Paid Internship(?) - New Home Sales Hostess Temps Plus Employee Review

4.0
3 Jan 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

By working for Tempsplus, I can activate my license while making an hourly wage. The model homes are lovely and well decorated - most have ample coffee & bottled water - depending on the particular builder. If your goal is to obtain a Broker's license, this is how to do it. And, I'm told builders don't hire 'off the street' so this would be a good opportunity if working for a builder is the goal.

Cons

This was deemed as a paid internship but no one really trains you - some sales managers (depending on the builder) don't want you to even give prices or answer questions pertaining to price of the homes or what lot is available. We're told to get a name, number, etc and have the sales manager contact potential buyers when they tour the home. This leads me to ask - why do you need to be a licensed real estate agent? Also, unbeknownst to me when I took the job, you're alone in the model home and thus no one training/coaching.

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5.0
21 Jan 2024
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CEO approval
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Pros

The benefits, the opportunities given, and the community.

Cons

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2.0
26 Aug 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you just want a part time gig, this is for you. Could possibly lead to a position with a builder or, at least, that's what they tell you. You can learn about the new home industry.

Cons

Having done this for over two years, I can say that you are treated with no respect. You can work hard, help get sales for them, and not even a thank you from management. I was told by Temps Plus, that after six months of working at a new home community, I should have no problems getting a job with a builder. Well, not true. Of course, that's my experience, and I am an older agent. I applied several times to the builders I temped for, and crickets. They use you, and overlook you. It's humiliating. A bigwig in marketing at one of the communities I worked at came in to the office one day (dressed very shabbily) looked me up and down and talked down to me, because I was the temp. My takeaway is this: If you're young and have some real estate experience but no new home sales experience and want to work for a builder, you have a much better chance getting in with them then an older person with lots of resale experience and no new home experience! If you're older and have mainly worked for a new home builder, then you have a good shot.

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