If you’re looking to enter the real estate industry for the first time, in most countries you will need to undergo training before going through a series of assessments and finally receiving your certification.
The amount of training you must do depends largely on where you are based. In Australia, it’s possible to undergo most of your training online, however there’s a lot of merit in taking a blended approach to learning when it comes to gaining your real estate certification.
What is blended learning?
Essentially, blended learning is the combination of classroom time, online learning and in-the-field or hands-on experience. This combination of learning offers you the chance to build a solid foundation of understanding the skills required to build a dynamic real estate career.
Where can I study?
There are lots of options on where to study to receive your real estate certification, and this varies from country to country and even state to state. At Harcourts, we make it simple for all of our new team members by offering comprehensive in-house training, including online study options.
In Australia, we are also a Registered Training Organisation, meaning studying with Harcourts will give you the training necessary to gain professional certification.
You never stop learning
We strongly believe that to enhance both the reputation and the skills of real estate professionals, it’s important to recognise that you never stop learning.
The Harcourts Academy offers comprehensive sales programmes for both new and experienced sales consultants, no matter where you are in your career.
Skills for the real world
It’s not just about equipping students with the knowledge they need, but also giving them the confidence and the ability to perform out in the real world.
One way to ensure you are equipped to hit the ground running is to ensure your agency offers training for sales agents and property managers in practical skills such as business planning, time management, personal leadership skills and wealth creation. This way, you have a much more holistic foundation of skills.
Where to next?
If you’re interested in taking the next step in your real estate journey, have a look at some of the training programmes offered through The Harcourts Academy. No matter where you are in your career, there’s a course designed to help you build on your success.
• The Harcourts Way sales programmes
The Harcourts Academy offers comprehensive sales programmes for both new and experienced sales consultants.
‘Getting Started The Harcourts Way’ provides the required qualifications for industry certification.
Attached to this programme is iStart24 – a six month programme which provides clear instructions and learning activities each day of each week, for 24 weeks. A perfect step by step process on how to become a real estate professional. ‘Succeeding The Harcourts Way’ will help even seasoned professionals take their businesses to the next level.
• Future Leaders programme
This programme provides a quality career path and the opportunity to strengthen both the personal and professional skills required for business management and ownership.
Membership to this elite group provides access to an exclusive network of like-minded and successful individuals, plus exposure to advanced training by Harcourts’ international management team members.
• Management programmes
Empowering our offices and team leaders to take their operations to new levels, the management programme includes applied topics such as leadership, coaching and training, marketing, systems, financial planning, technology and business strategies.
• Specialist training
We offer a number of specialist training programmes and workshops in key areas such as commercial and rural real estate, urban developments, residential property management and auctioneering.
These programmes refine expert skills for those operating within the industry’s specialist fields.
• Technology training
Our team of experts offer comprehensive training which enables you to master all of the technology tools and systems on offer at Harcourts. The programme is comprised of several workshops exploring property and client management, in-the-field e-business tools, and advanced online presence and marketing.
• Business planning
We believe in setting goals and developing a comprehensive plan in order to achieve them.
Across all levels of the Harcourts business, we set annual business plans which are reviewed quarterly. This allows our people to really stretch themselves and help to achieve their dreams of becoming a superstar real estate professional.
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