Success in real estate starts with your own talent and confidence. To be really successful also requires people to back you up, help you out, and set you free to do what you do best as a real estate professional.
That’s where we give you the real advantage, at Jo Houston & Company Real Estate & Development; we strive to give you all the support you need to achieve that success. The right people, the right services, the most useful tools, technology, and knowledge.
We’ve built a local real estate company with the advantages you normally associate with that of the larger national companies. We are a community oriented company that focuses on the needs of our clients.
At Jo Houston & Company we’ve developed a close-knit, personal atmosphere that encourages everyone to do their absolute best. We know that the success of our business depends on your success.
Training Your hands-on experience starts with a 16 session course that goes beyond what you’ve already learned during real estate school. The learning experience is comprised of three parts that are the cornerstones of any successful real estate career.
The first section focuses on developing your personal skills. What your goals and ambitions are, and what is the best way to market you. We will encourage you in the areas you are strong in, and challenge you in the weaker areas.
Second part of our program will prepare you for writing contracts, listing homes and the many forms required in the real estate industry. You will participate in real life scenarios to build your confidence when meeting with clients. What to do and say, whether you’re representing the buyer or the seller.
The learning experience carries over to actual on the job training, where you will learn how to read a plat, measure, and depict a house. You will accompany a mentor on a listing appointment, home showing and a closing. We offer a numerous other services that help to make you more efficient and more effective.
Marketing Meet Joel Deweese, another professional dedicated to your ongoing success in the real estate business. Joel is currently working on his degree in Marketing and has experience in the real world of advertising and marketing. Backed up by a full-time marketing department, you’ll be able to put a wide variety of hardworking sales materials to work for you. Marketing tools available to you include the Client Satisfaction Guarantee, an Internet website, Marketing Action Plan (MAP), property marketing business cards, print media advertising and a host of other marketing tools unique to Jo Houston & Company Real Estate & Development. Joel is a master of advertising who will work as hard as you do to help make your real estate career a success.
Technology No modern business support system would be complete without the latest technological services. Our office is equipped with multiple computer stations along with scanners, faxes, and digital cameras. All of our agents’ desks are networked to the internet via high speed data lines, and our technology department is on hand to help put all of it to work for you. At Jo Houston & Company Real Estate & Development we want you to have the best technology to assist you as your career begins to grow.
SC Real Estate License Information
Provisional Salesman License:
60 credit hours from a South Carolina Real Estate Commission approved school of Real Estate. After passing the school exam, you are eligible to take the South Carolina State License Exam.
Permanent Real Estate Salesman License:
Completion of the 60 credit hours and passing the South Carolina State License Exam. An additional 30 credit hours from a South Carolina Real Estate Commission approved School of Real Estate. 30 credit hours can be taken any time within the first year, after passing the South Carolina State License Exam.
*Real Estate Schools in South Carolina:
Wyatt Institute of Real Estate 710 North Street Greenville, SC 29601 864-223-1514
