CAREERS AT PARAGON
Whether the lead is yours or Paragon's. No desk fee. Paragon runs all property management, pays for standard listing marketing, and our deal desk takes your sales from signed offer to registration.
This is the standard plan in the Paragon agent agreement. Percentages are of the commission Paragon receives, excluding VAT.
Practitioners at every stage who put clients first. We work across the northern areas of Sandton and the suburbs around them.
The PPRA sets the rules for registration and qualifications. For the latest, see theppra.org.za.
Ask us on WhatsAppYes. Every property practitioner, including candidates, must be registered with the PPRA and hold a valid Fidelity Fund certificate before doing any work. If you're not registered yet, you can still apply and we'll take you through the steps. You can check any practitioner's status on the PPRA's Practitioner Search at theppra.org.za.
The certificate the PPRA issues to show that a practitioner may practise. Yours must stay valid the whole time you work, so you renew it on time and give us a copy of each new one. When you join, Paragon processes your FFC applications as your firm, including the confirmation letter the PPRA asks for. Your registration and FFC fees are your own, unless we agree otherwise in writing.
NQF 4 is the real estate qualification a full status practitioner needs, and NQF 5 is the one a principal needs. The PDE is the PPRA's Professional Designation Examination: the PDE 4 for full status and the PDE 5 for principals. Candidates work towards NQF 4 and the PDE 4 within the time the PPRA allows, with their mentor's support and PDE preparation in Paragon Academy.
Continuing professional development. Once you're full status, the PPRA expects you to complete CPD in every cycle. You record each activity in Paragon Desk with its certificate.
No. You work as an independent contractor. You decide how, when and where you work, within the law and Paragon's compliance procedures, and you're paid by commission, not a salary. You provide your own car, phone, data and computer. The PPRA's forms may describe you as "employed" by Paragon: that only describes your registration through us.
You're responsible for your own income tax, including provisional tax, and for VAT if you're registered for it. You give us your tax number before your first payment. If the law requires us to withhold tax from your commission, we pay it to SARS and give you the certificate. If you're registered for VAT, we add VAT to your share.
Not on sales and lettings: you keep 70% either way. It matters only for the first month's management fee, which is 100% yours when the management mandate came from your own lead and 70% when it came from Paragon's. Your own lead is a client you bring in from your own contacts or prospecting and record in Paragon Desk first, before Paragon has a record of that client or property from another source in the past 12 months. Enquiries through our website, the property portals, our phone lines, signboards and social media, and our existing clients, are Paragon's leads.
By the 7th business day of the month after Paragon receives the commission, into your own verified bank account, with a statement in Paragon Desk. A sale pays after transfer registers and a letting after the lease starts, once Paragon has received the commission.
To apply: your CV, plus copies of your qualifications and your FFC certificate if you have them. Only after we make you an offer do we ask for your ID, proof of address and banking details, through secure onboarding in Paragon Desk. Please don't send these by email or WhatsApp.
Yes. Either of us can end the agreement on 30 days' notice, or 7 days' notice in the first three months.
Yes. Fees are shared on our Professional Fee Sharing Annexure, signed by both agencies, and the transfer attorneys pay each party when transfer registers.
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Have your CV ready. Copies of your qualifications and your FFC certificate help too, if you have them. We ask for your ID, proof of address and banking details only if we make you an offer.
We call you within 2 working days of your application.
Only Paragon's recruitment team sees your application. If you're not hired, we delete it 90 days after our decision.
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