mentor: Real Estate School - what they "usually" don't tell - 04/26/07 02:27 AM
While I was going through real estate school I had learned so much that it was nearly overwhelming. However, I did enjoy it and felt that I was well equipped to start my new career. Of course all of the local real estate companies are recruiting you and now it is up to you to choose the one that will be the best fit. I began my career with a fairly large and highly reputable company. This particular company did loads of transactions per year, had most of the top agents in the area, and were up-to-date with technology.
So, off I go … (19 comments)

mentor: You can't make money sitting in the office - or can you? - 04/25/07 01:48 AM
When I first started in real estate over 14 years ago, my mentor was a fairly young lady with about 5 years of experience under her belt. She took me under her wing and taught me many valuable lessons about the wonderful world of real estate. I looked up to her like a big sister who would always steer me in the right direction. Her name was/is Mary Kay. In those days one of the ways to try and get leads was to do cold calling. We would literally pick up the phone book and start calling people and asking for … (8 comments)