Hi should I take res exam first before joining an agency or should I join an agency first which help me to prepare for the exam and provide training at the same time? Which is the better option?
Posted by YJ - Mar 21, 2013 - Viewed 104 times
Answers (2)
Mervin Tang
Posted Mar 21, 2013
Hello YJ,
The answer to your question is two fold:
Firstly, you simply cannot sign up with any agency before you have passed your exams and gotten your certification. The joining procedure for any agency according to CEA rules are that you must first attend classes, pass your exams, and then once you have been issued your certificate, only then are you able to sign up with any agency.
In any case where you are promised otherwise, it is simply untrue. It is this reason that many agencies do not begin formal training until you have passed your RES exams, and then formally signed up with them. Unfortunately, there is a very big risk involved in this.
Let me explain:
You have raised a valid concern, that in an ideal situation, training should occur simultaneously with your RES classes/exams. Why? For the most part, RES classes and exams deal mainly with the legal aspects of Real Estate, and not the money making aspects. Hence, someone who waits till they are certified and joins an agency will find that they are wholly unequipped and unskilled in the money making aspects of the business.
The idea is to build your marketing systems, learn the business side skills, whilst at the same time attending RES classes. All new associates have a limited life span, meaning they need to have a sustaining income come in by a certain time period, or else they will simply fade away. Hence, the ideal situation is that new associates have cases pending work or even better "closing" even before their licensing is ready. Thus, work must always begin as soon as possible on grooming them.
How then does my team avoid the condition that others have for them to register formally before training begins? Is there any paperwork to sign?
My answer is that there is none. We simply far exceed the expectations on the new joiner in terms of quality of training, field mentorship, and providing an open sharing environment with peers to work with and share from. In short, if the new associate finds something better during their time with us, they are welcome to leave. Thus far, none have.
I hope this leaves you with a better idea on where to proceed to from here hence.
Good luck!
Best Regards,
Mervin Tang
Senior Marketing Manager
Division Lead Trainer, Project Sales
CEA Reg No. : R030951Z
Huttons Asia Pte Ltd
Mobile: (65) 9184 0208
Website: http://www.SGrealestate.sg
Sales Enquiry: mervintang@SGrealestate.sg
Discussions: http://sg-realestate-sg.blogspot.com/
http://www.lafiesta-sengkang.sg/
http://www.qbay-residences.org/
http://www.sennette-residences.org/
The answer to your question is two fold:
Firstly, you simply cannot sign up with any agency before you have passed your exams and gotten your certification. The joining procedure for any agency according to CEA rules are that you must first attend classes, pass your exams, and then once you have been issued your certificate, only then are you able to sign up with any agency.
In any case where you are promised otherwise, it is simply untrue. It is this reason that many agencies do not begin formal training until you have passed your RES exams, and then formally signed up with them. Unfortunately, there is a very big risk involved in this.
Let me explain:
You have raised a valid concern, that in an ideal situation, training should occur simultaneously with your RES classes/exams. Why? For the most part, RES classes and exams deal mainly with the legal aspects of Real Estate, and not the money making aspects. Hence, someone who waits till they are certified and joins an agency will find that they are wholly unequipped and unskilled in the money making aspects of the business.
The idea is to build your marketing systems, learn the business side skills, whilst at the same time attending RES classes. All new associates have a limited life span, meaning they need to have a sustaining income come in by a certain time period, or else they will simply fade away. Hence, the ideal situation is that new associates have cases pending work or even better "closing" even before their licensing is ready. Thus, work must always begin as soon as possible on grooming them.
How then does my team avoid the condition that others have for them to register formally before training begins? Is there any paperwork to sign?
My answer is that there is none. We simply far exceed the expectations on the new joiner in terms of quality of training, field mentorship, and providing an open sharing environment with peers to work with and share from. In short, if the new associate finds something better during their time with us, they are welcome to leave. Thus far, none have.
I hope this leaves you with a better idea on where to proceed to from here hence.
Good luck!
Best Regards,
Mervin Tang
Senior Marketing Manager
Division Lead Trainer, Project Sales
CEA Reg No. : R030951Z
Huttons Asia Pte Ltd
Mobile: (65) 9184 0208
Website: http://www.SGrealestate.sg
Sales Enquiry: mervintang@SGrealestate.sg
Discussions: http://sg-realestate-sg.blogspot.com/
http://www.lafiesta-sengkang.sg/
http://www.qbay-residences.org/
http://www.sennette-residences.org/
I think good RES exam resources are hard to come by these days, and the syllabus by CEA keeps changing (due to the changing regulations and policies by MND, MAS, etc).
ReplyDeleteHowever, I have always found Mister Exam (www.misterexam.com) to be a useful resource for RES exam preparation and hope that this useful resource would be useful for everyone taking the exam.
Good luck.
Michelle