Jobs as a realtor in The Netherlands

Start Directly as a Real Estate Agent through Our Unique Kick Start Program

Kick Start – What Is It?

Everyone who has completed the Dutch Realtor Training is offered a unique opportunity to start working as a real estate agent right away through our own real estate office: VK Makelaars. VK Makelaars has developed a unique program that allows you to begin your career as a real estate agent immediately. In this program, you will be intensively guided and trained, along with other new agents, to fully prepare you for a career in real estate. You start as an agent immediately, meaning you can start earning money right away. You won’t be employed by us; instead, you’ll work as a self-employed entrepreneur (ZZP-er). You’ll become our new colleague at VK Makelaars, working entirely under our banner with our systems and, of course, under the banner of the industry association VBO.

Since you’re self-employed, you’ll need to handle a few things on your own, such as registering with the Chamber of Commerce, obtaining professional liability insurance, getting a VAT number, and managing your financial administration. We’ll fully assist and support you in getting all of this organized. You’ll actively network and promote yourself as an (Expat) real estate agent in your own region. Additionally, our head office will provide you with leads when they become available. For example, if you’re Spanish-speaking and we receive a lead from South American clients, we’ll try to assign that lead to you as much as possible. However, be aware that your own client acquisition will be the most important factor. During the Dutch Realtor Training, you’ll learn everything you need to know about attracting new clients. If you follow the lessons on client acquisition diligently, you’ll have an abundance of new clients!

Initially, you will earn 65% of all your commissions. The office retains 35%, which covers all the facilities provided to you. A great deal, right?

Kick Start – How Does It Work?

The following simple chronological steps explain how the Kick Start program works and why it’s so unique and exciting:

1. First, apply for the program by emailing a motivation letter and your curriculum vitae to info@vkmakelaars.nl. To work with us, you must have completed the full Dutch Realtor Training and the annual refresher courses. However, you can apply even before you’ve taken or completed the course, and we’ll aim to give everyone who applies a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ within a month of their application.
2. You can work as a realtor for us from all over The Netherlands. So it does not matter where you live.
3. The goal is to give as many people as possible a chance. The candidates will primarily need to prove themselves in practice.
4. If you’re accepted, you’ll work as a self-employed entrepreneur (ZZP-er). Your earnings will entirely depend on the number of deals you close. The more cases you handle, the higher your income can be.
5. Along with the other candidates, you’ll have a lesson/coaching session three times a week for six months with one of our instructors. These will be instructors such as Floris and Omid. In these sessions, all your questions regarding ongoing and new cases will be addressed, so it’s important to save your questions for these fixed contact moments. The coaching sessions currently take place on Mondays from 10:30 to 11:30 AM, Wednesdays from 9:00 to 10:00 AM, and Fridays from 10:00 to 11:00 AM.
6. Every three months, a short performance review will be conducted, where adjustments will be made as needed.
7. You start as a Junior agent. A Junior earns 65% of the commission they generate. If you have two good performance reviews in a row and have earned more than €30,000 in the past six months, you will be promoted to Senior agent. As a Senior agent, you will earn 70% of the commission you generate.

We invest a lot of time and money in the participating agents, so we want only motivated and driven individuals in this program. For this reason, we have set the following financial rules:

• The agent pays a one-time startup fee of €500 excluding VAT.
• To ensure that our minimum costs are covered, we set a small target for the agents. For the first three months, there’s no target. After three months, the agent’s minimum target is to generate €2,500 per month, including VAT, from signed sales or rental agreements. If you exceed €2,500 in a month, you can carry the excess over to the next month. For your information: this is a very light target. It’s roughly equivalent to half a case, and typically, an agent at our firm handles at least three cases per month (e.g., selling one property, renting another, and purchasing a third).

Starting Your Own Real Estate Agency in the Netherlands

Do you aspire to start your own real estate agency? That’s fantastic! There’s plenty of room for that. We fully understand if you want to spread your wings at some point. With everything you’ve learned in the Dutch Realtor Training and later in practice, you can also start your own real estate agency. There’s even an option to do this as a franchisee. In that case, you only pay a small fee of 15% on your commissions. More information (in Dutch) about the franchise can be found here.

Interested in Applying?

Send an email to info@dutchrealtortraining.nl with your motivation letter and curriculum vitae. We look forward to hearing from you!