Q for agents about getting into the business

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=flu]If I were to redo my career (which may very well be soon), I’d probably invest in going back to school and be an optometrist.

5) Profession is relatively “clean” in that doesn’t require me to get into a lot of grease and grime and sludge.

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FLU: Unless you’re an optometrist in Bangkok, that is.

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Isn’t being a con artist one of the qualifications for the Real Estate biz?

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Isn’t being a con artist one of the qualifications for the Real Estate biz?

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Isn’t being a con artist one of the qualifications for the Real Estate biz?

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Isn’t being a con artist one of the qualifications for the Real Estate biz?

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Isn’t being a con artist one of the qualifications for the Real Estate biz?

[urbanrealtor]

To Allan:
Yuck.

To Paramount:
Your glib remark is inaccurate. But I am guessing you were more interested in getting a good rip in more than actually helping the op. A proud one finger salute to you sir.

To the op:
Something to bear in mind is the basic dynamic of the broker-agent relationship.
The cost to a broker of taking you on is basically zero.
If you want to get a good education and the tools to succeed, I recommend having a friend do a search for which agents do the most business in the neighborhoods that interest you. Then compile a list of them and fax or email all of them your resume asking to “join their team” or some similar noncommittal language. It allows you to find out who needs an assistant and who actually responds to their communications.
Talk to any who call you.
If you can get a paying gig out this then take it.
If you cant then go with whomever offers you the most educational experience.
The diversity of styles in this business is huge.
Lots of successful agents in this industry do business in very different ways (eg SD and sdr and me).

Don’t be afraid to be honest if an agent just seems like a bad fit.

Okay that’s my 2 bits.

Good luck brother and feel free to ask questions.
Urbanrealtor at gmail.

[urbanrealtor]

To Allan:
Yuck.

To Paramount:
Your glib remark is inaccurate. But I am guessing you were more interested in getting a good rip in more than actually helping the op. A proud one finger salute to you sir.

To the op:
Something to bear in mind is the basic dynamic of the broker-agent relationship.
The cost to a broker of taking you on is basically zero.
If you want to get a good education and the tools to succeed, I recommend having a friend do a search for which agents do the most business in the neighborhoods that interest you. Then compile a list of them and fax or email all of them your resume asking to “join their team” or some similar noncommittal language. It allows you to find out who needs an assistant and who actually responds to their communications.
Talk to any who call you.
If you can get a paying gig out this then take it.
If you cant then go with whomever offers you the most educational experience.
The diversity of styles in this business is huge.
Lots of successful agents in this industry do business in very different ways (eg SD and sdr and me).

Don’t be afraid to be honest if an agent just seems like a bad fit.

Okay that’s my 2 bits.

Good luck brother and feel free to ask questions.
Urbanrealtor at gmail.

[urbanrealtor]

To Allan:
Yuck.

To Paramount:
Your glib remark is inaccurate. But I am guessing you were more interested in getting a good rip in more than actually helping the op. A proud one finger salute to you sir.

To the op:
Something to bear in mind is the basic dynamic of the broker-agent relationship.
The cost to a broker of taking you on is basically zero.
If you want to get a good education and the tools to succeed, I recommend having a friend do a search for which agents do the most business in the neighborhoods that interest you. Then compile a list of them and fax or email all of them your resume asking to “join their team” or some similar noncommittal language. It allows you to find out who needs an assistant and who actually responds to their communications.
Talk to any who call you.
If you can get a paying gig out this then take it.
If you cant then go with whomever offers you the most educational experience.
The diversity of styles in this business is huge.
Lots of successful agents in this industry do business in very different ways (eg SD and sdr and me).

Don’t be afraid to be honest if an agent just seems like a bad fit.

Okay that’s my 2 bits.

Good luck brother and feel free to ask questions.
Urbanrealtor at gmail.

[urbanrealtor]

To Allan:
Yuck.

To Paramount:
Your glib remark is inaccurate. But I am guessing you were more interested in getting a good rip in more than actually helping the op. A proud one finger salute to you sir.

To the op:
Something to bear in mind is the basic dynamic of the broker-agent relationship.
The cost to a broker of taking you on is basically zero.
If you want to get a good education and the tools to succeed, I recommend having a friend do a search for which agents do the most business in the neighborhoods that interest you. Then compile a list of them and fax or email all of them your resume asking to “join their team” or some similar noncommittal language. It allows you to find out who needs an assistant and who actually responds to their communications.
Talk to any who call you.
If you can get a paying gig out this then take it.
If you cant then go with whomever offers you the most educational experience.
The diversity of styles in this business is huge.
Lots of successful agents in this industry do business in very different ways (eg SD and sdr and me).

Don’t be afraid to be honest if an agent just seems like a bad fit.

Okay that’s my 2 bits.

Good luck brother and feel free to ask questions.
Urbanrealtor at gmail.

[urbanrealtor]

To Allan:
Yuck.

To Paramount:
Your glib remark is inaccurate. But I am guessing you were more interested in getting a good rip in more than actually helping the op. A proud one finger salute to you sir.

To the op:
Something to bear in mind is the basic dynamic of the broker-agent relationship.
The cost to a broker of taking you on is basically zero.
If you want to get a good education and the tools to succeed, I recommend having a friend do a search for which agents do the most business in the neighborhoods that interest you. Then compile a list of them and fax or email all of them your resume asking to “join their team” or some similar noncommittal language. It allows you to find out who needs an assistant and who actually responds to their communications.
Talk to any who call you.
If you can get a paying gig out this then take it.
If you cant then go with whomever offers you the most educational experience.
The diversity of styles in this business is huge.
Lots of successful agents in this industry do business in very different ways (eg SD and sdr and me).

Don’t be afraid to be honest if an agent just seems like a bad fit.

Okay that’s my 2 bits.

Good luck brother and feel free to ask questions.
Urbanrealtor at gmail.

[Hatfield]

Well, it’s hard not to imagine the internet driving a lot of real estate agents out of business the same way it drove travel agents out of business ten years ago. Pretty much the only travel agents that have survived are specialists, package tours, that kind of thing. If the analogy follows and in fact most realtors are driven out of business, the ones that remain will be specialists of some sort.

I think the only reason I’d want to get a real estate license would be to save the commission on investment properties I bought and sold. Even then I wonder if it’s worth paying a few percentage points to keep the hypothetical broker side of me an arm’s length away from the hypothetical investor side of me, just in case a deal goes sour.

I kinda like the optometrist idea.

[Hatfield]

Well, it’s hard not to imagine the internet driving a lot of real estate agents out of business the same way it drove travel agents out of business ten years ago. Pretty much the only travel agents that have survived are specialists, package tours, that kind of thing. If the analogy follows and in fact most realtors are driven out of business, the ones that remain will be specialists of some sort.

I think the only reason I’d want to get a real estate license would be to save the commission on investment properties I bought and sold. Even then I wonder if it’s worth paying a few percentage points to keep the hypothetical broker side of me an arm’s length away from the hypothetical investor side of me, just in case a deal goes sour.

I kinda like the optometrist idea.

[Hatfield]

Well, it’s hard not to imagine the internet driving a lot of real estate agents out of business the same way it drove travel agents out of business ten years ago. Pretty much the only travel agents that have survived are specialists, package tours, that kind of thing. If the analogy follows and in fact most realtors are driven out of business, the ones that remain will be specialists of some sort.

I think the only reason I’d want to get a real estate license would be to save the commission on investment properties I bought and sold. Even then I wonder if it’s worth paying a few percentage points to keep the hypothetical broker side of me an arm’s length away from the hypothetical investor side of me, just in case a deal goes sour.

I kinda like the optometrist idea.

[Hatfield]

Well, it’s hard not to imagine the internet driving a lot of real estate agents out of business the same way it drove travel agents out of business ten years ago. Pretty much the only travel agents that have survived are specialists, package tours, that kind of thing. If the analogy follows and in fact most realtors are driven out of business, the ones that remain will be specialists of some sort.

I think the only reason I’d want to get a real estate license would be to save the commission on investment properties I bought and sold. Even then I wonder if it’s worth paying a few percentage points to keep the hypothetical broker side of me an arm’s length away from the hypothetical investor side of me, just in case a deal goes sour.

I kinda like the optometrist idea.

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