Thanks for the responses. I wasn’t aware it was so easy to get picked up by a broker, that tells me there’s a high newbie turnover, which tells me being a newbie is not pleasant. The fact that I’m prepared to be an unpaid foot stool for a little while should help me get through the worst of it.

[quote=scaredycat]not sure what the future looks like. is the current model what r.e. agents will be living under a couple decades from now? Seems likely that commissions will be slimmer, internet will increasingly encroach. i could be very wrong. frankly i have no sense of what a good line of work would be to get in nowadays. [/quote]

This is a concern of mine. I don’t doubt commissions will be lower, I’m just hoping I can get a good 5 years out of it before it’s no longer worth the effort.