Hearing someone choosing Real Estate as career seems rings hollow, right? We always think of real estate as a side job or business that people resort to out of boredom and whenever someone chooses this field as profession, instead of extending appreciation and best wishes we render advice to revisit their decision. Even in 21st century with capitalization and blooming of real estate businesses around the world, there are still stereotypes attached to this field, well it is the right time to burst this bubble of misconception. Let’s talk about choosing real estate as career and how it can change our world and the market.
With world becoming more and more digital. Every day digital platforms are used to search queries about lands, which shows us that how people are being aware of depths of this business which do not consist of land dealings or properties only.
Just like every single existing occupation and profession, this field requires hard work and persistence. It takes a lot of time to settle in market but in the end it is worth the struggle. Now, let’s discuss the benefits one can accrue from choosing real estate as career. In general, there are recompenses of high profitable incomes, prestigious position in region, flexible work time, no restrictions of workspace and the list goes on.
Perks and Privileges of Real Estate business:
As discussed earlier there are endless perks and remunerations. The first is being your own boss. It is best when you do not want to work under any company or any supervision. You make your own rules according to your feasibilities vision. You meet clients or make contact according to your desire. But we cannot deny the effort it takes to handle everything on your own including dealing with piles of documents, submitting, filing documents and lease agreements while also creating and managing the annual budget If you are competent and diligent. You can easily hit the mark in market.
The second perk one avails is socializing with new people every day. We think that it is tedious where you interact with same faces. But in real, this is not really the case. You get to meet diversified clientele every day from different social and economic backgrounds, thus adding the skill of public dealing to your bucket of expertise. With every interaction, you learn about market trends and diverse needs and wishes of clients pave way to help you establish your business on modern lines based on the clients’ demands.
The second perk is to helping people in choosing right property for them and being with them through one of their life time biggest milestones and achievements. You get to witness happiness on their faces. As property is a turning point investment for anyone. Helping people to choose property according to their family requirements, architecture. You get to witness precious moments from their lives.
Is choosing real estate profitable?
The main concern in the minds of individual is how much I will earn or how much profit it beholds for me. To shatter all the second thoughts about property, it can be efficacious and prosperous. Once you get the hang of business in free market, it can be profitable but it will take time. Just like every other business, it requires patience, sheer determination and right strategies in hyping up your business, promoting it on medias and tracing leads, supervision of paperwork’s, providing friendly customer service, fulfilling clients wishes, positive attitude and many more. In spite of everything, stick yourself to a motive for serving your clients with the best, to work with heart and never be avaricious.
Another perk is that working as a real estate manager or broker there are no cliché 9 to 5 working hours. You are free to work from anywhere you want if you are working independently, even working under supervision there are flexible hours. Now a day, with the use of electronic media, you can enjoy your personal and work life together. All you have to do is to create your firm’s website with contacts and emails.
The field of lands is diverse and gives you so many different opportunities to choose from. As you can be
- Property agent
- Commercial agent
- Property manager
- Estate attorney
- Corporate land manager
- Residential Brokerage
- Commercial Brokerage
- Industrial land Brokerage
- Property Counseling
These are some of the branches of estate business. All of them are unique and profitable. Let’s dive into the details of these career so it will be easy for you to understand what real estate offers
Real Estate agent
It is clear cut from the name that who agents are, they are registered agent which assists purchasers and brokers for dealings and use their services in legal consultations. They are paid in commissions in the sale of properties. Their pivotal role is to present proposals and negotiates to seal the deal. Agents have to update their clients about properties under the budget or as per their wish. People hire agents to assist them in transactions, finding right property etc. And to be a professional agent, you need to have a comprehensive knowledge of estate law, state’s law, license and so much more.
Commercial agent
These are the professionals whom work in commercial sector, property which is used for commercial purposes only. They buy sell or lease properties on huge platforms. These agents work on high end projects including big companies, hospitals, farmyards, businesses, industries, plazas or sky rocketing firms. These agents mostly work with stockholders, governments, and companies to establish secure property and to create their high-fi portfolio. Most people start off their commercial work under supervisions to get experience and insight of market and then work independently.
Property Manager
A property manager can be explained as a person hired by individuals or organizations to look after their property completely operations. People hire property managers when they are not able to personally manage their property. There are loads of responsibilities that comes under the radar of property manager like overseeing and organizing property and its maintenance, work orders, tenants and solving their concerns and complaints, advertising the property, leasing of apartments, keeping a balance and check of property including electric and sanitary work etc.
And all while being in continuous contact with owners about highs and lows of property. Property managers are paid monthly on profit gain from renters and services they provide.
Real Estate Attorney
We all know that Buying a property is a challenging task to do. So here attorneys come in handy with their services. Hiring attorneys is the best thing you can do while looking for property and negotiations. They cover everything from finding a land, giving you advices, doing and guiding the legal paperwork, Whether the property is commercial, industrial or housing they can help you. To be an attorney, you have to complete a bachelor’s degree and then study law and after that you have to give states or regions estate examination.
It is no doubt, difficult to become an estate attorney but with increasing demand. It can be beneficial as the charges are pretty high which can not only give you financial support but you can also live a lavish life.
These are some of the careers one can choose from after being in the estate field.