job as estate agents am i safe??

lynzpower

drift_nut wrote: »

i been approched by an estate agent manager and have been offered a job. i really want to do this as i think i would be good at it and id really enjoy it but i dont want to leave my secure job if the market is in decline.
i hope someone can help me.
kye

I have been an estate agent for 3 months. Some aggressive EAs in london, will take people up to 3 motnhs probabtion and if you dont like it or are not making money then you mutually dissolve the relationship before 3rd month.

PUt simply, if you dont sell you wont eat. 13k was the basic in central london. It is not a question of getting good offers that the vendor is happy with, its about the facy you only get the comission when the property is completed. In this market, im sure I saw a stat fairly recently that 40% of the sales at this time are falling through due to surveys and lenders not lending, people getting cold feet etc.

For such a commission based job to not know the property market is on its knees is absolutely boggling. A good Ea needs to know the local market backwards, know the schools and amenities and be a person people like to engage with. Getting the property through to completion is not really the EA role, but even the best negotiators are struggling to get their sales progressed to exchange. Do you think you are up to this?

Honestly, I would never give up a stable job to be an EA. Its fine if you want to try it when you are already out of work, but dont give up the real regular money- even the most superstar salesman is struggling to sell now.

Why not search forum for "estate agency closures" -many of us have been keeping record of how many have closed down.

1echidna

An error in description can lead to problems, but not I suspect a missed comma. To my mind good qualities for an EA are the ability to relate well to people and very good memory and organisational skills. Plus I suspect some of the emotional control in difficult situations of being a good poker player.

BitterAndTwisted

googler wrote: »

I disagree - he/she is asking for opinions about taking a job where a high standard of written English will be expected, and where an error in a description that leads to a Property Misdescription (as defined in the Property Misdescriptions Act) could lead to a hefty fine for him/her or the agency.

Better for me to point it any failings now, than to find out at the second or third interview, or even worse, at the business end of a Trading Standards investigation.

There's no nastiness involved, merely setting out some guidance for the OP.

In that case, I daresay you won't mind if I point out one of yours:

"Better for me to point it any failings now"

:rolleyes:

googler

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

In that case, I daresay you won't mind if I point out one of yours:

"Better for me to point it any failings now"

:rolleyes:

Oops. Caught in the act, and rushing too much. Mea Culpa.

suze_g

googler wrote: »

One of the requirements of the job is to write descriptions of the properties that you're marketing. Some agencies will be more particular about your grammar, punctuation, etc. than others, but let's assume for the time being that you want to get your written English in shape for the job, and let's also assume that you might write for the property brochures in the same way that you did above.

Here's a version with corrections. If you can't/won't appreciate the difference, I'm tempted to be hard-hearted and suggest you won't have a future in EA unless someone else writes your descriptions for you.

"I have been approached by an Estate Agency manager, and have been offered a job. I really want to do this, as I think I would be good at it and I'd really enjoy it, but I dont want to leave my secure job if the market is in decline. I hope someone can help me."

There you go. There's some help. Hope it's helpful.

I write letters as part of my job all the time, along with designing and writing leaflets and reports.

THERE my spelling and grammar is spot on. I use a spellchecker and I proofread. elsewhere I may make mistakes, use dodgy grammar, misspell works and sometimes even *gasp* don't think about where to place my capitals. Shoot me - really. Posting on a forum and making a few mistakes is not an indication on how well you operate in your place of work. The op wasn't asking for a breakdown on his suitablity based on his post.

1echidna

suze_g wrote: »

I write letters as part of my job all the time, along with designing and writing leaflets and reports.

THERE my spelling and grammar is spot on. I use a spellchecker and I proofread. elsewhere I may make mistakes, use dodgy grammar, misspell works and sometimes even *gasp* don't think about where to place my capitals. Shoot me - really. Posting on a forum and making a few mistakes is not an indication on how well you operate in your place of work. The op wasn't asking for a breakdown on his suitablity based on his post.

I tend to agree, but to be fair the OP left very little to go on. It would have been very helpful to know what qualities the manager offering the job saw in the OP and why he/she thought he/she would be good at it and would enjoy the work. Personally I didn't take too much notice of the stream of consciousness type of style which if, it saves time, and doesn't affect his/her ability to write where necessary in a more formal manner seems rather irrelevant to me.

Enfieldian

OP has done a "post and run"...... probably a wind up anyway......

tbs624

There should be government funding for rehabilitation of unemployed Estate Agents so that they are able to return to society as useful members of the community. I expect the training scheme will be a lengthy one.

chickmug

tbs624 wrote: »

I expect the training scheme will be a lengthy one.

Why is that or are you scoring another cheap point like fatpig does. I am surprised at you as this is not your normal style of posting?