 Hi guys, you are watching OxyVlogs. If this is your first time here and you would like to know more information about life in Dubai, don't forget to hit subscribe button and the notification icon so you won't miss anything. If you are subscribed to my channel, you've noticed that I've been sharing a lot of information about how to get a job in Dubai. And I noticed that one of the most popular jobs in Dubai is a real estate agent. So today I have a special guest, Denis. Hi guys, my name is Denis and I'm a real estate agent in Dubai. If you're new to this channel, over here I'm trying to help investors to understand better the real estate market in this city. He is a real estate agent in Dubai and let's ask him a couple of questions about what is it like to be an agent in Dubai and whether you should apply for this job or not. So guys, here is Denis, hi Denis. Hi Oxy, hi guys. Thank you for coming. So can you tell us please about yourself and how long have you been working in this industry? Okay guys, so my name is Denis. I'm working in this industry already for more than five years and mainly I'm working with the off-plan projects in the sales of the projects that are under construction. So this is my focus at this stage. In Dubai I'm already for around seven years and initially I came here to work in the hospitality and after that I moved to the real estate. Okay, thank you. And can you tell us why this industry is so popular in Dubai? There are so many agents and people really want to start working in the real estate agency when they are planning to move to Dubai. Well, first of all, there are several reasons. First of all, obviously real estate gives you a very good chance to make some good money. You are working with the most expensive item to sell, most probably, the apartments and the envelopes. And obviously if you are good in this, you will have, as I said, a quite good income. So this opportunity obviously attracts people to this industry. Another reason is that it's quite easy to find a job in the real estate. For the real estate company, it's not such a big problem to hire an agent because they're not paying salary over there and they don't have such big requirements. And this is another reason why I think people are attracted to this industry. And in the end it's a quite interesting job to do because you will have a chance to visit some outstanding units, like something that you will never be able to visit if you're working in another industry. Yeah, so this is quite exciting as well. And I think you meet a lot of interesting people and successful people as well. Definitely. But I don't think it's the reason why people are joining the real estate. Yeah, just an additional layer. Yeah, this is something that you realize once you are in already. So people who want to work in the real estate industry what are the first steps for them to start working as an agent? How they can become an agent? For example, if you are not based in Dubai, you live abroad. How you can become an agent in Dubai? Well, you can send your CVs to different companies, to the recruiters. They will get in touch with some companies. You can pass the Skype interview. And as I said, it's quite easy to find a job in the real estate company. And if they decide to go ahead with you, if the company decides to hire you, like once you're here, you will have to get a license. To get a license, you will need to pass an exam. And before the exam, there is like three days classes about the regulations and the laws. Exam is quite easy if you study the material. And yes, once you pass the exam, you can start working as a real estate agent. Okay, and what are the main requirements when you apply for this job? Well, obviously, the manager will check your communication skill. In the real estate, we are not working with the real estate. We're working with people because there are sellers, buyers, tenants, lenders. And so you need to have some good communication skills to deal with them. And like your personality, you should be open-minded. And the sales skills. Sales skills is very important in this industry. So this, I believe, is the most important point where managers are paying attention to when they hire somebody. Some companies prefer to hire people with experience, and others prefer to hire people without experience. So it's not a problem if you don't have an experience. And I have a question on my channel about what is the salary in this industry? Do they have any basic salary? Well, as I said in the beginning, the company, they're not paying salary, but there is an option like if you go to work for the real estate developer. So developers, they do pay some salary and commission on top. In real estate companies, there is only commission. So that's why it's very important if you're joining the real estate. You need to have a financial pillow for a few months. So in case if you will not have any deals, you will be able to go through this period. And what is the difference between working for, except of salary, when you work for an agency or when you work for a developer? Okay. There is one main difference that when you're working for the developer, you need to sell or rent his stock, his projects only. And while you're working as a real estate agent, you can work absolutely with everybody. There is no limitation on this. Okay. So you have a big variety of projects that you can sell to the clients? Yes. And like some of my friends who were working as real estate agents, they joined the developers and some of my friends who were working as developers, they're going back to the agency. Not back, they're moving to the agency. So I cannot really tell what is better. I prefer to work as a real estate agent because I can offer to my clients a big variety of the projects. And you can be more flexible. Yes. And like I will have an option to compare different projects because if you go to the developer, they will say that our project is good, but the rest is bad. And what can you recommend to people who want to work in a real estate and what tips can you give them? Well, before I applied for the position in the real estate, I had one month to prepare myself. I didn't obviously work before in the real estate and during this month I was watching lots and lots of videos mainly on YouTube with different trainers that are related to the real estate and something that is related to the sale process. But I would recommend to get as much as possible information about like working negotiation in the real estate, working with the buyers, working with the sellers, how to do the presentation of the property viewings. Practice your communication skills as well. Yes. And one month was enough for me to get quite good base of knowledge and I was lucky enough. I started closing deals on my first month and on the second week I had rentals and by the end of the month I already had a sale. It's a great start. I heard there are some guys who cannot close even deals for six months. Yes, guys, it's very important to understand it that you can do absolutely everything right. You are a hard-working, you are a very dedicated person but by some reason you are not closing the deals, it happens. I don't have an answer why it happens. There is no luck. Yeah, maybe an element of luck is important as well. But yes, just be ready that sometimes you will not have income for some period of time. And by the way, I know some guys who were not closing anything for a long time and after that they just started closing very quickly. And by the way, another difference between the developers and real estate companies that in the real estate company they can say okay, try to close something next month. But the developer most probably will fire you. They are paying you a basic salary and they didn't want to waste money. Okay, Denis, thank you very much. Thank you for your answers. By the way, Denis has his real estate YouTube channel. The link is here, so check it out. Don't forget to subscribe. And that's it for today. Thank you for watching. Don't forget to hit the like under this video. If you have any questions about real estate, please leave them in the comments below and I will see you in the next video. Bye-bye. See you, guys.