What do I do to become a real estate agent?
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Find out what you need to do in your State regarding the schooling required. In CA you needs so many credits in a College or to enroll in a real estate school. Then take a test. Go to you states web site and search for real estate. (DRE)
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What is your goal?\n\nGeneral learning = a local community college.  \n\nBecoming a realtor = real estate school classes (offered through real estate brokerages like Century 21).  \n\nBeing an investor = attend foreclosure sales, ask questions, buy books (avoid expensive classes).\n\nEmail with any questions.  Best wishes,\n\nJared
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hire the real estate attorney now that you should have hired in the first place.\n\nreal estate agents should not be doing contracts. i know that many states have them doing so, but real estate agents don't have qualifications beyond the real estate exam.
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Check out the Real Estate companies like Remax and Century 21.  They have real estate courses that teach you all you need to know to be an agent..  \n\nAlso, look into your community education, they have basic real estate courses cheap.
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"Be Wise And Advertise". \nVisit local real estate offices and meet with the agents and their manager. Ask them for business, and when they call you follow up with them the status of their request. It's all about service and delivering a great results. This will grow your business fast. Also go to trade shows in your area, pass out your business card with additional information.
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Do both but drop the uninteresting major.\n\nI'm a real estate agent in USA I have been for years.  If you drop out of school you will get to a point when you will wish you completed your degree.  Bill Gates said his biggest regret was not graduating from Harvard. I went back to school 8 years after high school I could have been done 4 years earlier and done EXACTLY the same in my business.\n\nYou should be able to do both just fine.  The first few years most agents just are getting their feet wet anyway and don't do much.  It will help you appear more established.  Get your license (I don't know how it works in the UK or Australia wherever you are) while going to school.  When you graduate you will be able to tell people you graduated from college in real estate and also have +4 years as an agent.  This is important to clients and potential investors\n\nIf you don’t like computer science change your major to something more up your alley.  Economics might be a good route.  Businessmen who don't go to college may say that they don't think college is important but most of the time they really do.\n\nMy real estate broker (is a good friend of mine) was looking to get a new designated broker.  One of the things he enjoyed about the guy he said "dude he has a college degree in this stuff".
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Go into real estate or business.
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How to become a realtor? \nhttp://www.southernmarylandrealtors.org/how_do_I_get_Started.htm\nAlthough I don't know where you live, but this should be a little guideline for you to be a realtor. Good Luck!
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The way to become a literary agent is to do what a literary agent would do:\n...Acquire a client.\n...Develop the literary property offered by the client.\n...Market the property by getting it in front of editors, publishers, and producers.\n...Collect your 15% when you you pair up the client with the producer.\n...Acquire another client.\n\nA college degree is a desirable component for an agent's "bag of tricks" but not nearly as important as a big fat Rolodex!
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You need to obtain a state real estate license.
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Your license needs to be held by a brokerage in order to list properties. You need to get hired by a real estate agency.
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Hello,\n\nCongratulations on deciding on a long-term decision right at the outset of your career.\n\nBy deciding to buy your home, you will do the following:\n\n1. Stop paying someone else's mortgage.\n2. Build your own equity.\n3. Since you have a good income, you will book the tax benefits.\n4. Fix your monthly payment on living in a home for your lifetime (based on your mortgage).\n\nThe Process:\n1. Check your credit by yourself. Try to work on any cleanup that you might need to do (like some irregularities in payments or any other incorrect reporting regarding your credit history. A good Mortgage agent should be a great help and be able to do everything for you. But some mortgage agents might use this for a rip-off.\n2. See if you can identify your objectives, needs and wants. Like, if you want to live close to downtown, a new home, a nice neighborhood, commute, lifestyle etc.\n3. Find a good Realtor who will help you understand your objectives, needs and wants and put them in perspective so that he will help you identify the home you will want to live in.\n4. A good Realtor should be able to take care of the entire process. You have to zone into your dream home out of the Millions of properties available out there. You will also have to identify your constraints in terms of finances, having a Realtor will give you all these ideas.\n5. It is very important that you pin your requirements, it will make the process of selection very easy.\n6. The process itself.\na. Find a Realtor.\nb. Find a Mortgage Agent.\nc. Find a house.\nd. Once selected, make an offer.\ne. If the offer is accepted\nOrder inspections, title reports, HOA docs if it is a PUD / Townhome.\nFinalize Mortgage.\nRemove Contingencies based on investigations.\nGet ready for sign-off.\nSign-off\nDo a walkthrough inspection\nFund your mortgage\nGet your Keys\n\nYou may want to browse on the internet for some more preliminary understanding.\n\nDisclosure: I am a Licensed Realtor with Century 21 in San Jose, CA.
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I've taken a number of the courses required for RE Sales Agent and Broker license in Washington State at the local community college, specifically Seattle Central Community College(I live within walking distance)\n\nAlso, check out the Rockwell Institute. They offer live/lecture classes at physical locations(they also offer online training). Rockwell writes the textbooks that many real estate exam training courses use, including Seattle Community Colleges.\n\nThe Univ of WA offers a number of Real Estate programs, too. See my links below for more info. \n\nGood luck!
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First thing tomorrow morning go to a real estate office and asked to speak with a broker.  If they wanted they could take you under their wing and show the ropes.  By preparing you for the state exam they could mold you into a  successful agent once you've completed your classroom hours and pass the exam.   Best of luck...But remember...it's all about ethics..Seriously...nobody wants to sit in arbitration sessions when they should be out there selling the houses they are being commisioned to sell.
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realtors work for the seller.  If you are the seller, interview several agents and pick one you can work with, you are paying them a nice chunk so they should be more accomodating to you.
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I was a Realtor for a while.  In order to become a Realtor, you have to take and pass a state test and a national test covering the basics of real estate laws and terminology.  There are many classes for this, offered through Realtor associations and independently.  You will need a broker to back you, so one way to do it is to go to a local brokerage, tell them you're interested in becoming a Realtor, and get information from them about local classes.  \n\nIn the classes, you'll learn what you need to know to pass the test, as well as where to take the test and what to expect.  There are a number of fees involved and you'll need to pay the brokerage for office space, phone services, etc.  So have a several hundred dollars at the ready.  It's going to take a while to get started, clients will not just fall into your lap.  Be sure you have someone else to lean on that first year.  I know someone who made $40K her first year, but that's unrealistic for most starting Realtors.  Get ready to make around $20k the first year after putting in twice the hours you would for any other job.\n\nOnce you become established, it can be a great career and there's plenty of money in it.  It can be fun, and it's fulfilling to help people find the home of their dreams.  And that happens.  Age is not a concern, as long as you are knowledgeable and personable.  That said, older Realtors probably don't have to work as hard to gain a client's trust and respect, as they may seem to have more years of experience even if they don't.\n\nThe key is dedication and long hours combined with a great personality... you're really selling yourself more than you're selling property, as people need to place their faith in you.  I didn't have the passion or the drive, so I switched careers.  But if you really want it, it can be a fantastic career and I have several friends doing quite well for themselves in the industry.  Good luck!  :)
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Hi,\n\nEvery state will have different education and test requirements.  You will need to look online for each state's Dept. of Real Estate.  That will tell you what you will need to do.\n\nI used the Anthony Schools online real estate education courses.  You can check to see if they have one in your state.  Otherwise, some real estate agancies will allow you to take classes through their firm and then reimburse your fees after your first transaction.  You will need to call around to find out.\n\nMost states will have education requirements to include along with your state exam.  However, you may be able to use some of your college courses as substitutes (ie.  I had a business degree and was able to transfer some).  Check with them.\n\nYes, you can do real estate part time, depending on the firm.\n\nIf you still want to know some pros and cons about the real estate industry, read this real life job experience from a Realtor in CA:\n\nhttp://www.jobpodge.com/jobTestimonial.php?jobIndex=44&_real_estate_agent\n\nGood luck!