Pumping
Up Your Real Estate Career
If you're a real estate agent, you are well aware of the downsides
that people outside the field know little or nothing about.
Before you could begin working for a broker, you had to acquire
a thorough knowledge of real estate law, terminology and math.
Regardless of which state you live in, you had to pass a test
for your license, and pay a hefty fee for the privilege of
holding it.
While you may not have had much
trouble finding an office to work through, you might not have
expected to have to pay for advertisements for your listings
and possibly for desk space at the agency. Health insurance?
Maybe, if you're lucky, you'll have the opportunity to pay
the full premium for a group policy. Of course, you've got
to sell some stuff before you can afford to do that. You have
to get lots of listings. You have to close sales and set aside
an emergency fund for the tough months when few or no sales
come your way. Otherwise, you won't be able to pay your own
bills, much less the ones the broker keeps reminding you of.
Talk about an independent contractor!
Not only that. You sometimes get the feeling you're surrounded
by vultures. Maybe not in your own office-but in the ones
down the street and around the block and everywhere else in
town.
Yes, you're well aware that
you're in a heavy-competition business. You've got someone
really interested in a $450,000 home you showed them last
week. They're practically ready to put the money down today-only
when you check to make sure it's still on the market, you
find out it sold yesterday. The disappointed couple doesn't
want to see anything else, they say, edging their way to the
door. You just know someone else showed them their second-choice,
and they're on their way to that other office now.
 Of
course, you're here to serve the client. That's what it's
all about. That's why you work weekends and evenings, when
it's convenient for them to see the properties. That's why
you give every potential buyer your home phone and cell phone.
Better that they call you at the most inconvenient time than
take a chance on someone else closing the sale. Sometimes
it seems as if you've got no time to yourself.
Added to that is something that
even people outside the industry know: the real estate market
swings with the economy. Everyone knows about buyer's markets
and seller's markets. When the fed inches the interest rate
up yet again, you know that will affect sales. There are fast-inflating
bubbles and bursting bubbles. And of course that means that
your income is dependent on the same economy that drives the
real estate market.
As hectic as the real estate
business is, there is some rather excruciating down time.
Like the Sunday afternoon you spend hosting an Open House
that only a few vaguely-interested people drift through, probably
to get decorating ideas or just to "see what it's like
inside." Or "phone duty" at the office, which
amounts to little more than being an unpaid receptionist.
If only there was a way to make
some money during that down time-something you could do no
matter where you were or what time of day or night it was.
 Guess
what-there is, and it's called a home-based business. It's
like having a safety net to catch you during the months when
the commission checks are small or nonexistent. The hours
you work at a home-based business are completely flexible,
so if Mrs. McGinty calls to look at a listing, you can drop
everything to take care of your potential buyer, and get back
to your second-income business later on. There is no time-clock
to punch, no boss to answer to except yourself. You're in
complete control of this business. After all, it's your own!
While called home-based, you
can be taking care of business no matter where you are. All
you need is a computer and a phone. Well, you've always got
those with you anyway, right? Instead of wasting an afternoon
at an Open House, you can use the time to generate income.
Phone duty at the office? You can get out your laptop and
make the time pay you, even if your broker won't.
Home-based businesses are exploding
as a way to supplement the incomes of people who work on commission.
Knowing you have a second source of income without the hassles
of a boss, commuting, and rigid scheduling is giving commissioned
workers the sense of security that no other second job can.
Interested? Just fill
in the web form below, and you'll receive free information.
Sincerely,
Walter
Hamilton
walter@pencilthemin.com
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