Last week, I was contacted by a young woman who lives in Old Orchard, an area that I contact regularly with mailings about the market. She had recently passed her real estate license test and wanted advice on how to get started. I remember from many years ago that schools such as Chamberlain and Anthony's prepare a future Realtor to take the State exam, but provide no direction beyond that. The basis college classes are not much better preparation for the actual world of real estate sales.
She came into my office and we talked for some time about time management, juggling a home, young children, and this business.(Been there, done that) Then she spoke to Nina, my manager about training and costs.
Coincidentally, My grandson is in his last year of a business degree, and is also seriously considering a sales career. I plan to mentor him as he begins.
With an aging Realtor community (see my post:Real Estate Agents are Aging:Saturday, November 13, 2010), it is a pleasure to have young people choosing what can be a challenging but potentially lucrative business.
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Being a new agent can be daunting! The best advice I can give for new agents is to find a nice, seasoned agent, and spend as much time with him/her as you can! Latch onto them, try to be as useful as possible, ask to help out with transactions, and mimic as much of their lead generation strategies as you can. In the end, it all takes time and hard work, but it does pay off.
Humbling Post, Many thanks
In conclusion , let me thank you for your tolerance with my English as (I'm certain you have become aware this by now,), English is not my mother language hence I am using Google Translate to shape out how to note down what I actually wish to write down .
An update to this post. In order to encourage young agents, our State Association of realtors has developed YPN (Young Professionals Network) in order for these novices to meet with other young Realtors, network and learn. Also, the National Association publishes and annual "30 Under 30" feature in their monthly magazine, which profiles highly successful young Realtors, and describes how they rose to the top.
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