So You Want To Go Into Real Estate? How To Become A Realtor

By Tom Germann

I have been a licensed Realtor since 2005. I have mentored many new Realtor's right after they are registered and I see mistakes that they make time after time. The same mistakes that I had made when I first registered as a Realtor.

Even though I had family who had been in the business and I had worked as the equivalent of an unlicensed assistant it had been a long time. So years later I started taking my courses and I knew some of what I should do. I still ended up wasting my time and money when I was fully registered.

If I had only known then what I knew now.... It is not just myself either. Most people looking at taking the Real Estate courses are in the same position.

In Canada or the US these are the actions and activities you should be doing NOW before you are fully registered.

Don’t be caught in the traps and pitfalls that other new Realtor's hit. Make the first six months as productive as any experienced Realtor's six months.

Actions and activities you need to work on from before you take the first course all the way through to when you finally finish your last course and are signing up with a Real Estate Company.

This book is not about the real estate courses you could, or are taking. If you follow the direction within this book it will mean that you waste less time doing administrative work when you finish the last course and can instead focus on generating leads and working on money making transactions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tom Germann
• Release date: Jan 23, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311250247

Tom Germann

Born and raised in Grimsby, Ontario Tom grew up in a century home enjoying the open space of living on a fruit farm. He began writing as a youth but then put it aside. After College then University for Business Tom worked as an instructor. In 2005 he followed in the family footsteps and went into Real Estate. After several years working away at learning the different elements of Real Estate focusing on residential and first time home buyers Tom mentored his first new Realtor. There are so many things that people who want to go into real estate do not know or understand. New realtors often waste a great deal of time on the wrong activities. This was frustrating. So in 2014 Tom wrote his first book as a guide on what to do as you are going through registration courses. This led to several other books which are works in progress. Starting that one book though opened the floodgates and the writing just kept happening. Tom is writing some charity books and science fiction along with the "So you want to go into Real Estate" guides. Tom has a lot of projects on the go. A licenced Realtor, A serving member of the Canadian Forces Reserve for over 26 years, married with 2 great small boys. Life is busy. The different books and massively different genres? All different facets to Tom's personality. His personal motto? "STAY POSITIVE!" Enjoy the books and check out the website for more information.

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So You Want to Go into Real Estate?

By Tom Germann

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Acknowledgements:

My work would never be finished if I did not have assistance from others. Sometimes it is a kick in the rear, sometimes it is a kind word.

Thank you to Carol, my mom, and Robin Schroffel for editing this work and those kind words.

Thanks to Shawna Smoke for the cover art (nice job!) and to Angie Zambrano that created the front cover - keep up the good work!

To Jenn, my wife, who was not in love with my writing this but who nevertheless, left me to work in the dark hours when everyone else was sleeping so that I could get this out of my head.

Thank you all.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

SO YOU WANT TO GO INTO REAL ESTATE?

SIX QUESTIONS ON WHAT YOU SEE REAL ESTATE AS

CONSIDER THOSE SIX ANSWERS

FULL TIME, PART TIME OR OTHER?

TAKE SOME COURSES

PLAN TO SUCCEED, NOT FAIL

WHAT TOOLS DO I NEED ON DAY 1?

THE MOST IMPORTANT MARKETING TOOL

SUPPORT NETWORK

SELF-MOTIVATION

SAMPLE LETTER

DO'S AND DON'TS OF REAL ESTATE

WELCOME TO REAL ESTATE. NOW WHAT?

SOURCES

INTRODUCTION

I always wanted to be self employed!

Have you ever heard any of these lines?

I would love to make that money.

They only work hours a week.

He is always on the golf course.

She is always at the gym and is an absolute social butterfly.

He just came back from another vacation. I don't think he really works; it must be so nice.

These are the siren songs that pull some people toward real estate as a career. It is important to realize that this level of success does not happen overnight in most cases. Real estate is actually quite hard and demanding. The hours are not set, and with great potential income, comes great responsibilities.

This book is not about just taking the courses and then discovering what needs to be done. This is a description and some explanation of what you need to be doing before, during and right after your courses are over. You can have success in real estate, but you need to miss the basic traps and pitfalls that grab

Reviews for So You Want To Go Into Real Estate? How To Become A Realtor

[abdul soomro · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great Effort in Simple Words. It is beginning of Career notes. Do it and Follow the Rules of Business. Good Luck.
Abdul Soomro, Real Estate Broker with IPRO Realty Ltd.