I just got my real estate license and I would like to know if someone could give me some good advice on where to start to get on my feet. Thanks!
Have you interviewed any Brokers? If not, then I suggest you start there since you have to hang your real estate license with a Broker. When you interview a Broker, keep in mind that you want to know what they can do for you, not what you can do for them. You have to sell yourself as you are not an employee of the Broker you are an independent contractor. If you have chosen a Broker, find out if they have any programs,coaching or mentor program so that you are not out there on your own. Ask if they have any seasoned agents that are willing to take a new agent under their wings. You might also want to join a team as an assistant to an agent so you can learn the ropes. If you have not generated any leads yet you better get going with that. If you don't know how, ask your Broker or other agents what they did. Most agents with give you brief idea of where to start. You always need Buyers and Sellers in your pipeline in order to be successful. Congratulations and enjoy yourself......
You don't make a dime until you sell something. Then you paid your commission when the transaction closes. If a company requires you to attend a training class that's great! But they will pay you the minute your first deal is finished. Any company who wouldn't I wouldn't want to work for!
Congratulations on joining the industry. You start at the very, very bottom unless you have a network of people who are currently hoping to buy or sell. You might want to post a note (printed and looking very professional) on the board in your brokerage saying you're new and would like to hold open houses and you're available to do them what days and what times. It sucks doing other realtors' opens but it's great exposure and helps you tweak how you present yourself and how you work. That way you won't mess up on your own listings :) Don't expect to make much money for the first few months or even a year or two if you don't have a network behind you. You might want to join a team of realtors just so you can learn stuff for a few months or a year or two before you are more confident and able to be on your own. If you don't want to do that, you can jump in the deep end and just wait for listings and buyers to come knocking and do nothing in the meantime (this is what a lot of lazy newbies do and they complain about having no business. I wonder why....).
