I think that what a lot of people don’t realize is that 30% of the realtors are producing 80% of the business. Its an 80 hour work week and your always on call. You can still go a couple of months without a sale–that can put you in a very depressing state, but sell two houses in one week and you are on top of the world.
There must be a large attrition rate of agents right now, I get two postcards a week asking me to come work for another realtor. When I entered the field in 1998, I only found one broker that would take me in in all of North County.
If your wondering, I still have my license,and working in a different field. I’m just waiting for the drop so I can get back in and sell VA repos.