Ester Odendaal - Real Estate Training Facilitator

09/01/2026

And so the new year begins with new beginnings, new dreams and new training events. Keep watching this page for new updates coming soon.

16/05/2025

07/03/2025

𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗠𝗜𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗥 𝗥𝗠𝗖𝗣’𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗙𝗜𝗖 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟭𝟮 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗙𝗜𝗖 𝗴𝗼𝗔𝗠𝗟 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀, 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝗜𝗖 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗥𝗠𝗖𝗣 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝟭𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.

The RMCP must be submitted via the FIC registration and reporting platform, goAML.

To submit your RMCP, follow the steps as set out in the letter namely:

1. Save the latest version of your RMCP document in PDF format on your computer with the following filename YYYYMMDD_RMCP.pdf (YYYYMMDD must reflect the date of approval of your latest RMCP). For example, 20250304_RMCP.pdf.

2. Log on to goAML, using the URL: https://goweb.fic.gov.za/goAMLWeb_PRD/Home

3. Click on the “MY GOAML” Dropdown Menu.

4. Click on “My Org Details”.

5. Scroll down to the “Attachment” section and click on the “Upload” button.

6. Browse to where you have saved your RMCP document on your computer and click on “Open”.

7. Click on “Submit Request”.

8. Click on “Continue” – which is the last step in your RMCP submission to the FIC.

𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙣-𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙, 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙮.

26/02/2025

21/02/2025

07/02/2025

𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦

Customary marriages are a process, and not an event. The implication of this reality is
that a customary marriage’s validity is dependent on a series of events having taken
place, and in a sequence that makes sense to their conclusion. Often boiled down to an ethnographic wonderland of cultural festivities between happy families, we must never forget that customary marriages are a legal act with long term patrimonial
consequences.

There is a great wealth of authority concerning customary marriages and the validity
thereof, and thus there is merit in understanding the application of the law in this
regard. However, this is easier said than done. Customary marriages, unlike civil
marriages, are a part of a living and ever-changing landscape, with a set of formalities which are premised around their function yet take on different forms.

It is not enough to simply ask a client, “have you negotiated or entered into a customary marriage or engaged in celebrations,” because some acts may appear as negotiations, but the authority will confirm they are not. Furthermore, some acts will be regarded as celebrations, but due to these celebrations occurring in the absence of a negotiation or prior to one, it would not and could never give rise to a valid customary marriage.

To read the full article, please click on the link below:
https://mcvdberg.blob.core.windows.net/generalpdf/UNDERSTANDING%20CUSTOMARY%20MARRIAGES.pdf

30/01/2025

24/01/2025

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗨𝗧𝗘

No seller or agent wants to be in the situation where there is a dispute about who is entitled to commission.

Agents can take practical steps to avoid such disputes:

1) Educate the seller. Homeowners are not in the business of selling property and are not knowledgeable about agent’s mandates. The seller should ask agents for a list of the potential purchasers who come to view the property. Should the same client want to revisit the property with another agent, the seller should not consent.

2) Enlighten the client that a sole and exclusive mandate means that no other agent may market the property.

3) Educate the purchaser that he or she should not view the same property with more than one agent.

4) Agents should confirm whether the potential purchaser has visited the property with another agent before taking clients to view a property.

5) Keep a record of the date and time on which clients viewed the property.

6) Keep in contact with potential purchasers. Often purchasers aver that they viewed the property through another agent because the agent never followed up after the initial viewing. Keep record of such follow up conversations.

There may be situations where a commission dispute is inevitable. The agents can then choose to negotiate a commission split or proceed to litigate for payment of the commission.

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