Many new agents end up changing companies sometime in their first year. If you find yourself at a broker that is not a good fit for you, spend time making sure that the next place you move will be a place you can stay- and make the move as early in your career as possible. After you have established a client base changing companies becomes much more difficult. But don't change companies for the wrong reasons. If you are not getting business because you are not out marketing yourself, changing brokers isn't going to help. No matter how much or little training you get, you are responsible for your own success.
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THE PODGURSKY GROUP @ Re/Max Direct - Boynton Beach, FL
THE PODGURSKY GROUP - Make the Right Move!
Changing firms in your first year is a sign that the interview process wasn't necessarily properly directed. I think many new agents turn to high splits rather than high structure and training which is vital for a new agent. Commissions can come later! You have to pay to play!
That being said - transitioning from one office to another should also be seamless... but new agents don't market themselves properly! They get on with that fancy sign and don't remember that YOUR Name should be what's most visible on a card - NOT your broker's!
Properly marketing yourself is something newbies don't learn and there is no class in real estate school for it...
but you can move to another company EASILY if you have your broker's logo be something easy to remove and replace on your marketing!
Apr 30, 2007 01:44 AM
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County
Changing companies may be appropriate in certain circumstances. But if it is a marketing issue the changing agent needs to remember the old saying: "If you always do what you always done, you will always get what you already got." Changing companies may mean changing in some other areas.
Apr 30, 2007 04:04 AM
Exit Realty West - Sacramento, CA
"No matter how much or little training you get, you are responsible for your own success." I like that comment a lot!
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