Best Way to Start a Career in Real Estate

If you are thinking about a career in Real Estate but don’t know where to start, look no further. This blog outlines the best way to begin a successful career in Real Estate.

Everyone has to begin somewhere and selling or buying expensive houses on behalf of a client can be daunting. Outside of the tips outlined below, I would also recommend aligning yourself with a brokerage that helps you pass the Real Estate exams or look online to find a course. The internet is filled with a lot of great and free resources to help you succeed. 

A great place to start is PC275’s Fast Track Academy, a program I helped design that assists new and aspiring agents pass their Real Estate exams and to start thinking like an exceptional realtor from the onset. If you want to learn more about PC275 click here.

Now, for my tips on how to best begin a successful career in Real Estate.

1. Understand Your Goals

The best way to start a career in anything is to understand YOUR GOALS. My goals as an aspiring youngin’ were to build a thriving career. This is your baseline that you always want to come back to because it will help you navigate if your actions are aligned with your goals.

2. Build a Network

The old adage ‘you are only as strong as your network’ should be a golden rule. You can only be successful if your network pushes you to be better, asks tough questions and are also driven by success. Surround yourself with likeminded people and watch your growth skyrocket.

In the context of Real Estate, you want to join a team that collaborates and shares in each other’s interests. If you enter Real Estate solo, you will have a long and slow journey to success. There is so much to learn in sales and business that its detrimental to not have experienced Realtors to shadow, ask for advice, and help guide you through the process.

3. Seek Opportunities to Collaborate.

WAY too many people focus on the splits or fees they pay a brokerage instead of what they get. Your #1 focus as a new Realtor should be maximizing your hourly ROI. Who cares if you are on a 50/50 split if you are making $250 an hour RIGHT?!?!

I’ve seen so many people fail because they become fixated on the traditional model, low volume and high fees.

This isn’t the trend anymore. Think Walmart and Amazon, these are highly profitable businesses that built a brand off of saving the consumer money. Think about how the consumer likes to spend their money, and you will profit on volume.

It’s important to remember, your brokerage isn’t an expense. It’s an investment. Remember this, you get what you give. Thus, if you are putting in the low effort and min $$ in, expect to get that in return.

Have any tips for new realtors or are you a new realtor with questions you’d like answered?

Send them over, I’d love to check them out!

-   AJC