would want alot more than a diploma/degree to shift any houses now.

oceanclub

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Hey Folks,

My girlfriend has had yet another wild idea and now fancies the idea of becoming an estate agent. What qualifications would she need to become one, does it take long to become qualified etc?

I suggest a job with more immediate employment prospects. Such as a cooper.

P.

carlovian23

Most auctioneers will need a qualification in the future.

There is a 2 year Auctioneering course in Senior College Dun Laoghaire if she is really interested in this career.

Think the website is www.scd.ie.

Best of luck to both of you...

AARRRGH

There is no chance in hell any newly graduated estate agent is going to get a job in the current climate. As most people suspect, it will be years before the property market settles, so probably any other career choice would be a smarter move.

the butcher

Eh do you or your girlfriend realise whats going on here in Ireland? Property bubble? Bankers? Recession? Regulators? Audits? Ghost Estates? Billions in debt? Anglo being nationalised? Taxpayers being screwed? Unemployment nearly at 10%? Do any of these ring a bell no?

Off to the dole office you both go. Or please try educate yourselves about whats going on around you.

PS It will be a decade or two before property gets back on its feet. Check out Japans property crash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_asset_price_bubble

They refer to it as the "lost decade"