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Real Estate Jobs and MBA Programs in North Dakota
In general, real estate brokers operate real estate offices, or work for commercial real estate firms, overseeing real estate transactions.
North Dakota photo by Bobak Ha'Eri
In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $37 hourly or $77,000 per year on average.
Nicknamed the Flickertail State, North Dakota has a population of 646,844, which has grown by 0.7 percent in the last 10 years. Bismarck is the state capital. There were a total of 498,718 jobs in 2008 and people in North Dakota earned more than the previous year as the average annual income was $39,874, up from $36,678. The unemployment rate in North Dakota was 4.3 percent in 2009, which has grown by 1.1 percentage points since the previous year. Roughly 22.0 percent of North Dakota residents have college degrees, which is lower than the national average.
Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers, farm machinery merchant wholesalers, lawn equipment stores and farm supply stores are the top employing fields in North Dakota.
One of the many things North Dakota is known for, Devils Lake is the largest natural body of water in North Dakota. Devils Lake derives its name from the Native American name Miniwaukan. Early explorers incorrectly translated the word to mean Bad Spirit. Bolstered by the many legends of drowned warriors and lake monsters the name evolved into Devils Lake. This very fertile prairie lake grows large numbers of the fish known as walleye, northern pike, and white bass. The lake has earned the reputation of being the Perch Capital of the World. North Dakota has many unique characteristics, but one fun fact in particular is Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah is the nation's only synthetic natural gas producer.
Real Estate
Real estate brokers operate real estate offices, or work for commercial real estate firms, overseeing real estate transactions.
They regularly sell, for a fee, real estate owned by others and maintain knowledge of real estate law, local economies, fair housing laws.
They are required to negotiate with others and try to resolve differences. Also, they must manage and maintain budgets and other financial resources.
Real estate brokers should be able to articulate ideas and problems and listen to and understand others in meetings.
In order to be successful in the workplace, real estate brokers must be thorough and dependable and be reliable.
