Real Estate Agent Resume Example and Writing Guide

Below is a full real estate agent resume for Marisol Vega, a fictional licensed Real Estate Agent, Residential Buyers and Sellers in Scottsdale, AZ. Keep the section order, then replace each line with your own work and results.

3 real estate agent summaries, one each for new agent, experienced agent and team lead or luxury agent. Pick the closest and rewrite it with your own title, years and one real result.

Use an objective instead of a summary for new licensee and career changer situations: one or two sentences on what you bring and the real estate agent job you want.

Bullets grouped by sales production and listings, lead generation and client relationships, transactions and compliance and marketing and technology. The numbers are illustrations; put in your own.

16 skills employers list in real estate agent postings. Include the ones the posting asks for and that your bullets prove.

Brokers and team leads read a real estate resume for production. Put your closed sides, sales volume and the year in the summary and under each brokerage, and keep the definitions consistent: a side is one buyer or one listing, so a deal where you represented both parties counts as two.

Add numbers that show how well you price and negotiate, not only how much you sold. List-to-sale price ratio, days on market against the local average, and the share of business from referrals can all be checked against MLS production reports, so use the figures your MLS or brokerage shows.

• Closed sides and sales volume per year
• Split between listings and buyers
• Average sale-to-list price ratio
• Average days on market compared with your market
• Repeat and referral business as a share of closings
• Database size and lead conversion rate

Lead with the license. A new agent resume should show the state, the license status (or your exam date if you are still testing) and the brokerage training you finished. Brokers hiring new agents want to know whether you will prospect consistently, so past work with targets, commissions or cold outreach is your strongest evidence.

Translate past jobs into real estate terms: retail or car sales shows closing, a mortgage or title job shows you know the transaction, a leasing job shows tours and applications, and teaching or hospitality shows client care. Add the size of your local network and any open houses or showings you have handled under a mentor.

Write the license type and state near your name or headline ("Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, Arizona") and again in a Licenses section with your sponsoring brokerage. The license number is not needed; brokers look it up on the state commission site.

List REALTOR only if you are a current member, and spell out designations the first time, since an office manager or HR screener may not know what ABR or SRES means. If you hold licenses in more than one state, list each one.

If you sold on a team, separate your personal sides from team totals. "Closed 22 sides as part of a 6-agent team that closed 110" is honest and still impressive, while claiming the team number falls apart as soon as a broker checks the MLS.

Team leads and brokers can add management results: agents recruited and retained, training programs run, transaction files reviewed and compliance audits passed. Those details carry weight when you apply for managing broker or sales manager roles.

One page fits most agents with under 10 years in the business. Two pages is reasonable for team leads, brokers and agents with commercial or new construction experience, as long as the production numbers sit on page one.

Use a clean single-column template with standard headings: Summary, Experience, Licenses, Skills, Education. Brokerages that use applicant tracking systems read those headings reliably, and a simple layout keeps your numbers easy to scan. Save the design flair for your listing presentation.

Terms that show up in real estate agent job postings. Mirror the exact wording of the posting you apply to, but only for work you have done.

• real estate agent
• real estate salesperson
• licensed real estate agent
• REALTOR
• residential real estate
• buyer representation
• listing agent
• comparative market analysis
• MLS
• lead generation
• sales volume
• contract negotiation
• open houses
• CRM
• transaction management
• Fair Housing
• client relationships
• closing coordination

• Hiding your production. A resume that lists duties ("showed homes, wrote offers") without sides, volume or price ratios reads as if there is nothing to report.
• Claiming team numbers as your own. Brokers can pull your MLS history. State your personal sides and the team total separately.
• Leaving out the license state or status. "Licensed agent" without a state leaves the broker guessing whether you can work in their market.
• Using a busy, colorful template. Graphics and multi-column layouts can scramble in applicant tracking systems and bury your numbers.
• Listing designation courses you never finished. Include only completed designations and active certifications.

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We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.

1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook: Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents (median pay, sales agent pay, education, outlook, number of jobs, state licensing)
2. National Association of REALTORS: Real Estate Designations and Certifications (names of ABR, SRS, SRES, GRI, CRS, e-PRO and PSA credentials)