Part time job as EA?

TobyLarone

Gwendo40 wrote: »

You must be a very poorly paid IT consultant if you consider doing a Saturday job for an estate agent as a form of career progression

googler wrote: »

Especially post #20 therein.

That thread really does rip into them, I've only moved once and I've not had a bad experience. Interesting to see how they are perceived though!

robatwork

It was partly me who ripped into EAs. Purely based on my own experience with them.

So on weekdays you will have to use your problem-solving mathematical brain, be accurate, straightforward and honest to your clients as an IT consultant.

And then be the exact opposite on a Saturday, other than mentally working out your commission.

As a matter of interest, do you know anything about heave, Japanese Knotweed, roof pitch, Airey houses, party wall law, stamp duty, mortgages or property law?

quotememiserable

robatwork wrote: »

As a matter of interest, do you know anything about heave, Japanese Knotweed, roof pitch, Airey houses, party wall law, stamp duty, mortgages or property law?

If he does, it'll be a first for an estate agent doing accompanied viewings. As a buyer, don't think about taking advice from those people, they're just there to open the door and stop you from taking stuff.

TobyLarone

robatwork wrote: »

It was partly me who ripped into EAs. Purely based on my own experience with them.

So on weekdays you will have to use your problem-solving mathematical brain, be accurate, straightforward and honest to your clients as an IT consultant.

And then be the exact opposite on a Saturday, other than mentally working out your commission.

As a matter of interest, do you know anything about
heave - no
Japanese Knotweed - yes
roof pitch - no
Airey houses -no
party wall law - no
, stamp duty -yes
mortgages -yes
property law - some?

Answered above. Like I said everyone has to start somewhere. At least I've bought and im the process of selling which I bet most trainee estate agents haven't done yet themselves assuming their first job out of school/college.

I think this thread is digressing from the topic a little, this wasn't meant to be an estate agent bashing or what now feels like an interview :rotfl:

Lolly88

TobyLarone wrote: »

That thread really does rip into them, I've only moved once and I've not had a bad experience. Interesting to see how they are perceived though!

I think with anything there will be good ones and bad ones. I've moved a lot and I can honestly say I've only had one bad experience with an estate agent which was in the last property I rented. They were lazy (charging me £200 for fees and referencing but yet I had to do all the work in providing references for them), they were bullying and threatening (leaving threats on my voicemail and notes pinned to my door - trying to force me into signing a new contract). Overall they were horrendous. However aside from them all the estate agents I've dealt with have been great - in my current rental a week after I moved in the agents called to check up on me and see whether I had moved in ok and told me not to hesitate to contact them if i had any concerns about the property or needed anything. I've been here a year now and they have been fab.

I've only started the process of buying a house a few months ago and all the estate agents I've had dealings with so far in the area I'm buying have been wonderful. Really polite, friendly, informative and helpful, not pressured me into seeing inhouse financial advisors - have got back to me quickly with answers to queries and been really helpful and flexible with organising viewing times which has been tricky for me as I don't live local to where I am buying. I'm still early days into the buying process but my vendors estate agents have been really good so far.

Like with most things - you will hear more about the negative experiences people will have with things than the positive. There are definitely bad ones out there but there are some good eggs too. So if you do become an estate agent be one of the good ones.

kingstreet

Regardless of what you know, or what you THINK you know, you cannot venture any opinion about any property.

An EA is reliant on his vendor for any information and cannot make any statement on which a potential purchaser may choose to rely.

You are there ONLY to enable someone to see a property. Everything else is above your pay-grade and should be avoided.

TobyLarone

kingstreet wrote: »

Regardless of what you know, or what you THINK you know, you cannot venture any opinion about any property.

An EA is reliant on his vendor for any information and cannot make any statement on which a potential purchaser may choose to rely.

You are there ONLY to enable someone to see a property. Everything else is above your pay-grade and should be avoided.

Totally agree, thanks

TobyLarone

Lolly88 wrote: »

I think with anything there will be good ones and bad ones. I've moved a lot and I can honestly say I've only had one bad experience with an estate agent which was in the last property I rented. They were lazy (charging me £200 for fees and referencing but yet I had to do all the work in providing references for them), they were bullying and threatening (leaving threats on my voicemail and notes pinned to my door - trying to force me into signing a new contract). Overall they were horrendous. However aside from them all the estate agents I've dealt with have been great - in my current rental a week after I moved in the agents called to check up on me and see whether I had moved in ok and told me not to hesitate to contact them if i had any concerns about the property or needed anything. I've been here a year now and they have been fab.

I've only started the process of buying a house a few months ago and all the estate agents I've had dealings with so far in the area I'm buying have been wonderful. Really polite, friendly, informative and helpful, not pressured me into seeing inhouse financial advisors - have got back to me quickly with answers to queries and been really helpful and flexible with organising viewing times which has been tricky for me as I don't live local to where I am buying. I'm still early days into the buying process but my vendors estate agents have been really good so far.

Like with most things - you will hear more about the negative experiences people will have with things than the positive. There are definitely bad ones out there but there are some good eggs too. So if you do become an estate agent be one of the good ones.

Thanks, I would be the good egg. Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself is my mantra.

googler

quotememiserable wrote: »

If he does, it'll be a first for an estate agent doing accompanied viewings. As a buyer, don't think about taking advice from those people, they're just there to open the door and stop you from taking stuff.

Isn't it bizarre? One poster rips into EAs purely based on their own experience, and almost encourages a hate campaign against them ... and others accuse them of dishonesty ... but on the other hand, this poster points out what they have to deal with from the general public.

Winter_Phoenix

OP, I think this is the sort of thing you are looking for:

https://viewber.co.uk/