I have been looking into this for a while. Can you guys tell me the UPS and downs of this career? Or anything you know about real estate agents. Please and thank you :)
I think you should have a good knowledge of your locality, good communication skills and most importantly a real estate license. However, if you have a good marketing network then you will become a good real estate agent. Hope this helps you. Let me introduce an example that I experienced recently. I purchased an apartment from platinum1.lk, the agent comes through one of my close friends so I trust the agent. After an initial talking I found the agent had good knowledge about the current real estate market that may help me to find me a good apartment. Finlay I got my desired apartment.
To become a real estate agent you need to a peoples persons. You should love socializing, keeping long term relations and have strong interest in satisfying other people's need. These days no business works without IT knowledge. So you need to be tech savvy else you will be thrown out of the business, sooner or later. Real estate industry is quite volatile industry and sometimes agents go without any deal for months. One the agent who has steady income can afford to be a real estate agent. The rewards in the business are big, so when deals happen a lot of money comes. For that to happen you need loads of patience, commitment and intelligence. The sad part is that the entry barrier is so low that almost all become real estate on the side. So you face a lot of competition. But a good agent doesn't suffer when the market goes down, he captures market share.
You do not have to be 21, or at least not in some states. I received my real estate license at the age of 19 and have been/and will be working as an assistant until this summer when I will start being a full time real estate agent. Most likely a company will take you in, but keep in mind that selling expensive houses and gaining respect will be harder than you originally imagined, especially if you are just selling as a side job.
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