The Background: Let’s face the facts! The Real Estate human capital is booming at an unprecedented rate. There was a time when a single real estate agents used to look after most of the listings in a neighborhood. The good news is that the neighborhoods have a grown to a point that many realtors can work on them simultaneously. But there’s a bad news too. The growth of these neighborhoods have triggered an endless induction into the human capital of the real estate industry. It is very competitive now and there are too many hopes made and broken every single day. Some Stingy Questions How, as a real estate agent, do you stand out? What’s unique about your services that will make people go for them? If you are a relatively new entrant in the …show more content…
Currently, there are more than 15 niche real estate designations that range from core designations to skill enhancement and specialty accreditations. And this list keeps expanding because there’s no stopping the new property types that sprout-up regularly. See the liberty you have to make a choice. Of course, you can’t be a master of all trades, but yes, holding a designation of a real estate niche does make you stand out from all those using the hit, trial and fail methods. 8. Acquiring a designation helps you in networking better and comfier with your colleagues in the same field. For example, if as a certified seller representative you feel that the property of your client needs a staging professional go through it. Then you can easily setup a certified staging specialist designation holder to do the job. Who’s the beneficiary? You and the other guy who helped! Think of it from a business perspective and you’ll understand the value of networking with fellow designation holders. 9. As a designation holder and specialist, you have the knowledge of unique attributes that are associated with a specific real estate niche. For example, you can’t really present the same home to millennials and senior citizens. The needs are different, the requirements have variations and – most importantly – the lifestyles are totally