Before getting to know about real estate agents, first we must be aware with what is real estate Blackburn. A real estate is a piece of land on which some sort of property either any building or any house is built. This land may not only consisted of the buildings or structures that are made by men but the land could also be consisted of the natural resources such as the crops and sometimes some mineral or water resources. All these resources that are available on the land makes the land immoveable. The business which involves the trade of this land along with the property or the natural resources that it provides is known as the real estate business and the individuals working in such sort of business are known as the real estate agents.

A sub domain in the business of the real estate is the residential real estate in which there is the selling and purchasing of the residential structure such as the houses, some sort of villas or havelis where there are families involved. The task of the real estate agent is to act as bridge between the seller and the buyer. His job is to find the buyer for some real estate property if he is hired by the seller party and to find the seller if he is hired by the buyer party. In both conditions, the real estate agent helps to make a property trade deal and as the result of this deal he earns profit which is his commission from the both parties.

Although, the real estate agent is involved in all kinds of activities that are related to the property management Balwyn which not only include the buying and selling of some property but also includes the renting or managements of some property. It is not necessary that one real estate agent deals with buying, purchasing and letting but some real estate agents may only deal with the letting or renting properties. A real estate agent which is only known for renting of properties is known as letting agent or sometimes also known as the management agent. In different eras, and different regions real estate agents are known from different names and different terminologies are used for them.

In the early time, the real estate agents which were only involved in the selling, purchasing of some residential properties such as houses were known as the house agents but for the agents who were involved in the management of various land related properties were known as the land agents.