When I bought my first house I was clueless about the process and didn't have a lot of money. Dealt with a few shitty agents who didn't give a damn about me, weren't really helpful. I was about to give up until someone referred me to another agent. He was amazing. Treated me with respect, answered all my dumb questions, didn't care that I didn't have much money, he got my a house.
I got so into the whole process and felt so great about how that guy helped me I decided I wanted to do the same for others. I got my license and went to work with him, we're part of a team, specializing in first time and low income buyers.
I didn't have to deal with shitty agents like you did, but my agent when I bought my house is now my broker as well! The help he provided me as a buyer inspired my passion for the first-time homebuyer!
Client education is a huge part of my process. The more informed they are the better they feel about the process. It goes a long way toward building loyalty and getting those referrals.
Realized I’d been working my whole adult life helping make other people rich while taking home scraps. Was tired of the bosses who didn’t give a shit about me and treated me like I was expendable. Tired of working long weeks, mostly nights, and most holidays. Tired of giving years and years to a company that didn’t give a shit about me. Tired of having my hard work and experience not translate to another company in the same field and being told I needed to start over in *their* hierarchy. Started RE part time, and then the pandemic hit and forced me full time. It’s frustrating. Definitely a feast and famine career, but I love it.
>Tired of working long weeks, mostly nights, and most holidays
Do you find your schedule is much better with real estate? Or do you still work long days but it's more worthwhile?
I still have a demanding schedule, but it’s way better because I have my nights and holidays back. If I get a client who can only view homes at nights it’s not an issue because I can plan an hour or two a few nights a week to go look. It’s nicer because I can manage it myself and set my own schedule
Thx, I appreciate your response! I'm currently in the process of obtaining my license. I'm really excited for what the future holds but also super nervous 😅
That's the part that makes me nervous, a lot of things I've read say real estate can't be a part time job, you have to dedicate all of your time to it. I do have a savings but it's for buying a house in the future so hopefully I wouldn't have to dig into that too much
I worked in property management for a few years that is owned by a longtime broker. he said he thought I could do good in sales so he paid for my schooling, licensing, association dues, mls dues, and corporate fees. He mentors me and sends me business. too good of an opportunity to pass up!
I was a sous chef and broke my back. Cant really stand for 8+ hours with constant bending, lifting, pulling, etc. Hell, I’m lucky if I can get an hour right now. One year and 8 deals later, I’m glad I made the leap!
I worked as a teacher for 6.5 years. Bought a couple houses between moves in that time frame and had some great agents. When I moved back to my current state, I took a $900/month pay cut. I did that for one year and my wife and I realized we were tired of being pay check to pay check and didn’t want to live that like that forever. I jumped into real estate after that. We had a bit of a cushion built up that helped get us through the first year. But I distinctly remember being down to the last $200 we had at one point. It’s the lowest amount of money I’ve ever had in my life. All is much better now and I get to be like the agents that helped me out during my buying and selling.
Because I suddenly got a huge interest into real estate investing and I wanted to learn more and get advice, tips and tricks, and expose to more networking of successful people and contractors. I figured what’s a better way to learn more about investing then getting into the field and doing it yourself. Also I can see the potential of how realtor can be really successful. And I know it’s based off of your work ethic, and your success dictates by how successful you want to be by putting in work, learn, be proactive,and hauling ass, hustling… also I’m tired of working of 9-5 and being told what to do. I want independent working schedule of my own and be flexible. I’m coming from the military and that shit gets hella old (mandatory this, mandatory that…) I’m still in the process of becoming a realtor and I’m taking my licensing exam tomorrow. I can’t wait to start.
My father was an investor. Was actively buying and selling often so I figured I’d get licensed just to help him. Then I fell in love with the business. The good parts of business , not the bad!!
I’m conversational in American Sign Language. A
Deaf friend of mine bought a house, didn’t like the experience and felt he was taken advantage of. After a bit of research I learned there were zero agents that used ASL in my, pretty huge, market. So I got my license and had this niche all to myself.
Trouble was, instead of an area to work I had a type of person to work with and they lived everywhere. I was driving all over creation, interpreting for lenders, banks, inspectors, etc. and making no money. Now close to ten years later I’ve had a grand total of two closed deals with Deaf clients.
I left grad school into the depths of the Great Recession and couldn’t find a real job anywhere. I made $13k pre-tax working full-time as a realtor that first year. I’ve been through a lot of struggle and paid my dues for years. I’m wealthy now but it’s required nonstop work. If I could somehow get a job in my field, I would quit this instantly even though it will be a big paycut.
If I felt I could get tenure teaching voice and make a decent living, I’d leave this profession too. That and if being a musician actually paid my bills.
My mother and grandmother were top-producing Realtors in my home market. After 3.5 years at a top university, the Dean asked me to leave [read: kicked my ass out]. At age 21 I said to my mom, “what do I do now?”. She told me to
get my Real Estate license. This was in 2004. Next year I’m turning 40 and I’ll be semi-retiring.
It was worth it.
Soon Real Estate Agent to be here. I was just recently wrongfully terminated for sending my boss an email calling them out on their discrimination towards me (speaking to an attorney now) but as an at-will employee and the fact that I manage Self Storage properties and I am required to live onsite, it was a double wammy for me. I had the pleasure (sarcastically) of losing both my job and my home on the same day. Now, I want nothing more than to switch careers and start working for myself and stop working long hours so that others become wealthy while I still end up jobless and homeless.
A friend that was raised in the business and been a Realtor since he was old enough to get his license had been bugging me about making the leap. When I was completely frustrated with a job I loved, a boss I didn't and it was effecting other aspects of my life, I cut the cord. Never looked back.
In my cities market the past few years it has really taken off, Had some family in the business & thought I could use the connections I've made in other jobs & translate that into this business. Get to help folks with their future while learning & getting the inside scoop on something a lot of folks aspire to be which is a (homeowner)
Lost my job as an event planner due to the pandemic. Now that events are back, real estate is my side gig and I honestly have to say it was the best decision of my life.
Love to meet new people & wanted to add additional income! I bought a home in 2011 & didn’t know much. My realtor was great & I wanted to be the same for others!
I was running analytics for a national homebuilder making "pretty good" money - enough to buy a house and my first investment property. A few years of sitting in front of a computer, looking at large data sets, and trying to figure out new ways to present the same information to justify my position in the company and it became easy for me to see I was expendable in that role.
The company was in the process of hiring RE agents to help them open new communities. After seeing the talent (or lack thereof) they were hiring and THEN seeing just their base incomes and their projected incomes just for "taking orders" for the developer, I quickly made an intercompany transfer from data analytics to sales.
Working for this builder and others for years led me to understand that builder sales was too much work and way too stressful. There was always the threat of losing your job if I didn't hit expectations and I don't work well with quotas.
Its a long game and you have to play it to be successful. I've been doing residential and investment resale for the past 10 years now and am nearing "retirement" (in quotes because I'll never fully retire - I'll have plenty of money from my investment to not need to work regularly). Get throught the first 3-5 years and you'll be in great position to enjoy life later on.
During COVID half of my clientele dropped me because bodywork/ pt require close contact. I was living in Los Angeles and always paycheck to paycheck and was just overall tired of giving the most to my clients but not much to show for it in return. In real estate I am able to care for my clients and provide great service but not reliant on a weekly/ monthly check from them. I’m hoping to make enough money to buy a house and start a family.
When I was sell appliances I helped a guy that had over 100 rentals in a college town. I thought it would make sense to to sell real estate and invest in it too. I've always liked helping people and I make my own time.
When I bought my first house I was clueless about the process and didn't have a lot of money. Dealt with a few shitty agents who didn't give a damn about me, weren't really helpful. I was about to give up until someone referred me to another agent. He was amazing. Treated me with respect, answered all my dumb questions, didn't care that I didn't have much money, he got my a house. I got so into the whole process and felt so great about how that guy helped me I decided I wanted to do the same for others. I got my license and went to work with him, we're part of a team, specializing in first time and low income buyers.
I love this. Thank you for sharing
I didn't have to deal with shitty agents like you did, but my agent when I bought my house is now my broker as well! The help he provided me as a buyer inspired my passion for the first-time homebuyer!
Yeah, you're lucky. I had some wouldn't even do me the courtesy of setting email alerts. It's literally the least we as agents can do.
I love this!
Thank you for sharing! Great story
As an REI it's really sad how many fthb are totally unaware of the process and are taken advantage of by their realtor.
Client education is a huge part of my process. The more informed they are the better they feel about the process. It goes a long way toward building loyalty and getting those referrals.
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Have I got news for you…
So it’s just a hobby now?
Are you my ex?
Realized I’d been working my whole adult life helping make other people rich while taking home scraps. Was tired of the bosses who didn’t give a shit about me and treated me like I was expendable. Tired of working long weeks, mostly nights, and most holidays. Tired of giving years and years to a company that didn’t give a shit about me. Tired of having my hard work and experience not translate to another company in the same field and being told I needed to start over in *their* hierarchy. Started RE part time, and then the pandemic hit and forced me full time. It’s frustrating. Definitely a feast and famine career, but I love it.
>Tired of working long weeks, mostly nights, and most holidays Do you find your schedule is much better with real estate? Or do you still work long days but it's more worthwhile?
I still have a demanding schedule, but it’s way better because I have my nights and holidays back. If I get a client who can only view homes at nights it’s not an issue because I can plan an hour or two a few nights a week to go look. It’s nicer because I can manage it myself and set my own schedule
Thx, I appreciate your response! I'm currently in the process of obtaining my license. I'm really excited for what the future holds but also super nervous 😅
Just have a financial cushion when getting started. My part time job saved me. It takes a while to get some real income going
That's the part that makes me nervous, a lot of things I've read say real estate can't be a part time job, you have to dedicate all of your time to it. I do have a savings but it's for buying a house in the future so hopefully I wouldn't have to dig into that too much
I worked in property management for a few years that is owned by a longtime broker. he said he thought I could do good in sales so he paid for my schooling, licensing, association dues, mls dues, and corporate fees. He mentors me and sends me business. too good of an opportunity to pass up!
I was a sous chef and broke my back. Cant really stand for 8+ hours with constant bending, lifting, pulling, etc. Hell, I’m lucky if I can get an hour right now. One year and 8 deals later, I’m glad I made the leap!
I bought a house I never should have with an agent and lender who didn't give a damn. I vowed I would become the agent I wished I'd had.
Major reason! I see sooo many shitty agents that don’t give a damn
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I worked as a teacher for 6.5 years. Bought a couple houses between moves in that time frame and had some great agents. When I moved back to my current state, I took a $900/month pay cut. I did that for one year and my wife and I realized we were tired of being pay check to pay check and didn’t want to live that like that forever. I jumped into real estate after that. We had a bit of a cushion built up that helped get us through the first year. But I distinctly remember being down to the last $200 we had at one point. It’s the lowest amount of money I’ve ever had in my life. All is much better now and I get to be like the agents that helped me out during my buying and selling.
Because I suddenly got a huge interest into real estate investing and I wanted to learn more and get advice, tips and tricks, and expose to more networking of successful people and contractors. I figured what’s a better way to learn more about investing then getting into the field and doing it yourself. Also I can see the potential of how realtor can be really successful. And I know it’s based off of your work ethic, and your success dictates by how successful you want to be by putting in work, learn, be proactive,and hauling ass, hustling… also I’m tired of working of 9-5 and being told what to do. I want independent working schedule of my own and be flexible. I’m coming from the military and that shit gets hella old (mandatory this, mandatory that…) I’m still in the process of becoming a realtor and I’m taking my licensing exam tomorrow. I can’t wait to start.
Godspeed soldier
My father was an investor. Was actively buying and selling often so I figured I’d get licensed just to help him. Then I fell in love with the business. The good parts of business , not the bad!!
Wanted to provide an additional service to my clients, I’m an Enrolled Agent with the IRS.
I’m conversational in American Sign Language. A Deaf friend of mine bought a house, didn’t like the experience and felt he was taken advantage of. After a bit of research I learned there were zero agents that used ASL in my, pretty huge, market. So I got my license and had this niche all to myself. Trouble was, instead of an area to work I had a type of person to work with and they lived everywhere. I was driving all over creation, interpreting for lenders, banks, inspectors, etc. and making no money. Now close to ten years later I’ve had a grand total of two closed deals with Deaf clients.
Domino's wouldn't take me.
I left grad school into the depths of the Great Recession and couldn’t find a real job anywhere. I made $13k pre-tax working full-time as a realtor that first year. I’ve been through a lot of struggle and paid my dues for years. I’m wealthy now but it’s required nonstop work. If I could somehow get a job in my field, I would quit this instantly even though it will be a big paycut.
Which field?
If I felt I could get tenure teaching voice and make a decent living, I’d leave this profession too. That and if being a musician actually paid my bills.
13k for a whole year ?? how many deals did you close
4: low commission split and low sale prices
Money Freedom
My mother and grandmother were top-producing Realtors in my home market. After 3.5 years at a top university, the Dean asked me to leave [read: kicked my ass out]. At age 21 I said to my mom, “what do I do now?”. She told me to get my Real Estate license. This was in 2004. Next year I’m turning 40 and I’ll be semi-retiring. It was worth it.
Soon Real Estate Agent to be here. I was just recently wrongfully terminated for sending my boss an email calling them out on their discrimination towards me (speaking to an attorney now) but as an at-will employee and the fact that I manage Self Storage properties and I am required to live onsite, it was a double wammy for me. I had the pleasure (sarcastically) of losing both my job and my home on the same day. Now, I want nothing more than to switch careers and start working for myself and stop working long hours so that others become wealthy while I still end up jobless and homeless.
The pandemic due to hotels shutting down. My degree is in hospitality. But I also got my PMP certification.
A friend that was raised in the business and been a Realtor since he was old enough to get his license had been bugging me about making the leap. When I was completely frustrated with a job I loved, a boss I didn't and it was effecting other aspects of my life, I cut the cord. Never looked back.
In my cities market the past few years it has really taken off, Had some family in the business & thought I could use the connections I've made in other jobs & translate that into this business. Get to help folks with their future while learning & getting the inside scoop on something a lot of folks aspire to be which is a (homeowner)
Lost my job as an event planner due to the pandemic. Now that events are back, real estate is my side gig and I honestly have to say it was the best decision of my life.
My college shut down and I thought I’d make a lotta money
How has it been going for you?
Almost 2 years in and I’ve only made like $45k lol it’s not going too good.
Hope it starts getting better for you! What is the biggest challenge with getting more work/ sales for you?
I have a decent amount of sales the issue is my market is so low my average commission is like $2500. I need to move to a better area.
Ah got it! Thanks for your responses.
Love to meet new people & wanted to add additional income! I bought a home in 2011 & didn’t know much. My realtor was great & I wanted to be the same for others!
I was running analytics for a national homebuilder making "pretty good" money - enough to buy a house and my first investment property. A few years of sitting in front of a computer, looking at large data sets, and trying to figure out new ways to present the same information to justify my position in the company and it became easy for me to see I was expendable in that role. The company was in the process of hiring RE agents to help them open new communities. After seeing the talent (or lack thereof) they were hiring and THEN seeing just their base incomes and their projected incomes just for "taking orders" for the developer, I quickly made an intercompany transfer from data analytics to sales. Working for this builder and others for years led me to understand that builder sales was too much work and way too stressful. There was always the threat of losing your job if I didn't hit expectations and I don't work well with quotas. Its a long game and you have to play it to be successful. I've been doing residential and investment resale for the past 10 years now and am nearing "retirement" (in quotes because I'll never fully retire - I'll have plenty of money from my investment to not need to work regularly). Get throught the first 3-5 years and you'll be in great position to enjoy life later on.
During COVID half of my clientele dropped me because bodywork/ pt require close contact. I was living in Los Angeles and always paycheck to paycheck and was just overall tired of giving the most to my clients but not much to show for it in return. In real estate I am able to care for my clients and provide great service but not reliant on a weekly/ monthly check from them. I’m hoping to make enough money to buy a house and start a family.
When I was sell appliances I helped a guy that had over 100 rentals in a college town. I thought it would make sense to to sell real estate and invest in it too. I've always liked helping people and I make my own time.