Trying out as a Property agent

[kiasu-but-generous]

Just to add and just my 2 cents.


I agreed with others.
Being an property agent is not as easy as you see.

You will meet different type of people, foreigner, rich, not rich, young, old, family, single, couple, etc. You will meet the seller, buyer, tenant, landlord, etc.
You will meet rude people, nice people, etc.

Your communication play important role. You might need to have network with other property agents too. Keep update with new policy, rules, etc.
Perhaps you will face dillema to do the right things or wrong things. You must be able to decide.

And yes, as someone has mentioned, you may need to sacrifice your precious time with your family. When other family member at home, you need to be outside. When you are at home, actually they are outside (working, school, etc).

But if you are serious doing this job, yes, you will get what you want.

Btw, I am not property agent.

Just my 2 cents.

[kiasu-but-generous]

Just to add and just my 2 cents.


I agreed with others.
Being an property agent is not as easy as you see.

You will meet different type of people, foreigner, rich, not rich, young, old, family, single, couple, etc. You will meet the seller, buyer, tenant, landlord, etc.
You will meet rude people, nice people, etc.

Your communication play important role. You might need to have network with other property agents too. Keep update with new policy, rules, etc.
Perhaps you will face dillema to do the right things or wrong things. You must be able to decide.

And yes, as someone has mentioned, you may need to sacrifice your precious time with your family. When other family member at home, you need to be outside. When you are at home, actually they are outside (working, school, etc).

But if you are serious doing this job, yes, you will get what you want.

Btw, I am not property agent.

Just my 2 cents.

[chloecube]

thks kiasu-but-generous,


actually what u and the rest mentioned are true and i know.
nothing is easy, in fact what i am doing is also not easy. just that my current job provide me with a stable income, though not a lot.
being an agent is like being your own boss, everything is done by yourself to keep the biz running.
thank you all for the feedbk and advise, i have a clearer picture of what i think i should do now.

[Mdm Lau LP]

Hi Chloecube, being property agent is not easy especially with so many rules and regulations to keep up. Every industry has its pros and cons. While it is true that attrition rate is high for property agents, on the bright side, there are agents that can succeed in earning a decent income to provide for the family.


It might be a good idea to be CEA certified as you'll have more options in the future. You may even be able to help friends sell their houses as a P/T agent

[sobasogood]

you cannot just "try out". a property agent is self employed, in other words, you’re your own boss. so you must view it as your own business, and you must keep ur business afloat.

[JusticeBao]

It is not as easy as you think…

[happykappy]

hi, i tried it out once…still a property agent actually, but yeah, it’s not easy if u’re not fully committed. i’m also a bit er…too honest for my own good so it’s hard for me to close a deal if i think there are problems with the unit. also, it’s not cheap to "try out", u’ll have to pay all the courses that CEA now insists u take so it’s a few hundred dollars, plus CEA’s registration fee plus a lot of other fees also few hundred dollars. I don’t think i will be renewing again cos there are too many "sharks" out there and too difficult to compete with them (unless u’re a shark yourself i guess).

[elderflowertea]

happykappy:

hi, i tried it out once...still a property agent actually, but yeah, it's not easy if u're not fully committed. i'm also a bit er...too honest for my own good so it's hard for me to close a deal if i think there are problems with the unit. also, it's not cheap to \"try out\", u'll have to pay all the courses that CEA now insists u take so it's a few hundred dollars, plus CEA's registration fee plus a lot of other fees also few hundred dollars. I don't think i will be renewing again cos there are too many \"sharks\" out there and too difficult to compete with them (unless u're a shark yourself i guess).

OMG!! What do those sharks do?

[happykappy]

they try to upsell you. this is only one e.g. - one of my clients, she could only afford a certain amount, so i was helping her look ard. then i had to go overseas for 5 days and she went with another agent who didn’t listen to what she could afford, got her to sign the docs and when i came back, she called me panicking, ask me how to service loan. alamak, i already work out how much is your max and u go buy a house few hundred thousand more and u ask me how? so i told her to ask the agent she bought from to help her settle.

[lim72]

Please ask your boss to write an excellent testimony for you and I still think you should find a permanent full time job before your boss retires. You have 3 years to plan and its definitely not too late, unless you are willing to forgo your precious family time with your children as most viewings are in the evenings and weekends.


p.s.: I’m not a property agent. As I have sold my place last year, so I know when most of the viewings will be.