The real estate assistant : understanding the profesion - Key informations
The real estate broker has well known responsibilities and tasks. However, he or she can be accompanied and work closely with an assistant who has a central role in the real estate transaction, but whose tasks are often unknown. How is an assistant essential in a real estate team?
Administration & management
The Real Estate Broker’s Assistant will take care of various administrative and management tasks for the real estate brokers on the team. In fact, with the collaboration of the real estate broker, the assistant will assemble the various client files and ensure the conformity of the documents received during the real estate transaction process. This is an important step since the documents must be completed according to the real estate brokerage law.
Updating client databases and preparing information for market analysis are also among the many tasks associated with the Broker Assistant job.
Transaction
The work of a Real Estate Broker’s Assistant also involves composing and preparing communications necessary for transactions, as well as managing calls and information requests from prospects and clients. The assistant may contact sellers and buyers to pass on the necessary information to the real estate broker. During the marketing of properties, the Real Estate Broker Assistant will work with the broker to ensure that the real estate transaction runs smoothly.
Formation
In order to become a Broker’s Assistant, it is recommended to have knowledge in real estate and to be passionate about this field. Training is also available to learn more about the lexicon of real estate in Quebec and the various Centris computer tools to know (Immocontact, Matrix, Prospect, Instanet Forms, Saisie), Ezmax and EZSign.
The organisme d’autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec (OACIQ) is the authority on real estate brokerage in Quebec. It is an important resource that has a lot of relevant information to know and can be very useful for the training of a broker’s assistant.
Organizational skills
As mentioned earlier, the real estate assistant plays a fundamental and important role in a real estate team. She must have a sharp sense of organization and outstanding customer service. The ability to manage numerous files at the same time, as well as a high level of professional rigor, must also be part of their skills.
The real estate broker’s assistant must therefore be in perfect synergy with the real estate broker, as she follows everything the broker undertakes at each step of the real estate transaction process. The broker’s assistant is therefore a fundamental pillar for the real estate brokers on the team.
Our Operations Team
The YE/SARRAZIN Team is fortunate to be surrounded by several real estate broker assistants who also hold their real estate broker’s licenses. Thus, our operations team has a wide range of real estate knowledge. This diversity of knowledge and skills brings a lot of rigor to the team’s files.
The Real Estate Broker Assistant has very specific tasks and follows the brokers in the administration and management of the various client files. Her tasks are numerous, ranging from updating client files, writing various communications to making calls with sellers or buyers during the real estate transaction. There is no specific training to become a broker’s assistant. However, a basic knowledge of real estate and a passion for this field are required. A strong sense of organization and unparalleled customer service are also qualities to have for a real estate broker’s assistant.
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