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Seriously Considering a Career Change.....

StickFigure

StickFigure

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I'm considering getting into Real Estate. Any real estate agents here that could give me their input on taking such a plunge? Any feedback on how you like or dislike selling real estate?

Any input is greatly appreciated!
 
Gay rodeo? or, you could donate blood/sperm & pose nude for art classes and make a living that way.
 
nycgirl said:
Just a thought. Wouldn't it be wise to wait to do this until you move and get settled?
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That's what i'm looking for. I'm not changing up here. I'm looking at my options for when i move down to louisiana.
 
StickFigure said:
That's what i'm looking for. I'm not changing up here. I'm looking at my options for when i move down to louisiana.
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Have you looked into the job market in Louisiana? Did a search on Monster.com? Looked at the classifieds (online) for local papers. Called any recruiters to see what's available & what type of industries are in the area you are moving to or Louisiana.
 
nycgirl said:
Have you looked into the job market in Louisiana? Did a search on Monster.com? Looked at the classifieds (online) for local papers. Called any recruiters to see what's available & what type of industries are in the area you are moving to or Louisiana.
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I have started looking on Monster and I'm gonna be checking into Careerbuilder.com as well. I'm just looking into real estate as an option.

I love selling but I'm getting tired of selling the same old thing over and over again. In real estate, each house is different and you can sell a new dream with every house.
 
i've always wanted to be a murman.
 
I don't get it. Don't you sell stuff now, S? How is RE different? Sure, the houses are different but the lies are the same. :D
 
EnderJE said:
I don't get it. Don't you sell stuff now, S? How is RE different? Sure, the houses are different but the lies are the same. :D
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LOL! I'm not a car salesman bro. :chomp:

I sell exercise equipment right now but I'm getting bored with it.
 
the guy that sold us this house (dirt cheap too) is a real estate agent. He had to sell it ASAP and move into apartment with the wife and 2 kids cause he couldnt afford it anymore.

Maybe real estate is not a good choice right now
 
stick i could see you as a 2 cycle mechcaninc, specializing in polaris
 
Being a successful agent is all about your relationships and ties to the community. Money can be made, but how do you plan on making contacts that will refer you business? It isn't like you'll move there, get licensed, and just start falling into listings. Fisty has some connections, but you need to know what you're talking about when you think you have business. Anyone can sell A house. To make a living at it you need to sell yourself.

Might want to stick with the thighmasters until you have an idea of what the market's like.
 
StickFigure said:
You said you get that bad chicken this weekend yeah?
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tomorrow...it's got a 2 inch paddle and i'll pipe and clutch it before the winter is out :)

i'll take some pics and post this weekend
 
jnevin said:
Being a successful agent is all about your relationships and ties to the community. Money can be made, but how do you plan on making contacts that will refer you business? It isn't like you'll move there, get licensed, and just start falling into listings. Fisty has some connections, but you need to know what you're talking about when you think you have business. Anyone can sell A house. To make a living at it you need to sell yourself.

Might want to stick with the thighmasters until you have an idea of what the market's like.
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Ive been in sales for a long time, and I have always been in the top 5 in any company I've worked for. Selling myself isn't a problem. I could sell you your mother (which would be a hard sell to anyone) and make you believe you got a good deal.

I know I can't just jump right in and make it overnight, that's not what this thread is about.

And you can take your thighmasters and cram 'em up your ass.
 
I don't know about LA, but I'm sure you've also checked out the housing conditions over there and the predictions on how long the aggressive market will last.
 
StickFigure said:
Ive been in sales for a long time, and I have always been in the top 5 in any company I've worked for. Selling myself isn't a problem. I could sell you your mother (which would be a hard sell to anyone) and make you believe you got a good deal.

I know I can't just jump right in and make it overnight, that's not what this thread is about.

And you can take your thighmasters and cram 'em up your ass.
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Lol... fucker. I work in a related field, and know what makes a good realtor. It isn't selling a home. It's anticipating the needs of your customer, and exceeding their expectations. You need to drop some coin on high dollar borrowers, you need a great relationship with a good lender and title company. Sales on that monetary level isn't selling.


Now go move 100 units of Heavy Hands faggot. How do you sell them? Power walk around the store in a headband and a leotard? :rolleyes:
 
jnevin said:
Lol... fucker. I work in a related field, and know what makes a good realtor. It isn't selling a home. It's anticipating the needs of your customer, and exceeding their expectations. You need to drop some coin on high dollar borrowers, you need a great relationship with a good lender and title company. Sales on that monetary level isn't selling.


Now go move 100 units of Heavy Hands faggot. How do you sell them? Power walk around the store in a headband and a leotard? :rolleyes:
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I don't work at fucking Sports Authority assnozzle.
 
StickFigure said:
I'm considering getting into Real Estate. Any real estate agents here that could give me their input on taking such a plunge? Any feedback on how you like or dislike selling real estate?

Any input is greatly appreciated!
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I have two friends that just got out of Real Estate

From what they said it sucks down here right now due to the two storms, more people are opting to build instead of buy.

Lemme see if i can give them a call tomorrow and get some info for you.
 
Erzulie said:
I have two friends that just got out of Real Estate

From what they said it sucks down here right now due to the two storms, more people are opting to build instead of buy.

Lemme see if i can give them a call tomorrow and get some info for you.
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Finally a helpful answer! Thanks darlin':kiss:
 
StickFigure said:
I don't work at fucking Sports Authority assnozzle.
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Do you handle inbound calls for Bowflex?

Do you realize you're moving to a COMPLETELY different area of the country where people aren't buying, they're rebuilding. If you aren't established, you're going to be selling manufactured homes to white trash and will be on the same level as a used car salesman. Keep selling what you do. Get a feel for the market, learn a bit, make some contacts. If you're as good as you say you are, you'll be ok in a year or two. Just keep killing it in the jumping jack section of Walmart for now so you have something to fall back on.
 
StickFigure said:
Finally a helpful answer! Thanks darlin':kiss:
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Ya know it suga!

I'm not sure how real estate works, but maybe if you could target more on land and not homes things may work. I know a few places that are booming with new construction. I deal with more new home owners, the past ones i've done are in new developed areas and alot of people are opting to find larger pieces of land instead of the high end subdivisions.

Ill see what i can find in that area for you buy calling a few people also.
 
jnevin said:
Do you handle inbound calls for Bowflex?

Do you realize you're moving to a COMPLETELY different area of the country where people aren't buying, they're rebuilding. If you aren't established, you're going to be selling manufactured homes to white trash and will be on the same level as a used car salesman. Keep selling what you do. Get a feel for the market, learn a bit, make some contacts. If you're as good as you say you are, you'll be ok in a year or two. Just keep killing it in the jumping jack section of Walmart for now so you have something to fall back on.
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No I dont deal with shit like bowflex. I sell gyms that cost as much as $10,000, treadmills that cost almost as much, Ellipticals that run as much as $7500. So enough with trying to tear down what I sell for a living fucktard.

I realize what I am doing and where I am going and what the possibilities are. I'm not stupid enough to just move away and "hope" that all goes well. All I'm doing is asking people who have a clue about RE what they think of what they do since it is something I am interested in.
 
Erzulie said:
Ya know it suga!

I'm not sure how real estate works, but maybe if you could target more on land and not homes things may work. I know a few places that are booming with new construction. I deal with more new home owners, the past ones i've done are in new developed areas and alot of people are opting to find larger pieces of land instead of the high end subdivisions.

Ill see what i can find in that area for you buy calling a few people also.
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Thanks again. Feisty is looking into a few things as well but the more help the better.

:rose:
 
StickFigure said:
No I dont deal with shit like bowflex. I sell gyms that cost as much as $10,000, treadmills that cost almost as much, Ellipticals that run as much as $7500. So enough with trying to tear down what I sell for a living fucktard.

I realize what I am doing and where I am going and what the possibilities are. I'm not stupid enough to just move away and "hope" that all goes well. All I'm doing is asking people who have a clue about RE what they think of what they do since it is something I am interested in.
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If you are great at sales, I may have a market for you to check out. You'll be a while before you get here so you'll have to do some major research but I can hook you up with some of that too. ;)
 
Erzulie said:
If you are great at sales, I may have a market for you to check out. You'll be a while before you get here so you'll have to do some major research but I can hook you up with some of that too. ;)
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very cool!
 
Louisiana is a shitty place to be in that biz. Most RE agents are whiney gabby bitches, so you're definitely qualified.

But here's the thing: RE agents make money on volatility, volume, or high dollar homes.

1. There are not a lot of high dollar homes in LA. it's not NYC, SF or South FL.

That leaves volume and volatility. Louisiana is the least transitonal state in the USA. People come, and stay ,and don't leave. Cajuns can't function outside of Cajun country, New Orleans people are too drunk to find the airport, and it's too damn hot to drive anywhere in the rest of the state. So volume is out.

Next thing you can hope for is volatility. With interest rates rising, most people have cashed out, or they are holding what they bought for long term appreciation. So there won't be a lot of volatility, unless rates KEEP rising and there is a sell off.

If you want to do it, get a RE license, but have something else lined up.
 
I've got a license. And worked hard core for 8 months. Didn't sell one house. Average for a new agent, 1 year. After 8 months I ran out of money, cuz I wasn't getting paid, and you have to pay out dues and all that stuff every month.

Something to think about. Competition is tough. And moving to a new area, you're not really familiar w/ the neighborhoods, schools, etc. YOu'd be competing for business w/ people who've grown up there, and been selling for many years...

Just a thought! Good luck though w/ whatever you find!
 
Eye34 said:
I've got a license. And worked hard core for 8 months. Didn't sell one house.
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what state / region was this?
 
St Louis MO... And I grew up here. Did tons of hours on the phone,, and open houses... sigh. Don't show houses unless they're pre-approved!!!!!! I told all my friends and family. And not one person supported me, so, I tried to do it on my own.... Too much work, for little $$$$.
 
Eye34 said:
St Louis MO... And I grew up here. Did tons of hours on the phone,, and open houses... sigh. Don't show houses unless they're pre-approved!!!!!! I told all my friends and family. And not one person supported me, so, I tried to do it on my own.... Too much work, for little $$$$.
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Sorry to hear that, not sure what housing is like in MO. I'm in NY and FL, where every third person is an RE agent.

Most of them do lousy - 5% of them make 95% of the money. I own a fair amount of properties and I have never met a truly competent RE agent as far as understanding the finance / tax of real estate as well as construction. (I build, too).

Your story is probably more common than people want to admit.
 
bumping my own shit
 
nycgirl said:
I thought of you this morning and the advice you gave me recently. Today was the "condo" section of the Washington Post. I found it to be very interesting.
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Hope I was helpful.
 
MattTheSkywalker said:
Louisiana is a shitty place to be in that biz. Most RE agents are whiney gabby bitches, so you're definitely qualified.

But here's the thing: RE agents make money on volatility, volume, or high dollar homes.

1. There are not a lot of high dollar homes in LA. it's not NYC, SF or South FL.

That leaves volume and volatility. Louisiana is the least transitonal state in the USA. People come, and stay ,and don't leave. Cajuns can't function outside of Cajun country, New Orleans people are too drunk to find the airport, and it's too damn hot to drive anywhere in the rest of the state. So volume is out.

Next thing you can hope for is volatility. With interest rates rising, most people have cashed out, or they are holding what they bought for long term appreciation. So there won't be a lot of volatility, unless rates KEEP rising and there is a sell off.

If you want to do it, get a RE license, but have something else lined up.
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Well, outside of the fact that you still can't seem to post without being an ass, thanks for the input, that's helpful and gives me more to think about.
I'm not looking to become filthy rich as a RE agent but I'd like to still make good money no matter what I do.
 
Eye34 said:
I've got a license. And worked hard core for 8 months. Didn't sell one house. Average for a new agent, 1 year. After 8 months I ran out of money, cuz I wasn't getting paid, and you have to pay out dues and all that stuff every month.

Something to think about. Competition is tough. And moving to a new area, you're not really familiar w/ the neighborhoods, schools, etc. YOu'd be competing for business w/ people who've grown up there, and been selling for many years...

Just a thought! Good luck though w/ whatever you find!
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A realtor is pretty close to being self employed/new business owner.

A new business will likely lose money for 2-3 years. The first 6 months are spent scrapping for the first deal.

If you do everything right, the avalanche of business starts after 1-2 years.

Been there twice. Got hit by errant drivers twice. Seen two businesses faulter as a result.

Drive a safe car. It doesn't matter how safe you drive if someone runs a light or has.... bad brakes on the interstate with an 18 wheeler.
 
well, what do you like to do? i gotta imagine you must be quite the "smooth talker" to be selling exercise equipment. either that or you smell and people are afraid of you so they buy things out of fear for their safety.
 
real estate has a lot to do with appearance. scrap that one. don't do anything where you have to wear a paper hat or name tag, either. you know, EMT's and the medical field is something that will never run out of business. and doing for others is quite refreshing, you selfish bastard.
 
humantarget said:
well, what do you like to do? i gotta imagine you must be quite the "smooth talker" to be selling exercise equipment. either that or you smell and people are afraid of you so they buy things out of fear for their safety.
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LOL! I could sell an Eskimo ice bro! :chomp: I love selling but there is too much of a cap in selling exercise equipment. My best year was $85K take home but unless I transfer to a higher volume store (which there aren't many higher volume stores than mine) I'm stuck right there.

I'm just exploring some other options in sales. I'd like to not have to work for someone else but I'm leaving my options open.
 
StickFigure said:
LOL! I could sell an Eskimo ice bro! :chomp: I love selling but there is too much of a cap in selling exercise equipment. My best year was $85K take home but unless I transfer to a higher volume store (which there aren't many higher volume stores than mine) I'm stuck right there.

I'm just exploring some other options in sales. I'd like to not have to work for someone else but I'm leaving my options open.
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why can't you go independant? or design new equipment? or improve existing stuff? there's a lot you can do, pretty much everything you want to is totally attainable.
 
humantarget said:
why can't you go independant? or design new equipment? or improve existing stuff? there's a lot you can do, pretty much everything you want to is totally attainable.
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I've thought of going independent but it's hard finding decent product to sell independently. The high quality manufacturers move almost all of their product through big time dealers. I won't sell junk like Bowflex or anything like that. I just don't believe in the product.
 
StickFigure said:
I've thought of going independent but it's hard finding decent product to sell independently. The high quality manufacturers move almost all of their product through big time dealers. I won't sell junk like Bowflex or anything like that. I just don't believe in the product.
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well, maybe you need to move further into production. rather than selling it. it's good that you "represent" a product rather than just sell it.
 
nycgirl said:
I thought of you this morning and the advice you gave me recently. Today was the "condo" section of the Washington Post. I found it to be very interesting.
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You're sooo right, but... whatever.

Noone listens.
 
StickFigure said:
Well, outside of the fact that you still can't seem to post without being an ass, thanks for the input, that's helpful and gives me more to think about.
I'm not looking to become filthy rich as a RE agent but I'd like to still make good money no matter what I do.
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I'll always be an ass...it is true about LA being the least transitory state - people who are from there don't leave.
 
tee hee

opps

i mudda fucker i read that wrong, too much vodka and tonic :worried:

i love ya matty and you know you love la
 
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jnevin said:
I meant to quote MTS. Oops.
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:lmao:

That's what I thought.

Seriously, his advice did help. I'm glad I made a smart purchase (i.e., not overpriced), but there will be a lot of upset homeowners in the D.C. area in the future.
 
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