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Tony,
I have seen some newbies outmaneuver some vets...not all of us are the same. A
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Tony Lewis
Valencia, CA
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Ryan Huggins - Thousan...
Thousand Oaks, CA
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Brian L. Sirota, Esq.
Orange, CA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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I do. It's prudent and responsible. A managing broker should also meet with new agents and review what they are doing. I am an advocate of ongoing in-house broker training as well.
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Susan Haughton
Alexandria, VA
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Richard L. McKinney P.A.
Port St Lucie, FL
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Hello, twisty turny twirly question.
Will the mentor/trainer simply pass along bad habits acquired over years or even decades? I've seen it. I'm seeing it lately. Greenhorn agents training other greenhorn agents badly. Is that an apprenticeship?
The broker should be doing it. Is the broker capable?
What constitutes 'minimum number'? This is such a 'one size doesn't fit all' industry. I'm not certain that mandating a minimum would be effective.
If a new licensee (and BTW, not necessarily a REALTOR) is truly fortunate, they will have a broker who holds their hand through enough transactions to deem them capable of handling large sums of money and people's lives (and keeping the broker out of trouble).
I'm afraid that figure will always be a moving target.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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need to "serve as an apprentice"...? No I don't.
I think that new Realtors need to be trained, coached and mentored. I agree, just having a license doesn't mean you know what you're doing. But I know agents who've had licenses for decades who still don't know what they're doing, Age of your license has little bearing on your knowledgability in this profession.
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Susan Haughton
Alexandria, VA
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Brian L. Sirota, Esq.
Orange, CA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Gazelles, wildebeests, elephants and giraffes are expected to get up run immediately after birth. I guess it's the same with newly minted Realtors.
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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I understand your point and it sounds like a good idea, however, by the time I was "newly licensed" I'd already bought and sold and bought & held real property. I also grew up in real estate, TC'd and worked property management...so would I have needed that rule? NOPE!
I think they should have 3 years business experience in the same business.
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Not necessarily. Trial by fire with proper training and mentoring will separate the good from the bad!
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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A new licensee needs to be carefully supervised, but the level of experience they may have had in sales in general may enable them to successfully work on their own. Many new people can be better than the older, "experienced" agents.
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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A great mentor will typically do the trick - many people learn best by 'doing' and if you have a great mentor, that should get you where you need to be good on your own. The real trick is having a great mentor!
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
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It really depends upon the agent. Some people need a little more hand-holding than others.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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No, but there should be some training involved.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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They don't. I didn't, but I had a great teacher/mentor. I knew more than many from years in Sales and an immediate past in the Mortgage Business, but there was still too much to figure out if I tried on my own.
Personally, I enjoy mentoring new agents. I don't see them as competition, but as colleagues and help when I need it.
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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I do not think so Tony.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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I think it's a good idea but I wouldn't make it mandatory.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Everyone enters into this business with a different level of sales experience. This can be helpful if you are part of the uninitiated.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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No. Less not more mandates in my opinion --- not just in real estate.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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It depends upon what prior job experience or sales experience they may have. If "none", they should work with a mentor or be on a team.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Technically, a new licensed agents (not Realtor as that's not a license) is already supposed to be working under the supervision of a Broker. And lots of brokerages also provide mentoring to new agents.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Kathleen Daniels nailed this one!
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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I leave that decision up to our state real estate commission.
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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While I am horrified at what is let loose on the general public in terms of knowledge, I don't know what the answer is. Some of us come into the business with tons of relevant experience while others come in offering, well, little value, at least in the beginning. Should we be treated the same way? I don't think so.
Sadly, one of the biggest problems is so much of the public has such a jaded view of the value of agents they don't always put a lot of thought into whom they hire. I know, I've worked with those agents and been amazed at just how ignorant they are about the entire process. They do a grave disservice to their clients, yet have no problems getting clients. How is that possible?
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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I have my new agent give me there first 5 contracts before they submit them to a client
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Those agents who do less than 10 transactions 2 consecutive years should be Identifiable. A designation like 'Ship looking for a rock' sounds right.
I newbie would fall into that category.
Brokers whose roster contains more than 25% 'Ships Looking for a Rock' should be identified as a school or more appropriately 'Shipwreck Brokerage."
Your real question is should a newbie and a veteran be identified the same. I say their should be a means to identify, for the public to distinguish the difference. Sadly, buying letters to append to ones name is the substitute to learning by doing. And those bereft of ideas mutter 'raise the bar.'
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This does not work well with appraisers - they don't want to take on apprentices to avoid competition. Also, depending on who the real estate "mentor" is, they just might pick up some bad practices as we know exist in this business... Instead, there should be more consistent and uniform national training programs for all to learn "right".
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Setting too many job requirements might turn independent contractors into employees.
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Your question is why most under age 30 new agents belong on a Team as a Buyer Agent (being provided buyer leads).
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yes... I just mentioned that in a post.... MOST state licensed people are required to do a 4 or 5 year apprentice program if they're in the trades....even a hairdresser needs to put in time with a seasoned professional.... all we need is a pulse and a license.... and the first mistake by the state is to allow future agents to sit for the exam more than once.... I know of an active agent who needed to take that exam 5 frippin' times...imagine????? that should never happen....ONE AND DONE is what I say!!!
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Yes, i do. I think this should be part of getting hteir license, or have to work hand in hand with a broker on sevearl transactions.
I knew nothing of the contracts when I first got my license.
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imho - almost all Newbs should work on a team or under a specific agent for at least a year or so.
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Tony Lewis - very good idea - however, how many new agents would like this?
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Yes, they should work under supervision and proper guidance till they are ready. Some are ready sooner, some later.
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It is important to have competance, yet I have seen plenty of experienced agents who seem to be lacking in it too.
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For some it would be a good idea, but I think there should be more training to start with