Real Estate Lawyer

A lot of times, especially with homeowners, there are going to be some questions and you’re going to interface with the person working on your case. “Determine whether you have a rapport with that person and whether you’re getting the kind of attention you want.

This gives you the opportunity to talk through a solid example of not only decision making, but also to explain how to involve others in making that decision.

This is one question that you know you are going to get so there is no excuse for being unprepared. Concentrate on discussing your main strengths. List three or four proficiencies e.g. your ability to learn quickly, determination to succeed, positive attitude, your ability to relate to people and achieve a common goal. You may be asked to give examples of the above so be prepared.

Many of the top advisors in the industry have designations such as certified public accountant (CPA), certified financial planner (CFP), certified fund specialist (CFS), chartered financial consultant (ChFC), chartered financial analyst (CFA), chartered life underwriter (CLU) and/or juris doctor (JD), and carry their Series 7, 24, 51, 63, 65, 66 and insurance licenses.

If you’re asking for help with something simple like a purchase agreement, maybe you wouldn’t mind having someone with one to three years of experience,” Hall says. “But if you’re dealing with a real estate development or something complex, you probably want somebody with eight to 15 years.

This is a really open question but we would be looking for two or three specific pointers with solid examples of where they have made a difference. For example, this could link to our core competencies around accountability, collaborative team-working and effective communication.

This question is really about your self-esteem, confidence and career aspirations. The answer must be 'yes', followed by a brief explanation as to what it is about your career so far that's made you happy. If you have hit a career plateau, or you feel you are moving too slowly, then you must qualify your answer.

State how you are looking for a new challenge, more responsibility, experience and a change of environment. Do not be negative in your reasons for leaving. It is rarely appropriate to cite salary as your primary motivator.

Advisors should be 100 percent transparent when it comes to explaining their fee structure so clients fully understand how they are paid. They should define which portion of the fee is paid out to the firm and which portion is paid out to the advisor.

Does your advisor charge on a tiered rate system or does he or she receive commissions on the assets you invest? It's important to understand the commissions that your advisors receive and whether or not they receive payments from mutual fund companies or investment companies that they recommend.

Because the real estate market was so terrible over the past six years or so, a large number of real estate agents left the profession as sales declined to historically low levels. There just weren't that many buyers out there and the number of sellers far outstripped the number of buyers. It was an extremely imbalanced marketplace, and it still is in many places. That said, there are good real estate agents and bad real estate agents; you need to determine whether your expectations were too high or whether there were real problems with the agents you picked to try to sell your home.

Conflict can make you feel uncomfortable but by preparing a structured example you can answer this question confidently, and convince the panel of your ability to deal with difficult situations. I think this is good advice for interview preparation in general. I think we’ve all left an interview knowing we didn’t give the best example we had.

The purpose of this question is to find out what your definition of difficult is and whether you can show a logical approach to problem solving. In order to show yourself in a positive light, select a difficult work situation which was not caused by you and which can be quickly explained in a few sentences. Explain how you defined the problem, what the options were, why you selected the one you did and what the outcome was. Always end on a positive note.

Your advisor should always answer, "Yes, I am a fiduciary." In order to safeguard your assets, they should be held with reputable third-party custodians. Your advisor should address whether or not he or she has received disciplinary infractions both individually and as a firm.

Advisors who strictly adhere to a code of ethics and client bill of rights have defined standards in place that they can share with clients. Your advisor should be compliant with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra), the Securities and Exchange Commission and state and regulatory agencies.

Whether a co-op, condo or a homeowner’s association, community associations all have rules that control them. They are governed both by state law and by their own internal bylaws. Community association board members are elected by the property owners living in the community. The best thing that you can do to fix your situation is to get elected to the board of directors.

Your advisor should focus on delivering proactive and transparent communications to clients. For example, our firm sends out trade notifications that explain every buy and sell decision. In addition, we send out a weekly market commentary, a monthly investment outlook and a quarterly market outlook video, along with several education videos, strategy fact sheets, industry updates, insightful statistics, informational whitepapers and more.

Making these types of resources available to clients will help educate investors and give them the information needed to know that we are actively monitoring their accounts.

Too often people address this by describing their management style: “people know I’m approachable with an open-door policy”. This does not answer the question. Show how you have used effective performance management to address issues and showed staff how they can contribute to organisational objectives.

People often shy away from explaining how they’ve addressed underperformance, not wanting to acknowledge that problems exist within their team. But this is an ideal opportunity to show how you’ve turned it around, or re-deployed someone into a role more suited to their skills, motivation and abilities.