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Is a Career in Real Estate Right for You?

Is a Career in Real Estate Right for You?

Throughout our many years in the real estate business, we've learned that successful real estate associates possess certain characteristics:

Hard worker - There's no short-cut for hard work in the real estate business. Successful associates must have both the time and stamina to devote to their clients and their business.

Self-starter - "If it's worth doing... It;s worth doing with excellence" is the attitude the top agents in this business possess. As an independent contractor associated with our firm, you have to be in charge of yourself.

Organized - The more personally organized you are, the greater likelihood for success in your career.

A good communicator - Communication, especially the ability to listen to your clients' needs, is a key element of a sales associate's success.

Self-confident - Having the confidence in your knowledge and in your company are critical to your career success. Home Realty's Success Training Programs will instill that confidence in you.

Service-focused - Putting the client's interests first is a must for all real estate agents. At Home Realty, we know a "service-focused" attitude is the keystone to a successful career.

Having a positive attitude - A positive outlook on life and career are critical for productive agents.

Supported in their relationships at home - Successful agents enjoy the support and understanding of their families, as the demanding nature of the business can be challenging to their families as well.

Financially stable - The real estate business is such that a new agent must have financial reserves to weather those first few months of their career. In addition, there are necessary start-up costs associated with a new career in real estate.

Indiana Real Estate Salesperson License Requirements

In the State of Indiana, the requirements for getting your real estate sales license include:

A minimum of 18 years of age.
Successfully complete the required 54 hour pre-licensing course of study preparing you for the licensing examination.
Pass the Indiana Real Estate Examination.
Pay a $50.00 bi-annual license fee.
Associate with an Indiana real estate brokerage firm.

To learn more about the requirements for your Indiana real estate sales licenses visit the Indiana Professional License IPL website.

Real Estate Certification Program (RECP)

The RECP Real Estate Salespersons Course is the recommended provider for the required 54 hour real estate pre-licensing course. It will prepare you for your real estate licensing examination. You will learn everything you need to know to pass the license examination in the RECP Real Estate Salesperson course. To learn more about RECP and its course offerings visit the RECP web-site.

Training for Your Future in Real Estate

As a foundation for your career, Home Realty has developed the finest real estate training, "30 Days to Success" is a program to ensure a solid foundation and growth for hands on development. This nationally-recognized training program was developed exclusively by Home Realty and is available to each agent at no cost when you associate with our firm. In addition, the Home Realty Career Development Center supports our entire sales and management team with a variety of ongoing sales training opportunities in our own state-of-art technology laboratories.

Comprehensive training - 100 hours of the latest real estate techniques - at no cost
One-on-one management assistance and numerous, timely workshops
Office sales meetings and company sponsored seminars
Training is continuous and includes incentives to pursue professional designations (Certified Residential Specialist, Graduate Realtors Institute)

All of this results in developing the industry's most professional sales staff through the finest training available!

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