How can i become a realestate agent?how much does its cost?
Lol, you don’t need to be good at anything to be a real estate agent. It’s a job where you take a 2-4 week class depending on what state you live in. The classes aren’t even all day long. You take some cheesy 100 question (give or take) exam. I’ve taken harder exams in accelerated junior high courses. It takes more time, money and effort to get your certification in refrigeration or plumbing than it does to be a real estate agent.
In a hot market, you don’t have to do anything except know how to breathe. In this current market, whether or not you can sell depends on if you can be nice to your clients. The hardest part will be learning to talk a good game if you can’t do it naturally. Otherwise, you just have to chase a lot of leads and talk to a lot of people. Oh, and you take a lot of digital pictures and craft listings. Essentially, you need arts and crafts skills.
All I can tell you is that there are a lot of real estate schools. If you find a company that you’d like to get down with, talk to them. Many brokerages like ReMAX, have their own accredited real estate schools. If you sign up with them in advance, they will waive, reimburse or discount a lot of the fees you will have to pay in the course of obtaining your license. Good luck.
October 30th, 2009 at 7:54 am
cost depends on location and state, in pennsylvania the local colleges offer courses and the inital cost is about 250 for the courese and 100 for the test. tough career field, new agents make about 15g’s first year, turn over 80-85% in fist year thats y lots of folks do it part time for a while, you must be good at math, have a working knowledge of the law in real estate, finance, title, and closings. a good sales man and willing to put up with being a decorator and driver. lol gl
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October 30th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Lol, you don’t need to be good at anything to be a real estate agent. It’s a job where you take a 2-4 week class depending on what state you live in. The classes aren’t even all day long. You take some cheesy 100 question (give or take) exam. I’ve taken harder exams in accelerated junior high courses. It takes more time, money and effort to get your certification in refrigeration or plumbing than it does to be a real estate agent.
In a hot market, you don’t have to do anything except know how to breathe. In this current market, whether or not you can sell depends on if you can be nice to your clients. The hardest part will be learning to talk a good game if you can’t do it naturally. Otherwise, you just have to chase a lot of leads and talk to a lot of people. Oh, and you take a lot of digital pictures and craft listings. Essentially, you need arts and crafts skills.
All I can tell you is that there are a lot of real estate schools. If you find a company that you’d like to get down with, talk to them. Many brokerages like ReMAX, have their own accredited real estate schools. If you sign up with them in advance, they will waive, reimburse or discount a lot of the fees you will have to pay in the course of obtaining your license. Good luck.
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October 30th, 2009 at 9:26 am
In Oregon, it is a 150 hour course and a 150 question, 5 hour test.
Cost varies by area. You have to pay the cost of the school, pay for a background check and the testing fee. Once you have your license, you will have to pay dues to the local board of Realtors, whatever associated fees are involved (lockbox keys, etc.)
Then when you join a brokerage, you will have start up costs. This varies by brokerage, but count on spending money on business cards, signs, letterhead, postage, miscellaneous office supplies and marketing.
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Oregon Realtor