Am I Ready? Steps to Get to Your Real Estate License
Sometimes we wonder if we’re ready to take the next big step, especially when it’s outside our comfort zone. You know you want to do it, you want to try, but this one question keeps holding you back: “Am I Ready?” And when it involves making a career change, it can be all the more daunting. The
The Importance of Being Ethical as a Realtor
Both new and experienced real estate professionals have an obligation to their clients and community to be ethical. Scott Gordon, who is one of our licensed real estate instructors and brokers with over 25 years of experience in the real estate industry had this to say: “Ethics is the real estate industry’s foundation and the framework. Upon
How to Overcome a Bad Home Inspection
Home Inspections Don’t Have to Be Painful Home inspections are a crucial part of the homebuying process, but they can be nerve-wracking. While the inspection is underway, buyers’ and sellers’ agents alike might be wondering: What will the inspectors find? Will the sale fall through? That anxiety is natural. A Zillow research report found that among sellers
5 Tips for Buying and Selling Historic Properties
Buyer’s and Seller’s Agents Can Make History With Historic Homes Do you have clients who would jump at the opportunity to live in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s house? Or perhaps the very first mansion in the state of Utah is more their speed? As it turns out, successfully buying or selling historic properties like these requires a particularly
Errors and Omissions Insurance for Real Estate Agents
What Is Errors and Omissions Insurance? If you’ve just gotten your real estate license, congratulations — you’ve made it past one of the largest hurdles in your real estate career. Of course, that’s just the beginning of something much bigger. Ahead lies one of the most unique and fulfilling opportunities one can have, but before you start
Embrace the Heat: Setting Expectations in Hot Markets
Buyers and Sellers Alike Are in for a One-of-a-Kind Housing Market Homeownership can be an emotionally taxing process in the best of times, never mind in the wake of a global pandemic, COVID-19 recession, and period of record-low mortgage interest rates. Luckily, stellar real estate agents are here to save the day, imparting knowledge and wisdom to
Transforming Distressed Hotels Into Affordable Housing
Check Out This Hotel-Based Solution to America’s Affordable Housing Crisis As the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, prompting travel restrictions and stay-in-place orders, hotel stays plummeted. Hundreds of millions of rooms sat empty in 2020. Meanwhile, communities across the country have seen “an acute undersupply of housing,” with renting becoming increasingly unaffordable, the National Association of REALTORSⓇ
Vacation Home Sales Skyrocket During COVID-19 Pandemic
Vacation Home Sales Surge During COVID-19 Pandemic In the months after COVID-19 hit the United States, vacation home sales shot up, likely the combined result of low-interest rates, a desire to escape amid social distancing and lockdown, and an unprecedented ability to work from anywhere. It’s part of a major cultural shift around work and homebuying in the
Don’t Shoot The Tax Man: What Reform is Coming in 2021
What You Need to Know for the Upcoming 2021 Tax Season While 2020 may be behind us, the lingering demons known as last year’s taxes still meander in the dark depths of our minds. COVID-19’s impact on how you prepare your IRS bill is unique, which is why getting ahead on your taxes now will help you
Criminal Minds: Real Estate Agents Turned Bad, Vol. 1
The Criminal Justice System Takes No Pity On Agents Who Commit Fraud In a world filled with malicious intentions, real estate agents must constantly be vigilant when it comes to keeping themselves and their clients safe. It’s a matter of life and death and should be taken seriously. But what happens when the roles are reversed and
Follow these 4 Tips When Inventory is Low
Gain The Edge When it Comes Time to Find Homes When Inventory is Low Several years months ago, before the pandemic, industry experts predicted a tight housing market for 2020. Throw in a coronavirus-sized wrench into the mix, and sure enough, the spring and summer seasons saw record-low home listings on the market. The initial prediction was predicated
How to Schedule Your Day as a Real Estate Agent
Troy Palmquist Explains How He Schedules His Busy Day as a Real Estate Agent Being a steward of real estate is a noble profession, albeit one that moves at the speed of light. How many businesses require expert transaction knowledge, unmatched salesmanship, solid people skills, and the ability to manage complex situations in short time frames with
The Comprehensive Guide to Getting Your Real Estate License & Starting Your Career
Why Should I Get Into Real Estate? Obtaining your real estate license is a challenging and rewarding experience that consists of more than just a few real estate courses, an exam, and meeting your state’s requirement for real estate licensure — it’s an investment in a career that lets you set your own schedule, be your own
A Real Estate Agent’s Guide to Creating Marketable Content
Content is king. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. Creating killer content engages your audience and makes them aware of who you are and what you do (i.e. Your Story). It’s a crucial part of social media, email marketing, and other digital marketing methods, and has somewhat replaced other mediums of entertainment, like
10 Tips for Starting Your New Career as A Real Estate Agent
Follow This Advice for Your New Career as an Agent When you finish your Pre-Licensing courses and get licensed you’ll likely ask yourself “What’s next?” It’s probably one of the biggest questions we hear from new agents and our affiliates. The best thing you can do is get your feet wet and embrace the challenge. And the
How the Car You Drive Impacts Your Real Estate Business
Impress Your Clients and Boost Your Confidence There are many moving pieces that attribute to marketing when you’re operating your own business. In the beginning, half the battle is marketing yourself, but as you gain experience in your career, you learn more and more ways to develop and improve your presentation. Today, we’ll focus on one aspect:
How (and Why) You Should Quit Your Job for a Real Estate Career
Quit Your Job in Style with These 5 Suggestions There are many reasons why you may be considering leaving your job and going into real estate. Some of those reasons may be to: Pursue an Independent Career Become Your Own Boss Not Be Limited by Vertical Hierarchies Drop the 9-5 and Have Scheduling Flexibility Have a Limitless Salary Cap Let’s be real though.
Real Estate Agent and Personal Finance: 3 Must-Have Apps
Save Money With These 3 Tax and Personal Finance Apps Launching a brand-new career in real estate comes with its difficulties. For one, you’ll have to invest your time and money into completing your licensing courses and an exam prep course to help you review all you need to know for the state and national exam. Once
6 Strategic Partners Real Estate Agents Must Have
Do Real Estate Agents Need Strategic Partners? While a career in real estate is a fully-rewarding and independent career, successfully helping your clients from the beginning of the home acquisition process until the end requires developing different partnerships with local businesses in order to best help your clients. Many new real estate agents like yourself may not know
How Will The Coronavirus Affect The Real Estate Market?
Coronavirus & the Real Estate Market: How Will Things Shake Out? The seasonality of the housing market follows a familiar trend we all know very well. Home prices spike during the summer months and fall during the winter season. Pretty straightforward, until you throw a global pandemic-sized wrench into the mix. As of March 30th, 2020, the COVID-19
How Much do Real Estate Agent Make?
The standard workweek is 40 hours, but many real estate agents will work between 21 and 40 hours, resulting in earning potential of about $46,000 a year. This is dependent on the number of hours an agent will work in a week. Agents that work around 60 hours a week earn closer to $100,000 a year,
The Benefits of a Real Estate Agent Career
Discover the Skills and Benefits You'll Develop as a Real Estate Agent If you’re reading this article, you’ve either quit your job––hopefully not like this guy––or you’re on the verge of making a career change into real estate. That’s awesome. You’ve just completed the hardest task of telling yourself, “I want to do something worthwhile” and then
10 Ways Real Estate Agents Are Essential
Real Estate Agents Are Pillars of the Community Real estate is a uniquely impactful profession. One that allows individuals the opportunity to form bonds and create communities through simply buying and selling slices of land. Because of this, the need for real estate agents and brokers will never go away. We partnered with the California Association of REALTORS®
A Day in the Life of a Successful Real Estate Agent
Read along as we follow hypothetical single father Joseph Harbinger throughout his busy schedule as a real estate agent in South Florida. 6:00 AM - Palm Beach, FL, Joe’s Home Joe wakes up, and browses the web in bed for a few minutes on his phone. Inman News, Forbes, CNN, The Hustle. He then checks in on his
Finding The Right Mentor
A Real Estate Mentor Can Take Your Career to the Next Level After completing your Pre-Licensing coursework, the next step toward starting your new career in real estate is to choose a real estate broker to work with. This broker will further train you on the business, and they'll be available to answer your every question as
Open Houses: None Of The Risk, All Of The Reward
Discover All The Intrinsic Benefits Of Holding An Open House Have you ever heard the phrase “You got to risk it for the biscuit?” Well, when you think about doing an open house for your client’s beautiful listing, throw that idiomatic expression out the window. We’re here to explain why open houses are worth the pain and
Top 5 Reasons You Should Get A Real Estate License Today
Changing careers into real estate is one of the more challenging, yet rewarding moves you can make in your life. Getting your real estate license takes time, effort, and discipline. But the reward of making the jump can be exponentially gratifying and life-changing. Here are some advantages of obtaining your real estate license and why working
