office management | firsttuesday Journal

Interviewing an Agent

by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 20, 2023 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

This video covers the use of an income and expense data worksheet to provide prospective recruits with an analysis of their potential earnings with a brokerage.

Additional Duties of the Employing Broker

by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 8, 2022 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

This episode covers business liability insurance, professional liability coverage and unemployment insurance benefits, as well as workers’ compensation coverage for employees.

Letter to the editor: Do real estate brokers need to offer their employees 401k plans?

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 21, 2022 | Letters to the Editor, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

The answer depends on how the broker structures their agent’s employment contracts.

A Broker’s Use of Supervisors

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 21, 2022 | Feature Articles, Features, Real Estate, Video | 0

A broker’s delegation of oversight and management duties to an office manager.

Business and Licensed Activities

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 15, 2022 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

The development of a business model to outline the means and manner by which agents produce and service listings, and how purchase agreements are negotiated and closed.

Responsibility for Continuous Supervision

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 8, 2022 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

Analyzing a broker’s reasonable supervision over the activities performed by their agent, and the establishment of administrative office policies, procedures rules and systems.

Brokerage Reminder: Branch office managers share responsibility for oversight and management

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 19, 2021 | Brokerage Reminder, Real Estate | 2

Supervision vision As of 2021, upwards of 20,000 individual and corporate broker licensees employ...

Avoid an audit of your real estate brokerage

by ft Editorial Staff | Jun 11, 2018 | Feature Articles, Your Practice | 0

How to protect your brokerage before, during and after a DRE audit.

Brokers: Managing your CalBRE license renewal

by Amy Thomas | Jun 10, 2017 | Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 4

As a California Bureau of Real Estate (CalBRE) broker, you renew your license every four years to remain in business – but you also need your sales agents to renew so they may stay on the job. Here are the steps to take for you and your agents to comply with renewal requirements.

Attract agents to your brokerage with office amenities

by Amy Thomas | Dec 8, 2015 | Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Employing brokers provide a range of amenities for sales agents to thrive at their brokerage. Here’s what brokers need to know to help decide which amenities are best suited for their business environment.

Management styles: how brokers run an office

by Sarah Kolvas | Nov 30, 2015 | Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

A simple guide to management styles for new brokers.

Brokerage Reminder: Office policies and procedures – administrative structure for business oversight

by ft Editorial Staff | Nov 2, 2015 | Brokerage Reminder, Real Estate | 0

How active and involved is your broker in your real estate office? Always there working with...

POLL: Who handles the files during your real estate transactions?

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 26, 2015 | Reader Polls, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Who handles the files during your real estate transactions? I do. (57%, 32 Votes) A transaction...

Operating an office: Insurance coverage

by Amy Thomas | Oct 22, 2015 | Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Brokers need to know what insurance they are required to provide for their agents. Here’s a rundown of what coverage is required and why your brokerage will benefit.

What it takes to be a broker

by Sarah Kolvas | Oct 12, 2015 | Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Read on to understand the tasks, obligations and liabilities undertaken by a broker when employing agents, working for another broker or acting independently.

New continuing education requirement for license renewals

by Whitney Trang | Aug 25, 2015 | Laws and Regulations, Licensing and Education, New Laws, Real Estate | 2

California Bureau of Real Estate (CalBRE)-licensed brokers now need to complete a course in office management and supervision as part of their 45-hour continuing education requirements.