
What you can expect within your first year:
The first year is the most difficult in a real estate agents career. You are
starting out both LEARNING and DOING the business. And the challenge is to keep
the vision and faith strong while you are working in the beginning stage with
no income. This is a business based on commissions. And if you sold a house
the first day you received your sales license, it would take approximately six
weeks before you received your FIRST paycheck!
Starting out you actually have two jobs: Your first job is to create the business;
and your second job is to service the business you create. And in the beginning
you are learning HOW to do both of these feats at the same time.
It takes skills and courage to start your own business. It also takes some
time. That is why you need some residual income available to back you up while
you are working to get your business up and running. The turn over rate is about
80 percent mortality for real estate agents in the first 24 months. The reason
for this high turnover is usually due to the fact the agent was undercapitalized
and unprepared for what to expect in getting started. That is why you need to
have all the facts, up front, so you can prepare yourself to get across the
bumps in the road, so to speak.
Your first six months is usually the most difficult in getting started. One
of our agents, for example, who had a good work ethic but no prior sales experience,
sold only two houses in her first six months. However, her second six months,
she sold 20 houses. And her second year in the business, she sold 40 houses!
That is typical how the business can progress. We are aware of the difficulty
of getting this business off the ground. That is why we have made a major commitment
to our Eagle Training Program. This training is designed to get you to the
high income bottom line quickly!
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