>> … we see them making bucks faster than most of us ever will …
Any experienced/seasoned realtor will tell you that, under normal circumstances, it’s very difficult to make decent money as a realtor. What’s going on in the last few years was an anomaly. This is why, currently, many realtors are leaving the profession.
There is an old saying: “only when the winter comes, can you tell the grasshoppers from the ants.”