Adventures in Real Estate: Diary of a Rookie Realtor
Saturday August 29, 2009
I have started reading "Up and Running in 30 Days: A Proven Plan for Financial Success in Real Estate" by Carla Cross. The Sales Manager at my office asked if anyone wanted to do this program and of course I jumped on that bandwagon. I am really excited about this program and officially start it on Monday. I am fairly new to real estate and definitely new to general real estate. Since the beginning of 2006 I have been selling pre-construction real estate in Ka'anapali Maui for a developer. It was an exciting time and a new resort for the area. People wanted it bad. It was easy to sell...until the market turned. I still hung in there though despite the negative news and slow market because I felt it was (and still is) a fantastic resort but I couldn't continue on the pro-bono path. In the Spring of 2009 I decided it was time for a change. I took the plunge into general real estate. I am now working for one of the best real estate companies on the island. I am happy with what I'm doing but I AM NEW, I have a lot to learn and most importantly I have not had one sale since I began in general real estate 5 months ago. While selling developer real estate it wasn't required that I had designations or even take real estate courses. We dealt with developer written contracts, not State of Hawaii contracts and the only courses I took were CE courses. Now that I'm in general real estate and the market is still fairly slow, I have had time to take several courses and even completed the ABR course and recently started courses for my GRI designation. I could take a course every day but this is not paying my bills. So, it is time for a kick start. I am hoping what I accomplish by the end of this 30-day program is #1 - how to be a more productive, successful Realtor and #2 - get a sale in 30 days!
I decided to chronicle my adventures while doing this program. No one really hears about the day-to-day activities of a Realtor, especially a newbie, so I hope readers will find this insightful.
Stay tuned for the next installment.....
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