My wonderful brokerage has a great mentoring program for new agents. I was already seasoned by the time I started here at McEnearney Associates, but am honored and excited to have been asked to mentor a new agent. I can see why they asked me to mentor this new agent - she's me, but probably better! She's my age, a new mom, had a career in advertising before real estate and is very excited, sharp and eager to learn.
I was lucky enough to have a mentor too when I started in 2004. My mentor was my Realtor when I had bought a house, and she was also a former school teacher, so she was really good at teaching AND selling houses. I learned so much from her and one of the best phrases she taught me was "Succeeding in real estate is just about throwing a bunch of spaghetti on the wall and seeing what sticks." Sage advice, really. I think back to the time I was being trained by her and there's no way I appreciated what she was doing enough. You never do know until you stand in someone else's shoes.
My first listing, which I landed with the help of my mentor --------------->>>
I am not sure how good of a teacher I am, but we will soon find out. So far, so good...my "mentee" has a new listing coming up next week (this is just after being licensed for about a month). I think she got the listing agreement signed before she even got her Sentrilock card. Quite an auspicious beginning for sure. I really had nothing to do with any of it, although I go through and have them sign the listing agreement, they were sold on my mentee before we walked in the door because of who she is. But I will gladly smile and take the thanks and credit for helping out.
I am a firm believer that Realtors only learn by doing. Nothing I learned in my pre-licensing classes prepared me for how to sell a house. Fortunately, McEnearney also has an excellent trainer and coach in house, and the woman I am mentoring seems to know a lot more than your average newbie before she even started being mentored by me.
We have a six month long journey together, and I took it on at a time that I am bursting with business and do not have a second to spare. But some things, you just can't pass up. And the chance to mentor a promising new agent is one of them.
Wish us luck!
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