This post is for my Future Agents, Millennial or not I hope you find this helpful when deciding if Real Estate is the career for you.
I received my Real Estate license at the end of 2019 right before Covid swept through and shut our world down. For me Real Estate was a career that was going to make me a millionaire in a year. I am here to tell you if that is your thought process take a step back, get a good smack in the head, and get back to reality. I needed that smack in 2019, but in all honesty the dream of my future income did keep me going. All of that to say, don’t lose hope. Almost three years later here we type and I am no millionaire, but I have paid off all of my debt, bought a house with my fiancé, and have way more money in my savings than when I started this journey. I would call that an extreme win.
For me Real Estate wasn’t just about the money even though that is a big portion of it, it was about learning something new. I felt very stuck financially and mentally with my last career and felt I needed something to challenge me in a way I had never been challenged before. If you are feeling that sense of wanting something more then get that Barney Fletcher Real Estate course started because you’re in for a wild ride. This ride will be like the Hulk at Universal Studios, you’ll wait in an insanely long line, once on you’ll have the best freaking time of your life, and then once it stops you’ll do it all over again for the thrill of the chase.
The actual Real Estate course wasn’t terrible for me, just tedious. You scroll through sections of facts, law and numbers. Most of which you will never use in your Real Estate career. Did you know there are 43,560 sq ft in an acre?! After this test you sure as hell will never forget it. The test on the other hand was a bitch. A course test and state test are required to be completed and until you pass the course test you cannot move on to the state. 150 questions that all have A,B,C,D answers, all answers could be correct but you must pick the MOST correct one. Honestly, pay the extra $75 and take the cram course. The cram course is the only reason I passed this test and in the state of GA every time you have to re-take it, it’s going to cost you $120. Take the cram course.
Once you get your license you must register yourself with a Broker or the state of GA will not count your license as active and you cannot legally do real estate. Interview, research and interview some more when it comes to being an individual agent or being on a team. Full transparency the brokerage you choose DOES NOT MATTER, the people you surround yourself with 100% do in your first year of the business. Find people who are willing to pour into you and who want you to succeed not just for their own benefit, but because they care. I will speak more to this in a blog post coming soon, but I cannot stress this enough when it comes to making a decision. My last and final recommendation is to join a team as a new agent. Do not try to do all of this on your own, even if you decide a year into the business you would like to venture out, that one year on the team will be the most crucial year in your career. That year will shape how you will be for the next 30 years in the business.
Chelsea, your Millennial Realtor.
