Learn, Learn, Learn, Ability to make a lot of money. The team around you and culture of the office and company cannot be beat.

Pros

good support and competitive compensation. Chicago Apartment Finders goes out of its way to teach and train their employees all aspects of the real estate business.

Pros

Great first time sales job. Lots of freedom and opportunity for growth within the industry through networking

Low commission

No base pay or transportation stipend

Long hours

Scheduled office time

Heavy workload

High stress levels

A great deal of competition with little collaboration

Fire the closing department. As a part time agent nearly 1/3 of my deals fell through due to miscommunications within the closing department. This means that as an agent, after driving clients to up to 6 showings and negotiating a deal sometimes taking multiple days I received absolutely no compensation. While the culture and atmosphere of this employer fit the youthful and extroverted employee base they so often attract the heavy work load and high stress levels contradict the fun care free atmosphere. Pay is 100% commissions based and the program is short so employees are expected to learn very quickly if they hope to make any money.

Pay your employees. Each sale generates 25% leasing agent revenue, and at most 15% listing agent revenue. That means that the two parties solely responsible for attracting clients and making the sale get paid at most slightly more than half of what the company nets on every $1,000 earned. ($250+$150= $350 compared to $650 pocketed by management). This is all assuming the client doesn't back out or fall through, in which case management will back draw any payment made to a sales rep potentially leaving you in the hole.