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Real Estate License, becoming sales person?

I want to become a real estate "sales person" but I have lot of questions... Should I get it through a community college, or is there a way I can go to a real estate company like century 21, Cold well Banker, Prudential, or first team, and have them train me for free, or pay but be able to automatically become an agent there, and is it HARD to get into a company?? I KNOW it is a crappy market, but it is really what I want to do, and I live in a very dense area so I don't think it would be as hard, but I don't know much about it... HELP!!!

Public Comments

1. a; the most expensive, slowest way is how I stated; via a community college. b; the RE firms offer to finance RE schools normally but now, I am not sure. it is a piece of cake being accepted by one of those firms as it costs them nothing to hire you and they almost always gain from it. you should go to an attendance RE school in your area, and interview RE brokers/office managers and consider both paying for your own ed and consider whether you want join a split [commission] office or a 100% office. also a few RE firms offer desk fees of 25-50 a mo, much better than the big companies who want 800-1500 a mo. finally, you need to decide if you wan to rep sellers or buyers. YOU will find that while still legal in most states, dual AGENCY IS AT MINIMUM immoral and likely unethical even WHEN THE other party permits it. NO buyer can get the best deal possible when the same agent rep's the seller and this is the biggest thorn in the side of AGENCY. Being obligated to BEING FAIR is not the same as doing the best you can do. [lastly, most chain firms require membership with NAR which I personally think is a violation of Sherman Anti trust laws.]