Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

letting agenttoreal estate agent

A letting agent already meets 47% of what the real estate agent role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From letting agent
47%
Overlap1
To real estate agent
22 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
59.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

47%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.4/ 100

1 Share of the real estate agent role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the letting agent profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A real estate agent role treats 12 of its required skills as things a letting agent already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on property value
  • compare property values
  • identify customer's needs
  • inform on renting agreements
  • manage contracts
  • obtain financial information

What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A real estate agent role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a letting agent background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held organise property viewing management skills
  • already held prepare inventory of properties information skills
  • already held inform on renting agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held concurrent estate business, administration and law
  • already held advise on property value communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held office administration business, administration and law

All 22 carried skills, including the 12 the real estate agent role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 35 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held liaise with property owners required
  • required, not held maintain relationship with customers required
  • required, not held prepare real estate contract required
  • optional, not held advise on investment optional
  • optional, not held handle tenant changeover optional
  • optional, not held review closing procedures optional
  • optional, not held analyse insurance needs optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held negotiate with property owners optional
  • optional, not held protect client interests optional
  • optional, not held write inspection reports optional
02 business, administration and law 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held customer service required
  • required, not held contract law required
  • required, not held mortgage loans required
  • optional, not held accounting techniques optional
  • optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
  • optional, not held types of insurance optional
03 information skills 2 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain financial records required
  • required, not held value properties required
  • optional, not held consult credit score optional
  • optional, not held monitor title procedures optional
  • optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
  • optional, not held analyse loans optional
  • optional, not held estimate profitability optional
  • optional, not held examine mortgage loan documents optional
  • optional, not held perform contract compliance audits optional
04 management skills 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held create a financial plan optional
  • optional, not held organise a damage assessment optional
  • optional, not held plan buildings maintenance work optional
  • optional, not held process payments optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held building construction principles optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist in loan applications optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a real estate agent role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 22 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on property value skill
  • already held compare property values skill
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held inform on renting agreements skill
  • already held manage contracts skill
  • already held obtain financial information skill
  • already held office administration knowledge
  • already held perform property market research skill
  • already held property law knowledge
  • already held prospect new customers skill
  • already held provide information on properties skill
  • already held real estate market knowledge
  • already held advertising techniques knowledge
  • already held attend trade fairs skill
  • already held building codes knowledge
  • already held collect property financial information skill
  • already held concurrent estate knowledge
  • already held examine credit ratings skill
  • already held examine the conditions of buildings skill
  • already held liaise with advertising agencies skill
  • already held organise property viewing skill
  • already held prepare inventory of properties skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held virtual reality optional
27 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on investment optional
  • optional, not held consult credit score optional
  • optional, not held handle tenant changeover optional
  • optional, not held monitor title procedures optional
  • optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
  • optional, not held review closing procedures optional
  • optional, not held accounting techniques optional
  • optional, not held analyse insurance needs optional
  • optional, not held analyse loans optional
  • optional, not held assist in loan applications optional
  • optional, not held building construction principles optional
  • optional, not held create a financial plan optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
  • optional, not held estimate profitability optional
  • optional, not held examine mortgage loan documents optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
  • optional, not held negotiate with property owners optional
  • optional, not held organise a damage assessment optional
  • optional, not held perform contract compliance audits optional
  • optional, not held plan buildings maintenance work optional
  • optional, not held process payments optional
  • optional, not held protect client interests optional
  • optional, not held types of insurance optional
  • optional, not held virtual reality optional
  • optional, not held write inspection reports optional
12 held skills the real estate agent role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role check construction compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role collect customer data skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with tenants skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate advertising campaigns skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role plan marketing campaigns skill
  • not needed by the target role present reports skill
  • not needed by the target role use office systems skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
9 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held customer service required
  • required, not held contract law required
  • required, not held mortgage loans required
  • optional, not held accounting techniques optional
  • optional, not held building construction principles optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
  • optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
  • optional, not held types of insurance optional
  • optional, not held virtual reality optional
Index

Other moves recorded from letting agent

Full index of moves from letting agent

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.