real estate investortoproperty assistant
A real estate investor already meets 36% of what the property assistant role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
36%
66.8/ 100
1 Share of the property assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the real estate investor 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 this move works
A property assistant role treats 7 of its required skills as things a real estate investor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- collect property financial information
- handle financial transactions
- maintain records of financial transactions
- obtain financial information
- prepare inventory of properties
- provide information on properties
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A property assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a real estate investor background worth leading with.
- already held prepare inventory of properties information skills
- already held plan buildings maintenance work management skills
- already held concurrent estate business, administration and law
- already held examine the conditions of buildings information skills
- already held perform property market research information skills
- already held provide information on properties communication, collaboration and creativity
All 17 carried skills, including the 7 the property assistant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 30 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.
- required, not held identify customer's needs required
- required, not held communicate by telephone required
- required, not held communicate with customers required
- required, not held inform on renting agreements required
- required, not held process commissioned instructions required
- optional, not held advise on investment optional
- optional, not held handle tenant changeover optional
- optional, not held liaise with property owners optional
- optional, not held negotiate on asset value optional
- optional, not held prospect new customers optional
- optional, not held advise on property value optional
- optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
- required, not held administer appointments required
- required, not held fix meetings required
- required, not held organise business documents required
- required, not held perform office routine activities required
- required, not held use office systems required
- optional, not held organise property viewing optional
- optional, not held create a financial plan optional
- optional, not held organise a damage assessment optional
- required, not held customer service required
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
- optional, not held marketing principles optional
- required, not held electronic communication required
- required, not held office software required
- optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
- optional, not held maintain inventory of office supplies optional
- optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a property assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 customer service knowledge · sector specific
- 02 identify customer's needs skill · sector specific
- 03 administer appointments skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held collect property financial information skill
- already held handle financial transactions skill
- already held maintain records of financial transactions skill
- already held obtain financial information skill
- already held prepare inventory of properties skill
- already held provide information on properties skill
- already held real estate market knowledge
- already held attend trade fairs skill
- already held compare property values skill
- already held concurrent estate knowledge
- already held estimate profitability skill
- already held examine the conditions of buildings skill
- already held perform property market research skill
- already held plan buildings maintenance work skill
- already held property law knowledge
- already held trace financial transactions skill
- already held value properties skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held assist in loan applications optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on investment optional
- optional, not held handle tenant changeover optional
- optional, not held liaise with property owners optional
- optional, not held negotiate on asset value optional
- optional, not held organise property viewing optional
- optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
- optional, not held prospect new customers optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
- optional, not held advise on property value optional
- optional, not held assist in loan applications optional
- optional, not held create a financial plan optional
- optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
- optional, not held maintain inventory of office supplies optional
- optional, not held marketing principles optional
- optional, not held organise a damage assessment optional
- optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
13 held skills the property assistant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role actuarial science knowledge
- not needed by the target role asset management knowledge
- not needed by the target role banking activities knowledge
- not needed by the target role building codes knowledge
- not needed by the target role cadastral taxation knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with banking professionals skill
- not needed by the target role energy performance of buildings knowledge
- not needed by the target role modern portfolio theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate with property owners skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- not needed by the target role supervise property development projects skill
- not needed by the target role tax legislation knowledge
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held customer service required
- required, not held electronic communication required
- required, not held office software required
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
- optional, not held marketing principles optional
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.