Launching Your Real Estate Career

Are you a goal-driven, people-oriented professional who is looking to make a difference? 

A career at Home and Property Real Estate Ltd. can open you up to new opportunities where no two days are the same. We offer fulfilling and dynamic careers for individuals with strong interpersonal skills and good business savvy. You will have the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life and make a difference in people's lives by protecting their families and their assets.

Do you consider yourself to be:

• a confident and positive person who has good listening skills and excellent communication?
• willing to stretch yourself to meet your goals?
• able to have a flexible schedule?
• willing to put your clients' needs first?

How to Excel as a REALTOR®

As a licensed real estate agent in Ontario you already know that your RECO registration lays the groundwork for an amazing career. Indeed, we're guessing you had originally embarked on this journey with that in mind, deciding on real estate as a vocational pursuit for reasons that may include the following:
 
1. You get to work at something you enjoy. 
2. You get to be your own boss.
3. You get to meet all kinds of interesting people, and help them achieve their dreams and goals. 
4. You get to earn an above average income.
5. You get to build your business based on your own personal strengths, while delegating tasks to others who have complimentary skills.  
6. You get to scale your business to whatever level you like.
7. You get to _________________________________________ (insert your unique personal reason(s) here).

Reasons aside, the longer you've been working at selling and managing real estate, the more you undoubtedly realize that this business can nonetheless be extremely challenging. It may be simple in some ways, but it's not easy. So how do you overcome the challenges and learn to thrive regardless of the impediments that may stand in your way? How do you excel as a real estate agent?  

These are the questions that have been (and remain) extremely important for us at Home and Property Real Estate Ltd. as we pursue a culture for success. In fact, they drive us in seeking out every possible advantage to help agents thrive and prosper. If anything, that's what we're all about - helping our agents to be the best they can be.   We recognize that the industry has changed and continues to change every day. You can't stop change. But you can put systems and processes in place to help agents navigate changes successfully. 

To that end it doesn't matter whether you are:
*  a part time agent with another job, wanting to grow your real estate business into a full time career; or 

*  a new agent, perhaps feeling overwhelmed and in need of a workable realistic plan going forward; or 

*  a solo agent with some systems in place who nonetheless feels like you can be more efficient, effective and profitable; or  

*  a team leader in need of administrative and training support to take your business to the next level; or 

*  a broker agent, aspiring to start up and manage your own branch office with centralized administrative support; or

*  a RECO registrant looking to park your license - so you can take a leave or retire with the option of doing business occasionally or at a later time; 
We know that you can take your business to another level. You can move your success needle to a level beyond that which you are currently experiencing. To help you do that we offer real estate solutions that are tailored to your specific circumstance. Consider the following benefits of joining and working with us at Home and Property Real Estate Ltd.:

1. We are a virtual office brokerage. Instead of investing in physical space, we invest in our systems and people. The fringe benefit? You get to work from home.

2. We help you develop and implement a workable business plan; one that you can believe in, one that excites you. Then we do everything in our power to help you stay on track, to help you grow and expand and get to the next level in your business. This can be scary in some ways. It certainly makes you stretch. But it's also super exciting. 

3. We provide you with social media content that you can use to help expand your sphere of influence.

4. We encourage you to continually expand your database, and then keep in regular contact with people in that database by sending them a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly newsletter. Phone calls and other modes of direct contact are important too, of course. But this way at least you can keep in front of those you know in a non-invasive way each week. To help make this effort seem less daunting, we provide you with all the content you'll ever need. Enough excellent informative material for each and every week. Not that you're limited to this content. If you want to go above and beyond, providing your own unique perspective, that is perfectly fine as well. In fact it's encouraged. But if you need this kind of help, we offer newsletter templates, photos, headlines, scripting, etc. - again, enough material to get you going and keep you going every week.

5. We help you with video marketing. Whether that is making videos to sell your listings, or creating original videos for social media, or making ever-green videos that work for you day and night on YouTube, we help you expand your brand and presence in your preferred specified market area(s). 

6. We offer weekly Virtual Team Meetings. These meetings are a great way to connect with others on the team. The synergies developed here help everyone. As the saying goes, "A rising tide raises all ships."

7. We provide personalized coaching on a weekly, monthly, or as needed basis, depending on what you feel is warranted. Those who take advantage of this service find that it is invaluable in helping them get on track and stay on track to reach their goals.

8. Closely aligned with coaching is mentorship. We provide opportunities for you to connect with other agents who have already achieved a level of success that mirrors your own objectives. This alone can propel you where you want to be. Why? Because "You become like the people you associate with."

9. We offer you support in negotiating offers. The value in this kind of support can not be overstated. If you've been in the business for any length of time you know that every deal is different. And some situations can be extremely challenging. But if you can discuss the issues with someone who is also invested in your success, and bounce ideas around in a collaborative way, the chances of you arriving at a favourable outcome increases exponentially. 

10. We offer inside sales support. All calls coming into the brokerage are answered by a registered professional salesperson who's primary objective is to help you do more deals.   

11. We provide a full spectrum of administrative support for all of our agents. This includes sending documents to lawyers. reviewing sales and representation documents to ensure that critical items are not missed, producing trade records, MLS matrix support, sales reports, T4 tax documentation, etc..  

12. We help you win more listings with professionally branded customizable listing and buyer presentations, staging consultations and accessories staging for your listings, video and drone photography, marketing support, etc.. 

13. We pay your commission income via direct deposits so that you get paid more quickly. 
14. We provide electronic signature systems for your offer documents, listings, etc. 

15. We offer our agents a compelling profit sharing program.

16. We recognize that the freedom to operate your business in the way that works best for you is a high value for many agents. So we do everything we can to assist you in your success without trampling on your desire for independence.   

17. And we do all of this and more without charging you any monthly fees. We believe that our compensation model ensures that the brokerage doesn't succeed on the backs of agents, but on the success of our agents.   

If you'd like to learn more about our unique specialized approach to supporting real estate agents at Home and Property Real Estate Ltd., we invite you to schedule a Zoom meeting by clicking here. This half hour session will provide us both with an opportunity to assess whether further discussions would be mutually beneficial. 

That's all for now. Until next time, we hope you have an awesome week and month ahead. 

Sincerely,

John Zwart, Broker of Record / Owner Partner
Home and Property Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage