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Beginners Real Estate Investing Guide
Real Estate Investing - Ask
Questions Before Making an Investment
First Time Real Estate
Investor
Real Estate Investing - Planning
Your Investment Strategy
How to Find Real Estate
Investment Properties
Getting a Professional Home
Inspection
Large Profits From Inexpensive
Real Estate Repairs
Real Estate Investing - Costs
and Fees
Real Estate Insurance
and Risk Management
Real Estate Investment Risk
Part 1
Real Estate Investment Risk
Part 2
Getting The Best Return For
Your Investment
Creative Financing
For Real Estate Investors
Real Estate Investment Tax
Considerations
Real Estate Rental Properties
- Great Investment or Nightmare
Real Estate Foreclosures - Great
Deal or Headache
Flipping Real Estate for Profits
Slow Return On Real Estate
Investments
Negotiating for the Best Possible Real Estate
Deals
Real Estate - A Time to Buy and a Time
to Sell
Creating Your Real Estate
Investment Strategy
Investing and Growing
Your Real Estate Portfolio
Commercial Real Estate
Investing
Real Estate Marketing
Understanding Real Estate Law
Do You Need An Real Estate Agent?
What The Real Estate Mortgage
Lender Sees
Do You Have A Career In Real
Estate?
Rural or Urban Real Estate
Investments?
Real Estate Investing on the
Internet
Real Estate Investing
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Real Estate Investing - Introduction
Real Estate Investing - Do You Have A Career In Real Estate?
Just think of it: You can set you own hours and work days. You won't be stuck
in an office. You will make loads of money. A career in real estate makes
this possible, but everybody that looks for a career in real estate does
not succeed. It's a tough career to get into, no matter how easy it sounds.
You may think that all is required is getting your real estate license, hanging
out your shingle, or setting up a website. This just isn't so. To be successful,
it requires a great deal more! Real estate transactions are very complicated,
and it takes time to buy and sell real estate - which means that it takes
time for you to receive your commissions on sales!
Each deal is highly unique, and there may be very complex legal documents
to get through, intense negotiations, and more before you close a sale. A
real estate agent has to be a networker, a business person, a salesman, and
a psychologist all rolled up into one person. They also need to have access
to tax consultants, title search companies, and lenders as well.
You need to have a sound understanding of the real estate market that you
work in, as well as the overall economy of the area. You need to know and
understand real estate law that applies to your area, and vital statistics
about the general area as well. Real estate agents often work from very early
in the morning, to very late at night, often six or seven days a week.
Of course, making sales of property is critical to your success. If you aren't
making sales, you aren't succeeding. You must be able to initiate, negotiate,
and close deals - on a regular basis. It requires hard word, enthusiasm,
people skills, negotiation skills, and more to be able to do this.
A good real estate agent understands that the sale of a property starts before
it is ever listed, and that the sale doesn't end when an agreement is reached.
Before a property is listed for sale, it must be found, appraised, and compared
to other properties in the area. A buyer must be found, approval and financing
must be secured, and negotiations between the seller and buyer commence.
Once an agreement is reached between a seller and a buyer, the sale continues
with title searches, insurance, escrow, inspections, and other legal
considerations. The sale isn't completed until the closing, and the real
estate agent is there for every aspect of it.
Real estate transactions can be very stressful and intense. Large sums of
money are involved, and things just don't always go smoothly. The real estate
agent has to work double time to ensure that everyone remains calm and on
track, and that everyone is satisfied with the transaction. When things go
wrong, it is the real estate agent that all parties will turn to for a
resolution.
Real estate agents are subject to market conditions. Sometimes, the real
estate market is bad in a certain area, and the real estate agents feel the
effects of that. Those periods can last for months, and sometimes even for
years! There is alot of competition in real estate as well. For this reason,
many real estate agents only work part time, and actually have some other
source of income to fall back on.
While there is the potential to make a huge income from real estate, many
real estate agents don't make nearly what they expected to make going into
it. In fact, about half of the agents in the United States only make anywhere
from $23,000 to $60,000 per year.
But because the potential for a huge income does exist, real estate agents
press on! They enjoy the freedom of setting their own hours, and they like
the potential rewards and face the potential risks because they love the
deals!
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