An Apprenticeship - Does it make sense in Real Estate?
The Division of Real Estate's mission is to protect the public by regulation of real estate and appraisal licensees through education and compliance.
In this beautiful sunshine state of Florida, all you need is a high school diploma and you are well on your way to your new real estate career. I remember when I took my 63 hrs pre-licensing course in real estate, it was taught in a class room setting; lessons in history of the Division of Real Estate, real estate terminology, etc were given. However, I really would have loved for the instructor to include some practical teaching, such as how do you measure the square feet of a home, or how to do a CMA - how about you?
After passing the course with its final exam, I took the Florida real estate sales associate state licensing exam and I was given the license to be a professional real estate sales person. I was licensed to sell and/or buy real estate representing sellers, buyers, landlords or tenants - their most prized possession of a home owner.
Would an apprenticeship in Real Estate be sufficient to gain experience to become qualified to represent clients or customer for real estate purchases, exchange or buying? The experience of working for a period of time or perhaps a number of transactions under a "Master Real Estate Broker" would prepare a future real estate agent to be qualified and will certainly give the real estate practitioner the confidence representing his or her clients and customer in future transactions. After finishing school in Germany, I was an apprentice for two years in a grocery chain learning everything there is to know about being a Merchant and the products sold. It is my opinion that an apprenticeship will clearly improve the real estate agent's ability to serve its clients.
While an apprenticeship program would surely weed out and reduce the amount of application for practicing real estate, however, would such program weed out the good and the bad apples of real estate agents?
Does it make sense to have an apprenticeship program in real estate? What do you think?
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An Apprenticeship - Does it make sense in Real Estate?
Petra Norris - Realtor®
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker
CDV TransAtlantic, Inc.
P.O. Box 92050 - Lakeland, FL 33804-2050
Telephone (863) 618-6919
Authored by Petra Norris
Managing Broker - CDV TransAtlantic, Inc.
(863) 619-6918
