Vanessa Pretorius

Harcourts Xtreme / Office Manager
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I am a knowledgeable, fully trained and highly driven business development and sales manager at Harcourts Xtreme Alberton Branch.

I am passionate about people and developing and harnessing their skills is my mission, I am a qualified master facilitator and instrumental in upskilling a very successful and highly motivated team of property professionals . I manage, train and develop my team in all aspects of property related requirements, they are ready and able to expertly assist and navigate clients through the buying and selling process.

I am a passionate, results driven full status property practitioner with 12 years’ worth of experience in the real estate industry. I qualified as a full status agent by completing my NQF4 and writing my PDE exams, and I passed with flying colors, 100% competent for your peace of mind, I guarantee that you are in “good” hands.

I have won numerous awards in different categories over the past 12 years, and a real estate expert, before joining the property industry, I had a very successful career as a bank manager with 20 years of experience in the financial industry, I studied financial management, Macro and Microeconomics as well as leadership principals at GIBS (Gordons in statute of business science)

I was trained by world renowned successful property practitioners. And under the leadership of a very successful and well-known principal in the fraternity. I am expertly trained in all aspects regarding legal and practical matters relating to property transactions, and able to provide expert advice, ensuring your most valuable asset is treated with diligence and care, and you are completely protected and informed during the process.

I am proud of my exemplary reputation in the industry, and this is well documented in numerous letters of recommendation, and emails of thanks for being professional, ethical, and knowledgeable during the buying/selling process.

I am able to provide superior service and guide you in the following areas of the process:

Transfer and registration process

Opening and closing municipal accounts

Sharing of contacts to assist with COC’s GAS compliance certificates, architects, security companies in the various neighborhoods.

If you are looking to join a high-performance team, and become a real estate game changer, call us today!

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