Burns & Co. University

WHY BCU?

Burns & Company has put its countless years of experience into a professional training program that we call BCU, Burns & Company University. If you're looking for a firm that will help you get started or move to the next level, Burns & Company is it. We welcome your inquiries about our training program, admission criteria and our BCU materials. Call Paul Burns or e-mail PaulBurns@burnsandco.com and arrange a confidential interview today.

BCU Program and Training Materials

• Comprehensive training guide (Resources you will never find in "Real Estate School")
• A reference for you when there's no one around to ask
• Syllabus for ongoing reference
• Puts all of this valuable information in one place
• A binder that helps keep all this information organized
• It becomes your “Quick Start Program” so you can "take your business to the next level....... fast ."
• We sponsor ongoing training in "tools of the trade" beyond the typical offerings of the Real Estate Associations.
• Broker, Managers, Staff, Team Members available to you when you have a question.

Burns & Co is a team focused organization.

Face to face training with experienced Agents, Staff Members, and your Broker, gives you a fast start in forming mentoring relationships.  Someone you can call when you have a problem or question.  Someone you know is proficient in a particular focus.

Burns & Co wants the best trained agents on the job. We want to give you the tools to be that agent and make your job easier.

Resources for the Agent – We have taken the time to put it all in one place.

• CD on Contracts
• CD on Buyers & Sellers Tips
• Covenant Mortgage information  
• Sample Listing Packet
• Sample Buyers Packet

List of Chapters in our BCU Professional Development

1. Getting Started - Computer system input, email set up, choices for your business card, Step by Step information on MLS application and application with the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors, Information on the Louisiana Realtor Association, New sales agent Activity Chart, Copies of all reoccurring advertising, First Month Guide for New Agents

2.  General Information & Office Procedures - B & C policy and procedures manual, covering all office issues including Computer training, Listing Procedures from beginning to end, Under contract checklist, Closed sales procedures & checklist, Relocation and Referral procedures ; Opportunity time, or Duty, how and why we do it.

3.  Agency Office Policy and Commission Policy - How you get paid.

4 Covenant Mortgage & Employee Assistance Plan

• Information on Covenant Mortgage & CD provided by Covenant that contains Buyer & Seller tips on financing, etc.
• Pamphlet from Hidalgo Health, an assistance program provided by Burns & Co.;  Job changes & the real estate business can be stressful.  This is an Associate & Staff assistance program offering confidential, professional assessment & counseling services up to 6 visits per year at no cost to you.

5.  Pathways to Professionalism & REALTOR Code of Ethics.

6.  Country Club of Louisiana - CD about the Country Club and information about the neighborhood.

7.  Sample Listing Packet - A complete Listing Packet that you may fill in and use as a reference.

8.  Sample Buyers Packet - A complete Buyers Packet that you can fill in and use as a reference.

Sections 9-16 - Information shared during Burns special Training Classes with agents and staff in special focus areas. Topics covered:

• Paul Burns, President

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