Foundations of Real Estate 10

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Real Estate Industry Careers

The following Course Outcome is assessed in this assignment:

GEL-1.02: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.

Introduction: There are many specialties within the real estate industry such as real estate brokerage, real estate sales, real estate appraisal, mortgage brokerage, mortgage lender, real estate inspection, property management, and association management to name a few.

Do some research on the Internet and address the checklist items in an informative essay.

Checklist:

1. Explain the realistic pros and cons of a career in real estate.

2. Explain which of the real estate related career areas you find the most interesting, and why.

3. Describe how you would prepare for a specialty area career in the real estate industry.

4. Describe any educational requirements for an entry level position, exam, and/or experience requirements.

5. Describe the personality traits necessary for the career area you choose. Then determine if you have the requisite personality traits (extroverted/introverted, detail orientation or big-picture; team player/not; like structure/not). You can do an Internet search for free personality tests.

6. Describe the skills and abilities that are needed, those skills and abilities you have, and those skills and abilities you would still have to acquire.

7. Explain where you be working, out of doors, out of your car, in an office or a combination.

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8. Describe the resources needed (including funds, transport, etc.) for the chosen specialty area career.

9. Explain how well you are, or are not suited to your chosen real estate career specialty area based on your previous answers.

10. Explain how you would theoretically advance in that chosen career.

You can access the Occupational Outlook Handbook from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as a resource (see the reading area).

Use APA format and citation style and include an additional reference and title page.

Limit the use of direct quotations; instead, paraphrase and cite the author's work.

Use Standard English and demonstrate superior organization, communication is highly ordered, logical, and unified.

Cite all viable references and reference all works using APA citation style.

Access the Unit 10 Assignment grading rubric.

Submit your minimum 500-word informative essay with additional title and reference pages using APA format and citation style to the Unit 10 Assignment Dropbox.