Real Estate Sales Agents

Also called: Real Estate Agent, Realtor, Realtor Associate

Career Cluster: Marketing
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:
  • Prepare documents such as representation contracts, purchase agreements, closing statements, deeds, and leases.
  • Present purchase offers to sellers for consideration.
  • Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, generally representing one or the other.
KNOWLEDGE

Safety and Government
  • law and government
Communications
  • multimedia
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Business
  • customer service
  • sales and marketing
SKILLS

Social
  • bringing people together to solve differences
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions
Basic Skills
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • talking to others
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES

Ideas and Logic
  • use rules to solve problems
  • group things in different ways
Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Integrity
  • Dependability
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Initiative
  • Achievement/Effort
  • Attention to Detail
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Data base user interface and query software
  • Xactware Xactimate
  • Yardi software
Financial analysis software
  • RealData Comparative Lease Analysis
  • Wheatworks Real Estate Calculator Suite
Word processing software
  • Google Docs
  • Microsoft Word
EDUCATION


high school diploma/GED or certificate after high school
usually needed
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JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $125,140.00
Median: $56,320.00
Low: $31,940.00
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