Real Estate Assistant Internship (Academic Credit) - Remote

New York Habitat (https://www.nyhabitat.com) is a successful, international real estate and  travel agency. We specialize in the furnished rental, bed and breakfast, and vacation rental  markets in New York, Paris, London and the South of France. 

We are looking for a highly motivated and positive individual to participate in our Real Estate  Internship Program. New York Habitat offers our interns a well-designed training program  where they will learn the ins and outs of international real estate. We encourage our interns to  contribute their ideas each week in order to develop new projects with the company. 

Job Identification
• Position Title: Real Estate Assistant Internship
• Department: Product Management
• Position Level: Entry-Level Internship
• Pay / Salary Range: Unpaid

Job Summary
• The goal for this internship is to understand the structure of New York Habitat's
Product Management department. The intern will learn the services we
provide, how the department interacts with clients and owners, the company’s
positioning in the market for connecting local, out of state and international
travelers with accommodations, through understanding the New York Habitat
inventory of furnished rentals.

Responsibilities and Duties
• Maintain and create listings
o Constructively communicate with owners to maintain our listings,
creating listings in New York, London, Paris, and the South of France,
from start to finish, including photo selection, descriptions & floorplan
creation
• Update listings
o Learn how to ensure that all listing information is kept up to date and
update the listings’ availability for Paris apartments

• Business and Financial Modeling
o Be involved on the promotion of the new pricing strategy and acquire
an in-depth knowledge about business and financial modeling in the
field of Real Estate

• Participate in a scheduled oral language practice
o Be able to understand, interpret, record, and transmit information
received when answering the New York Habitat phone line

Performance Standards
• Based on New York Habitat’s quality standards for the Product Management,
student will be trained and taught by real estate instructors
o Participate to classes with regards to the organization of the company
and the current state of laws surrounding real estate marketing
o Learn how to communicate with owners and clients on an
international level

o Have hands on training and receive a manual and videos to
understand the use of NYH’s own database
o Learn how to write daily and weekly reports for the assessment of
his/her progress

Skills and Education (KSAOs)
• Mandatory
o Currently a student taking up a bachelor’s degree in either Business,
Real Estate, or related fields
o Must be dependable, punctual, and dedicated to doing the assigned
work
o Has exceptional communication and writing skills
o Can attain Academic Credits for the internship
o Can work remotely
• Desirable
o Must be dependable, punctual, and dedicated to doing the assigned
work
o Must be detail-oriented

Working Conditions
• Location
o Work from home (Remote)

Other Relevant Information
• Interests
o Has shown interests in learning the ins and outs of both international
real estate and project management

• Work Schedule
o Must be available between 9am and 6 pm EST (New York Time)
o Must be available at a minimum of 3 months at 10-15h/week

If further information is required, please do not hesitate to contact us
at hrdepartment@nyhabitat.com.