Real Estate Resume Sample

Make the perfect resume for a job in real estate using this expert writing guide!

1. Lead with a Professional Profile

When constructing a resume, it’s always a good idea to start with an introduction. You’ll catch the hiring manager’s attention and give them a reason to keep reading.

There are three main ways to accomplish this — through a career objective, a qualifications summary, or a professional profile.

For a real estate resume, our experts recommend taking advantage of a Professional Profile. This can be written in bullet points or in paragraph format, but we favor bullet points for easy readability.

Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll want to include in each of those points:

First, state your job title (for a licensed realtor, be sure to add the state in which your license is currently valid), years of experience, and a broad description of the type of work you do.

Example:

• Utah-licensed real estate agent with 5+ years of experience in the brokerage of residential and commercial properties

The next point should address your primary area of expertise. While you’ll be expanding upon this throughout the rest of your resume, lay down a broad overview in your introduction.

Example:

• Proven ability to increase agency revenue, closings, contracts, and client acquisition through marketing, sales, and customer relations

Like the candidate does in the example above, use this bullet to outline what you have to offer that serves to benefit the prospective company the most.

Your third line should indicate a particular set of skills you bring to the table.

Example:

• Adept at generating and curating business through networking and prospecting

You’ll want to focus on an ability that will hold the most weight for the job you’re applying to. This isn’t the place to boast your familiarity with Microsoft Word. Instead, advertise a skillset that is highly valuable in your field.

Lastly, address your special certifications, recognitions, training, or achievements.

Example:

• Annual attendee and two-time panel member of National Association of Realtors (NAR) Conference

The candidate in the example above used this bullet point to mention their participation in a prestigious industry event rather than special honors.

Instead, their recognitions appear later in the Awards and Achievements section. This allows them to include a detail of their professional experience that does not necessarily qualify as an award but is still an impressive feat that deserves to be mentioned.

Play around with formatting to decide how to best fit the most of what you have to offer on one page.

2. Include Awards and Achievements

The real estate industry boasts a long-running tradition of formally recognizing agent achievements. While your good work is probably rewarded most often with commissions and bonuses, many realtors receive special awards and acknowledgements for their accomplishments.

If you are one of these professionals, carve out the space in your resume to note these accolades with an Awards and Acknowledgements section.

When choosing where to place this section, we recommend directly after the Professional Profile section so that it grabs the hiring manager’s attention off the bat.

On the other hand, if you only have one or two awards that you don’t feel merit a section of their own, feel free to include them in one of the bullet points in your Professional Profile instead.

Make sure you only mention relevant awards here. While your dunk challenge victory in ‘09 may be impressive in its own right, it has no business in your real estate resume.

Here are just a few examples of achievements that you may have received recognition for:

• Realtor of the Month/Year
• Best New Agent
• Top Agent for …
• President’s Club award
• Distinguished Service Award
• AE Awards and Recognitions
• 30 under 30
• Good Neighbor Awards
• National Commercial Awards
• Sales Awards

3. Highlight your Ability to Work with Others

The job of the realtor is as a liaison between the client and the many people and processes they’ll run into along the way. As such, you need to show that you have the communication skills and networking know-how to build and maintain an index of colleagues that can assist both you and your clients in making a deal go as smoothly as possible from start to finish.

Advertising your interpersonal capabilities can be tricky on a resume.

The most effective bullet points include quantification, where you back up a claim by demonstrating the positive effect of your efforts with numerical evidence. When it comes to relationships, finding a number to show results can seem daunting.

Here are some ideas about ways you can show how far your people skills can go:

• Securing discounts
• Meeting or exceeding efficiency expectations
• Building a network
• Getting referrals
• Locking down repeat business

4. Get Specific with your Skills

Sometimes the hardest part of writing your Professional Experience bullet points isn’t in deciding what to include — it’s in deciding what NOT to include.

Since the ideal resume is only a page in length, you’ll want to be cautious not to over-stuff your experience section by outlining every task and duty your previous position entailed.

If you’re finding that there are important components of the job that you want to acknowledge but don’t have a place for in the Professional Experience section, add them to your Skills section instead.

By doing this, you can give your employer a glimpse into the responsibilities you are able to tackle while saving the Experience bullet points for the most notable of your professional achievements.

Check out the example below:

We’ve highlighted the real estate-specific abilities that the candidate wanted to showcase but didn’t fit neatly into their Professional Experience section.

This way, you get to squeeze in as many details as possible about what you’re capable of without bogging down your resume.

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