What Makes a Good Real Estate Agent?

The Few Essential Qualities a Realtor Should Possess

Strong interpersonal skills and caring personality are essential for real estate brokers and agents, because of the large amount of interaction with clients, customers and number of other related parties in a transaction. Being pleasant, enthusiastic, compassionate and trustworthy are a must qualities for an agent or a broker.

Real estate brokers and agents must also be independent-minded as they must manage time, organization, plans, and priorities of their work. General knowledge of running all aspects of an enterprise are valuable for any broker as they operate their own businesses in which they must handle every aspect of the operations; to a lesser degree the same is true for the agents as independent contractors, whereas they must be able to manage their own personal business, including standard business operations such as book keeping.

Real estate brokers and sales agents need to be smart, convincing and persuasive to guide potential clients to outcomes that are desirable, as educating clients is often needed in order to navigate through myriad of possibilities clients face.

Real estate brokers and sales agents need exemplary problem-solving skills and personal peace of mind to handle any concerns their clients and customers may have. Often an ability to foresee and mediate potential conflicts can be the measure between experienced and beginning real estate agent.
In the end, real estate is hard work of long hours 365/24/7 and can be unappreciated by those who are not intimately aware of the complexity and value the real estate agent brings into a transaction.