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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,
James Hayden
1-800-760-5722
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