Top 5 reasons to qualify as a Property Agent

Blog Author
Paul Jager
MOL Product Manager - Property & Conveyancing

You don’t need special qualifications to become a Property Agent. If you’ve got a small capital investment and a big idea, you can even open your own business. So why would you waste your time and money studying for something you don’t need?

Well, the short answer is this – actually, you do need it. That is, you do if you want to more effectively build a reputation, persuade property owners that you’re the right choice and be financially successful. Here are the top five reasons you should apply for a property qualification today.

1. Stand out from the crowd

Anyone can rent an office space and call themselves a Property Agent. But there are literally hundreds of businesses battling for property hunters’ attention. A qualification sets you apart from the competition. It tells your audience that you know what you’re talking about and that you’ve worked hard to develop that knowledge – essential qualities to sellers who probably haven’t sold for years and need a professional who can guide them every step of the way.

2. Build trust

A qualification brings an authority to what you do. Being taken seriously in the first instance means that you can more quickly and effectively build trust amongst your client base. And if there’s one thing sellers like even more than low commission, it’s an agency they can trust.

3. Demonstrate your respect for the customer

We find ourselves, in 2014, living in a world where the customer is king. Economic recovery is still ambling forward at only a moderate rate and so businesses have to make sure they really go the extra mile for an ever more demanding consumer base aware of its own power. So embrace the customer service revolution and do all you can to make the most of it. Qualify as a Property Agent and show your customers that you respect their need for a nationally recognised level of professionalism.

4. Become eligible for membership of professional bodies

When you pass an NFoPP qualification, you become eligible to apply for membership of the relevant professional body (NAEA, ARLA, ICBA, APIP or NAVA). Once their logos are on your company letterhead, the public really knows you’re a professional agent to be respected.

5. Improve your position in the job market

Being a Property Agent can be very lucrative, so it’s the kind of career that attracts money motivated people. The only thing is, for obvious reasons, there are millions of people who are motivated by money and lots of them are applying for jobs as property agents. That said, relatively few of them are qualified in the field. So what better way to rise above the competition than to gain a prestigious qualification?

Find out more about studying for a property programme with MOL on our property agency page.