Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa February/ March 2020

SELLING What is a property ambassador? How can it benefit you? A n ambassador can benefit you in earning an additional income in the property industry with minimal effort through being a role player who can just refer. Ambassadors choose to become more involved and even take up a role to be more involved on a staff on demand basis. POTENTIAL CLIENTS: • 32 SELLERS: who want to sell their property or home and do not have the experience or have the time to manage it. There are organisations who do not sell but facilitate the sales at no extra cost which can also assist the owner. SELLERS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE: numerous property owners in need of assistance to unlock equity to address financial challenges whom can also be assisted by specialists in that field if finance is not available through the conventional methods? PROPERTY INVESTORS: numerous property investors are always looking for property investment opportunities and can be referred to educational material, new innovative property disruptors, commercial specialists and other property investment seminars and webinars depending on the level of knowledge of the investor, their appetite and obviously financial ability. POTENTIAL PURCHASERS: Whoever wants to enter the market and buy their first property investment or home will require guidance from registered and qualified professionals. POTENTIAL PURCHASERS NOT ABLE TO ENTER THE MARKET: 37% of the current consumer market is currently not able to enter the market through the normal means of purchasing a property due to impaired credit records and need assistance. FEBRUARY/MARCH 2020 SA Real Estate Investor Magazine We need to ensure we create an environment where people can be empowered by owning their homes. There are a few specialists in this field like R2B and Assist to Own. Other role players in the market assist the potential property owners to improve their credit score and restore their credit status like Money Maps and My Bond Fitness. Most estate agencies are prepared to remunerate people for referrals. Although it may be a little at a time, if you are becoming a part of a property community and network you can earn substantial additional income without doing too much. Being an ambassador will require more than just having knowledge of who does what in the industry and needs you to upskill and improve your knowledge in the area where you want to get involved. You can become an active networker and specialize in one of the above areas and make it your work from home opportunity to provide and generate potential leads for the agency or organisation you have researched. It’s important to only refer people to organisations who are registered with the industry authorities like the Estate Agency Affairs Board. Some of the organisations like Wealth Assist are providing fee structures which are continually paying for the investor referrals. Every time an investor introduced by an Ambassador has participated in an investment a referral fee is earned (this is a great method to grow passive income streams). Register now as an ambassador with Property Assist & make an impact in property. Visit the Property Assist website www. propertyassist.co.za and register with Wealth Assist in four easy steps and start making your first measurable impact property investment. SOURCE Property Assist

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