Estate agents!?

I am thinking that a career in estate agency may be a good idea. Any estate agents out there.how did you get into the profession? Are there trainee roles out there or do you need to train in a qualification first, or is it a case of applying for a job without any experience and blagging it?

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pick your agent carefully. larger companies put huge pressure on thier agents, creating these lie happy people the public percieve. when in actual fact we are governed by laws which make it impossible to fabricate the truth about properties or we can be sued. i can reccommend parkers, cj hole, any of that chain are good to work for. i do and love it. and i dont lie, and am brutally honest with people. needless to say we are doing very well. look at www.parkersproperties.co.uk, career advice on there,. good luck!
I suspect you're setting yourself up for a bit of abuse with this one - Estate Agents tend not to be the UK's most popular people
Are you good at lying ? Do you think you`re Superior ? Are you insensitive ? Just 3 essentials needed.
Don't need qualifications, just gotta be a liar by profession!!
If you need to ask, you're going to be a dreadful estate agent.
Yes you need qualifications.

You need to do your ARLA exams, www.arla.co.uk

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