The Impact of the Activities of Quacks on the Practice of Real Estate Profession in Nigeria.

The estate agents in London are providing many ranges of properties that depend on the area and budget for each. So, if the company doesn’t provide what the customer wants or needs, the customer will easily choose another estate agents that can fulfill the customer with their service.

The most formidable aspect in real estate has to be maintaining one’s career. Although there are many agents in this career field, the competitive environment portrayed daily makes this career one that may prove to be unsuitable for the meek. Negotiations, persuasion, debate and often a frequent contest for supremacy in the agency are recurring tasks when trying to sell property to clients. One could think of this as similar to the board game “Monopoly”, in reverse. Rather than trying to own all the property around, these “players” attempt to sell as much land as they possibly can. Those who fail to recruit an adequate amount of clients find it hard making it “past go” and often fail in the agency or, much worse, lose their jobs.

In early 2010, Walter Hodges became interested in the real estate market so he initiated his investigation into the real estate market. Mr. Hodges intended to acquire real estate with the intentions for investment or rental. Mr. Hodge has no previous knowledge or exposure to any real estate rental or investment industry. As a result, Mr. Hodges began in Spring 2010 to advertise and expose his business through various promotional avenues such as business cards, flyers, and customer relations.

In this crazy world, it is important to find those who you can depend on- in life, in love, and especially in real estate. Finding the right group of people to network with and collaborate with is key to finding success in this field. In analyst Jonathan Littman’s article, “Real Estate Reinvented,” Littman documents information that he researched on Northern California’s Alain Pinel Realtors. An Alain Pinel Partner and the company’s President, Helen Pastorino, states that “ [she] believe[s] that the ‘every agent for himself’ hurts sales and [she has] quickly turned to using computers and networking to [her] advantage” (Littman). A successful real estate agent will not be afraid to collaborate and work with others, because he/she knows that

Technology in the modern-day has simplified work for most individuals including real estate agents. It revolutionizes the real estate market so that clients can make decisions based on information from internet sources. Agents dealing with such clients have to convince them of the products in order to make a sale. Many internet sources are not accurate and thus clients are skeptical of the actual property (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2011).

In order to meet the study objectives, in addition to the case study, a semi-structured interview was conducted using non-random sampling. As respondents of the interview had to have particular characteristics such as ability to value property and knowledge about the property market, estate agents were contacted. A total of 7 interviews were conducted with estate agents in the West Hampstead/Kilburn area. The interviews lasted approximately 10 minutes. The participants were as follows:

Buying or selling a house or an apartment is one of the biggest decisions of a person’s life. And when selling or establishing a price for real estate, people seek out real estate agents to do the dirty work. A real estate agent has to convince a prospective homeowner that he or she is trustworthy and knowledgeable. In many ways, the agent acts as a counselor to individuals and families about to embark on a huge commitment. Real estate agents have a thorough knowledge or real estate market in their community. They

A real estate agents objective would be to sell many houses as possible in the shortest period of time, as this will bring in him a larger commission. Although it would be much beneficial for the seller to keep the house on the market longer than the agent wants and not to sell or take the first bid given towards the house. Real estate agents similar to the Ku Klux Klan use codes and key words other people don’t know to communicate within the group. For example when an agent uses the words “Granite”, “maple” or “state of the art” this relates to a good house, a high valued house. Whereas the word “well maintained” means the house is comparatively old but not falling

Nevertheless, real estate investors have no choice but to use an agent because that is the only place where they can access the Multiple

Dean Graziosi, a successful real estate business man; a philanthropist; and a multi-millionaire is not the host of a common TV infomercial who promises to guide you effectively in the path of real estate business and accomplish success in a short period of time. He is America’s No.1 real estate educator experienced in the field for over 20 years and the author of five exceptional NY Times best seller books on real estate. The man having originated and developed his career from scratch can empathetically comprehend the complications of real estate business of an aspirer in the field. His career though successful after having successful real estate investments in 2002, did not stop him

The real estate market of Australia tries to develop and emerge continuously. As an outcome, many a number of Australians invest on properties without any hesitant. But, the basic concepts in relation with the real estate industry are still fairly new to several consumers and are also easily confused even with the most common terms utilized in the industry.

This paper will seek to provide an overview of the real estate process and its affects on the real estate agent. An agent needs to be knowledgable about the steps required to make a sale, and the risks involved when the sale does not go as planned. Real estate sales require much of the agent, including sacrifices in their personal lives and in their financial stability. Agents must be teachable and willing to seek to see others succeed. A successful real estate sale consists of many steps, sacrifices to personal time, and an agent’s ability to work well with others while remaining incredibly flexible.

This is creating various challenges for the proper growth and advancement of the sector. Lack of regulation, organizational structure and professionalism has led to the illegal construction process with unreliable building permits and use of substandard materials in construction. In addition, poor legal framework cannot cater to the interest of all the stakeholders in the sector. Nevertheless, the private sector is playing an active role for the development of housing and real estate sector. Professional real estate developers have mobilized their scarce financial resources and even borrowed from banks and financial institutions to invest in this sector.

Real estate agents draft the agreement of purchase and sale and make sure everything is up to par for closing. They receive commissions from the seller. Their fraud usually concerns falsifying the value of the property.

The authors used all constructs of the theory through pre- and post-survey questionnaires for subjects studied that went through the training course. Through the pre-survey they were able to determine what realtors prior perceptions on lead and whether or not they understood its implications and any of the background information relating to lead prior to taking the course. After completion of the course, in six months, they were followed up with surveys and phone calls to determine how effective the course was. The realtors enrolled in the study were volunteers and were provided with a $200 financial incentive. The behavior researchers sought was to see if the realtors put into action what they learned and whether or not they were able to inform potential clients about the homes they were selling. An increase in realtor awareness is seen through the feedback they provided therefore it reveals to have sustained a continuous behavioral change in the thought process of selling a home to potential buyers. The authors did not clearly define the theories they used. Instead they stated using quantitative and qualitative measures and also described their methodology in detail.