It is beneficial to research any new industry to determine if it involves your personal strengths, interests and/or goals. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage offers a free career assessment survey so that you can see if real estate is right for you.
Click here to take the
brief online career survey. A real estate career gives you the ability to go into business for yourself. It is essential to have the support of a strong brand that has the resources and expertise available to build successful businesses and careers.
Coldwell Banker is looking for dedicated self-starters. Great work habits, integrity and effective communication skills are also essential to the position. The ideal candidate will persuasively market themselves along with the buyers' and sellers' homes through networking, technology, and referral gathering. Individuals must be at least 18 years old, have a New York Real Estate license and reliable vehicle.
A real estate career can be incredibly rewarding for many different types of people. The opportunity to build your own business and have an unlimited earning potential is a strong draw for motivated self-starter personalities, and the constant interaction with a wide variety of clients out in the community is a strong draw for high-energy individuals who enjoy fostering relationships. With a constantly changing environment and customer base, the variety presented in a real estate career is a refreshing change of pace for individuals seeking new challenges.
It is exciting and challenging to build a business in real estate. As part of the NRT family of companies, a subsidiary of Realogy Corporation and the nation’s largest real estate brokerage company, Coldwell Banker is in the unique opportunity to offer its sales force a high number of professional services and expertise at no cost. To ensure Coldwell Banker sales associates can focus on building and growing their businesses, top professional marketing, advertising, public relations, educational and administrative expertise and support is available.
Coldwell Banker has invested millions in online advertising, purchased thousands of search terms to capture buyers on Google or Yahoo and has implemented cutting edge technology like LeadRouter, which converts online inquiries to cell phone messages within minutes, and HomeBase, an exclusive online transaction management system. Our latest breakthrough technology involves text messaging and mobile web marketing, enabling us to capture even more buyers in more ways, all in an effort to support your business development.
You’re also supported by a network with superior global reach that extends to nearly 97,000 professionally trained sales associates in 3,300 offices spanning 49 countries, which enables Coldwell Banker to refer business opportunities to you from around the globe. These resources, combined with ongoing training, education and the support of a strong team, helps set every sales associate at Coldwell Banker apart.
Ongoing training and education are keys to success in the ever-changing real estate marketplace. At Coldwell Banker, we offer our sales associates continuing education, offered in the training room, our state of the art computer labs, in-office and online via WebEx. To be successful in real estate, it is imperative sales associates are aware of the market conditions and how things are trending. An exciting, and challenging, aspect of a career in real estate is the constantly changing environment.
You have an opportunity as a Real Estate Sales Associate to earn an unlimited income through our graduated commission schedule ranging anywhere from 50%-80%. The amount of time, energy, and enthusiasm you invest in your career directly impacts your earning potential.
This is an example of the typical investment you can expect to make when beginning
your career in real estate:
| License Exam Fee |
$15 |
| Salesperson Licensing Fee |
$50 |
| Errors and Omissions |
$450 (annual) |
| Board of Realtors |
$436 (annual) |
Yes, a comprehensive program of health insurance and disability insurance is available to Coldwell Banker sales associates at competitive rates.
You can make tax-deferred contributions to your retirement account through deductions from your commission checks. The program offers a variety of investment options to accommodate your financial needs and preferences.
In New York, in order to obtain a real estate sales license, the applicant must:
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Complete a 75-hour pre-license course
- Pass the state licensing examination
- If accepted by the Real Estate Commission, pay a licensure fee
Candidates interested in a real estate career are encouraged to speak with a Coldwell Banker manager in an informational meeting to develop career goals and find out if becoming licensed in real estate is the right opportunity.
You can submit it online by
clicking here or Denny Sovich at 631-343-3815 |