Becoming a Ral Estate Agent

[NotCranky]

“My point in posting about the all-too-easy, quasi-academic requirements in order to sit for the CA agent or broker exam was to illustrate the low caliber of the CA state requirements. IMO this lack of standards has contributed in no small way to the current situation.”

Real Estate agents are really small fish in all of this. I also don’t believe for a minute that the decision to retreat from selling unqualified people houses or putting them in obviously stupid loans correlated to the degree that licensees are educated academically.

[NotCranky]

“My point in posting about the all-too-easy, quasi-academic requirements in order to sit for the CA agent or broker exam was to illustrate the low caliber of the CA state requirements. IMO this lack of standards has contributed in no small way to the current situation.”

Real Estate agents are really small fish in all of this. I also don’t believe for a minute that the decision to retreat from selling unqualified people houses or putting them in obviously stupid loans correlated to the degree that licensees are educated academically.

[cr]

Thanks for the comments, and maybe I’m too idealistic, but my intention in becoming an agent would be along the lines of NOT putting people in homes they can’t afford. I also feel I’ve invested a lot in learning about RE, so why not take advantage of that knowledge, even if I only ever did it to buy my own home. SD Realtor is a good example on a respectable agent who can make a living among what otherwise appears to be an industry of get rich quick thieves.

My misspelling of the title was inadvertant, though comical, and as someone said may qualify me for the role.

[cr]

Thanks for the comments, and maybe I’m too idealistic, but my intention in becoming an agent would be along the lines of NOT putting people in homes they can’t afford. I also feel I’ve invested a lot in learning about RE, so why not take advantage of that knowledge, even if I only ever did it to buy my own home. SD Realtor is a good example on a respectable agent who can make a living among what otherwise appears to be an industry of get rich quick thieves.

My misspelling of the title was inadvertant, though comical, and as someone said may qualify me for the role.

[sdrealtor]

There are plenty of respectable agents that have been around a long time. I know many of them and they never viewed this as a get rich quick business. To be successful at this in the long run requires hard work, just like any other business and very good interpersonal skills. Knowing alot about RE wont necessarily make you dime. Working hard and good social skills will.

[sdrealtor]

There are plenty of respectable agents that have been around a long time. I know many of them and they never viewed this as a get rich quick business. To be successful at this in the long run requires hard work, just like any other business and very good interpersonal skills. Knowing alot about RE wont necessarily make you dime. Working hard and good social skills will.

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