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Been in the RE business all my life. Civil engineer by schooling, now have my own development co. RE Broker, contractor, mortgage broker, appraiser.
You're on the right track. Take a few courses. See if you like the subject and pick up on it quick. If it's hard for you to learn or pick up, it won't be any fun doing it for a living. In FL, most of the big national outfits (C-21, ReMax, Prudential) will pay for your school if you come to work for them afterward. Not a bad deal at all. You have to start somewhere and small, busy agencies really don't want to take the trouble to train people. It takes time away from serving their clients. The big places have lots of part-time people and you can see if you like it or not. If you only do it part-time, you will only make part-time money. That is just a fact. People expect good service for the money they are paying you and if you are only available some time, they are usually not to happy.
Do you know anybody in the business? Offer to buy them lunch to discuss it with them. Remember, at one time, every successful agent was right where you are now.
Another angle is to take some classes to get some basic knowledge and then try to work for a very busy, successful agent as their assistant. You don't work on commission, but you get to see how deals are put together, and how the process works from contract to close. That is really important. You need to see a few deals fall apart and how to handle that. (BTW, I know assistants that make 50K.)
Not trying to stereotype here but 90% of residential is sold by women and 90% of commercial is done by men. With houses, if the woman buyer says no, the answer is no. It seems that women trust each others judgement more than a man. Once again, I don't want to get flamed but that has been my experience. BTW, I have sold lots of houses to men and women, but the women are just better at relating to women.
Now, I mostly pay commissions to agents/brokers who sell/lease my product. I don't like to pay 'dabblers'. I make people earn their money. You don't have to be the greatest; you do have to be positive, honest, and willing to work. The job is total self-motivation. As others have mentioned and as you already know, there are no lazy, successful RE people.
Good Luck in your endeavors.
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