OK, I'm only 18 but that is old enough for my state. My older sister also got her real estate license at a young age although never followed through because of her drug addiction.I know there's a state test, but what are the normal hours...? Are there any or is it your own schedule? Do you ever have to work in the office and if so what do you do in there? What's the personality you need to have?
there are no normal hours and you only get paid when you participate in a house sale - it could be months between paychecks, of which you need to put aside money for taxes
You go out and knock on doors trying to get listings and you take people around to find homes.
You work when your clients want you to work. If you are a listing agent (selling a house), you work in the office to get the house advertised and get other agents to show it - since you will almost always (hopefully) have multiple listings, this can be a lot of work and expense. In many brokerages, you will also be expected to help answer the phones. If you are a selling agent (work for a buyer), your hours are dependent upon your clients. You show houses when the client can make it - in many cases, evenings and weekends will be your busy time. If you don't work with your clients, they will find a different agent, so there is no way around giving up evenings and weekends. As you can probably guess, most agents represent both buyers and sellers, so they split their time. As a beginning agent, you will need a bit of cash. The advertising you do for clients comes out of your pocket, not the clients. Since you don't get paid until you make a sale, you will have absolutely no income for the first 45 days or more (even if you sold a house on your first day, it takes at least 45 days to close and for you to get paid unless the buyer is paying cash, then you will get paid quicker - very unusual since most buyers need a mortgage). As for personality, outgoing but able to listen to clients.
