Brokerage Management
ORRA Broker Pricing: $49.
Instructor: Chuck Bonamer
What All Brokers Need to Know
The responsibility of managing your own office has become more complex than ever and the potential for risk increases with each new agent, staff member and client. This course is perfect for the broker that wants to learn how to organize and streamline their office while minimizing potential hazards. This course provides necessary training for brokers who want to implement or reinforce policies that can be tailored to their office!
Key learning objectives in this class:
• Review of the Broker Manual.
• Creating a business plan.
• Considerations when opening an office: location, size, forms, equipment, marketing, and records.
• Staffing concerns: recruiting, IC vs. employee, full-time vs. part-time, job descriptions, and more.
• Working with salespeople: policy and procedure manual, contracts and forms, training, staff meetings, key security, sexual harassment, etc.
• Expanding company services: appraisals, intro- company referrals, mortgage brokerage services.
• Regulations including DBPR, Department of Revenue, escrow account requirements, and the Landlord/Tenant Act.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
1. Check in with ORRA staff and sign morning and afternoon attendance sheets.
2. FREC requires a licensee attend 90% of each of the classroom hours. Physical attendance is required for the duration of class.
3. Electronic note-taking is permitted on silent devices, only. Cell phone use is permitted during designated breaks.
Special Disabilities: Accommodated with advance notice.
CANCELLATION/NO-SHOWS
Cancellations not received within two (2) days prior to class start time will result in the forfeiture of the registration fee. Cancellations can be made through ORRA’s Professional Development Department at 407.513.7268 or email at education@orlandorealtors.org.