Is Real Estate The Right Career For You

The real estate business is overflowing withto 5 for a new realtor, even the ole' pros have to
agents and as in most businesses only about 20%work some weekends, a new raltor works most
of those in the profession are making a living withweekends.The second year is a little better, if you
it. The 20% are split into top producers,mediansurvive the first year in real estate you will still
income producers and barely scraping byhave ongoing expenses like the first year but you
producers.That is the reality, the dream is thatprobably have a few sales in by then and at least
you will make millions and do it in a few hours ayou are not borrowing against your credit card
week showing some property and picking up aand might even make a lttle money.The hours
commission check for your efforts. Maybe youyou put in are not any less and if you are at all
haven't been upclose and personal with a realsuccessful you are probabably working more.Now
estate professional because to the outside worldthat I have the negative out of the way I'll focus
that is all they have seen.The reality is that youon some of the positives. As a self employed
spend twice as much money the first year thanindividual you can easily work from home as long
you make on Realtor fees, MLS membership,keyas you have a computer and a cell phone you can
fees, licensing courses,advertising, postage,work from anywhere. There is a lady in my
personal website,office that often works from a motor home.If
hosting for the website,adding the MLS feed toyou like the idea of being free from time clocks
your website, (no one will visit it without that)carand can motivate yourself to work without
expenses,gas( more expensive every day)andsupervision, and have some start up money real
office fees,so plan for your first year to be aestate might just be the ticket to your success! I
debit.Unless you have start up money. Aboutfound a way to make it work very nicely for
$5,000me.Sally Morris is Realtor and a multimillion dollar
All of the money going out is enough but whatseller in South Carolina, a wife,mother,and
about hours spent?grandmother. Sally is also an artist,&
The average is about 60 hrs a week and yesphotographer.
that is weekends. There is no such thing as a 9