Accounting courses will always help you in any business - whether yours or your personal finances - so I would recommend that.
You can certainly be an asset to seasoned brokers by assisting with open houses or become an associate for new building developments like Ryland Homes, etc.
If a person walks in to see the new homes being built and don't have an agent, there are bonuses or other incentives for that agent and the buyers.
If you know you don't want to go to college, it can be a waste of money. College is getting more expensive and many are in debt and get degrees in things they never use.
If you get into real estate now, you could be very successful early on in life.
But never go into a job because of money or you'll never be happy. Work in a field you enjoy and usually the money follows.
Good luck.
First you need to check your attitude at the door. College is not a waste of money. If you want to be a realtor then college is not necessary. You will be self employed and may be interested in some small business courses at the local junior college.
If you are under the impression that you would be able to attend a state recognized real estate school to prepare you to take the real estate examination for a few hundred dollars you might try going to a college. You are in for sticker shock. The state real estate license itself would be at this cost or higher.
To take the required real estate course in order to be eligible to take the state real estate examination would cost a lot more. You would need to Google licensed accredited real estate schools followed by your city and state.
Many sites would appear. You would be required to select many of these sites to contact and find out the cost of their courses, the length of time in order to be able to take the state examination.
Once you have completed the required courses and passed the state examination to obtain your real estate license, you are still required to have funds available for office/desk space, join the Multiple listing service (MLS) You would not be hired by a real estate broker if you are not able to have access to the MLS. There are other funds that would be necessary before you would be able to think of earning your first commission check.
Commission mean that you would be required to actually make a sale and close on the transaction before you would receive any earned money at all.
The key to being a successful real estate agent would require you to develop a marketing plan where you would be in the face of potential buyers and sellers of their houses.
In following your marketing plan you would be meeting potential clients on a daily bases.
You would also have to establish a data base of names to follow up with and continue to be in he face of potential sellers and buyers.
Without a marketing plan you are planning to fail.
You would also need to form a professional team to assist you in doing your business. These professionals would be attorneys, notary public, insurance agents, escrow officers, title reps and others you might find necessary to be successful.
In following your market plan, networking to form your professional team would take anywhere from 6 months to a year before you would be able to see a consistent commission. You would get lucky and would make a sale thus a commission.
From reading your statement, it appears as if you might want to adjust your attitude as if you would become a real estate agent, this might prevent you from being a successful real estate agent. Most selling or buying a property would seek someone with more maturity and present themselves in a better light.
I don't know you, this might be a cavalier attitude that projected itself in your statement and you are not that way at all.
I hope this has been of some benefit to you, good luck.
"FIGHT ON"
College is only a waste of money if you let it be a waste of money if you're majoring in a degree field that has low opportunities or where the field has a negative job growth outlook (Idk who's money you think you're wasting but most colleges offer a TON of scholarships, as does federal and state governments). Real Estate is not easy. Are you good at sales? Are you an organized person? Are you a people person? Can you handle people with no common sense? Doesn't sound like it from your post. It's about more than just showing houses and earning money. You work on commissions and the first year is NOT easy for most beginner realtors. Can you afford to spend a few years building your business? There are a lot of questions to ask yourself.
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Explore the web for reviews about real estate and figure out if it's worth the risk.
Education is not a waste.
It is very hard for young people to make a living in real estate. Even other young people would rather not deal with them. When people are making the most expensive purchase of their life, and risking their life savings, they tend to want older, experienced people to help them. Not a kid that does not even own a home themselves.
Okay, so I'm an 18 year old guy, who just graduated high school and I'm interested in doing real estate. I never had the intention of going to college, and now that I found out that you necessarily dont need a college degree to be in real estate, I'm really not going to stress my self out and be in debt for the next couple of years? Is this a good idea, to just take the classes and pass the state exam for a couple hundred dollars? Or should I go to college, and waste money?
