Obeng Darko

Skills of a real estate agent

Kwabena Obeng Darko — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:43:25 +0000

There are things that you must know in order to become a great real estate agent. Be intentional about these things and learn them continually.
Take a look at 5 skills that you need to be a great real estate agent.

Local knowledge
You need to understand the local market very well and what your clients are looking for, both landlords and tenants. For many of us, the decisions are largely made based on how much we have for the place we want to rent.

Ability to sell, communication
Your ability to communicate well goes a long way to decide your success or failure as an agent. Keep people updated and givings feedbacks

Hard work
You have to put in the hours. Work to get results. Work to get the job done. Success requires some amour of work hours.

Honest person
Hold yourself high on your values. Be truthful in your dealings, it is your biggest leverage. Let your word be your bond

Care and passion for the industry
You have to have care and passion for what you do. Passion requires work.

START SMALL. BE POSITIVE.

Kwabena Obeng Darko — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 21:11:16 +0000

Many of us have been conditioned to believe that when we come out of school there will be jobs that will be waiting for us. Yes, there will be some of us who will get the kinds of Job we so desire but many of us without any big father or uncle to give reference to us to get such jobs, what will be left will not be those jobs that we will be proud of. In any case, many of us only have to find something to do because that is the way out. These points should get you less frustrated and more focused on doing something for yourself.

1. Understand that you did not go to school so that you can get a job. This reality has not gotten to many African youths who have come out of our universities. The reason we pride ourselves on what we call great courses and great grades. Maybe, there is such a thing as a great course but after you have had that and still have been at home for years without a job you should question your definition of a great course. The school was to equip you to have the tools for knowledge acquisition. The school was not designed for you to get a job and become rich. What was designed for your greatness is using the skills the school has given you and going after your dreams in life.
2. Be positive about life and about Africa. You need to solve this insistent mental liability that most of us as Africans carry around trying compare Africa to every other people to our disadvantage. We are mostly being told about bad leadership, corruption, poverty, disease in Africa. This has affected almost all of us such that we hardly are able to see the good things in us as Africans. Understand that so long as you are obsessed with the negatives it will be difficult to you have space for the positives. You need strength. You need courage. You need hope to create the solutions and take advantage of the many opportunities in Africa.
3. Start small. The beauty about starting small is that you get to learn the required skills as your idea mutates into a working business. And if it does not work as you expect you don’t lose much. The essence is that you are going to learn in building a business. You are going to make mistakes. And surely you will experience failure, disappointment, and pain, so starting small when you don’t have much money and expertise only helps you to manage the very things we all don’t expect. You can start small by selling something, a product. Visit our markets. Look at what others are selling. Visit companies, factories. Look at what others are producing. Be proud of what you are able to start no matter how small it is. That is the best way to gain skills and wisdom that need to building anything from the idea level. You need to overcome inertia. Don’t just think of great ideas. Start and you can always start from where you are. You can always start small.

One person’s problem is another’s opportunity. Don’t let yourself be conditioned to believe that there is nothing you can do. Don’t waste your time, your mind, energy, money, and other resources on things that are not making you become the person you desire to be. Become result-oriented. What can produce? What can you sell? Spend your time on these. Feed your mind with the right knowledge on finance and business. Build relationships with like-minded people. Plan your life for the next 10 years. Don’t trick yourself to believe that unless you travel outside Africa you cannot be successful. You want to become super-wealthy. It is in Africa. In the beginning, it can be tough but keep pushing.

Communication skills for business

Kwabena Obeng Darko — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 19:45:00 +0000

1. If you don’t develop this well you will struggle as a business person
2. Key people should have their calls returned when you missed their calls.
3. Give updates on agreements and if there is a change update
4. Be in constant communication with your managers.
5. Some decisions solely rest with you. Don’t forget them
6. Don’t let those you owe chase you, be ahead of them in giving information on the debt
7. Don’t put your phone off without telling those who have to get to you.
8. Don’t be afraid of pressure
9. Always learn to talk with government workers especially GRA, SSNIT, etc they can frustrate. But they are very nice people if you show them respect
10. Train your team regularly on communication

10 points why educated, working and still struggling with money

Kwabena Obeng Darko — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:25:08 +0000

1. Wrong money data. We hoard it.
2. You believe school and a job will make you rich. And if it does not happen you have to cheat or lie to get it.
3. You think sales are below you. It is about the only skill you need to get to get money.
4. You are waiting for a miracle from God to make you rich or lotto or magic
5. You give the little you have away without thinking. People, church, ceremonies, celebrations
6. You waste a lot of money in trying to buy land and building a house, you think renting is a disgrace. Lie.
7. You don’t have a plan to get out of money struggles
8. You think about what you drive and what you wear to show that you have money
9. You don’t see the value of having a strong work ethic.
10. You probably believe you were born to be average or struggle.

Streamline: How to teach yourself money (Financial Education)

Kwabena Obeng Darko — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 09:46:18 +0000

Whenever we mention money people pay attention. Solving money problems requires the right financial skills which are gained by having the right financial education. Few study money intentionally. That is why we believe that getting degrees or going abroad, or getting a well-paying job will make us rich. Many associate prosperity with owning nice houses or having expensive cars and so on.

The right financial data is at the foundation of financial success and it is difficult without us having our financial plan. Without our own financial system we may struggle with our finance all our lives. How money is gained, kept and multiplied. No need to steal or cheat to get money.

School was not designed to make you rich. We don’t have to retire poor or die poor. We don’t have to be broke all the time. Our financial success is our responsibility and it is not in the hands of Government or God. The poor and the average associate wealth with consumption, with spending. Financial independence is not a miracle or luck. As Africans we need strong sense of purpose and identity to achieve financial freedom. Strong sense of history. Self-confidence and the belief in our Continent.

Build your own financial systems for long term wealth. We can start from where we are. It is always starts with one step. Be productively ethical in the economy, industry and culture in Africa.