Real estate development is a many-sided affair, on all sides of activities that range from the reconstruction and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of improved parcels to others. Developers are the coordinators of the activities, converting ideas on documents into real property. Also Real Estate Developers do not take the role as builders, their duty is to purchase the land, finance the deal, and then they suggest their builders under some agreement at a flat cost and they take control of full process from beginning to end.
Developers have contacts with architects, Local Registrar Officer, Planners, Engineers, Surveyors, leasing agents etc. Job of a typical real estate developer is to purchase land, analyses the marketing of the property purchased, develops the job, and follow for the approval, financing and at final stage they sell out the property.
Unless you have exposure in brokerage, banking, architecture, consulting, construction, some legal contact one cannot survive in real estate development sector. The real estate business has stretched out the career selections in the world today. Cooperating with its client to buy and sell homes, office buildings, commercial property, property management, land development, urban planning, real estate counseling, appraisal and research are all aspects of a career in real estate.
Real estate development is one of the challenging sectors in today’s scenario. One can get into this field as Architects, Planners, Brokers/Agents, Managers, and Counselors, also can find a lot of clerical jobs like documentations works, field workers etc. The developer needs to understand cost/risk/profitability per specific land deal. Initial costs include soft costs for engineering and architectural design plus real estate commissions, zoning and planning permits, etc. A real estate developer assumes financial risk but liability tends to fall on the shoulders of the contractor, engineers, and architect.
The real estate developers by bridging the space between builders and users they pay an extremely important role in controlling unnecessary expenses and improving efficiency and effectiveness for all parties involved. Good influential real estate developers go beyond their task and work effectively to determine what buildings will be needed and where in present world.
They forecast an industrial park or shopping mall, or even an entire commercial district in a currently undeveloped area by looking into the future and estimating about the future business and consumer need. The real estate developers are ones who seek out chance and drive it to reality, and make our nation to grow. So, in future manufacturers, retailers and employers will have a home because today's real estate developers had a vision to predict their needs.