i'm looking for some general career advice here.... i'm taking my real estate salesperson exam friday morning and hoping to get a job at a large commercial firm - along the lines of CushmanWakefield, Coldwell, Grub Ellis, etc. Eventually I want to get into commercial development (office building, high rises... things like that). Ambitious, i know i realize getting into developments of that stature isn't exactly easy, but i'm confident i already have a solid base of potential clients that would hopefully expediate my goals. but first, I'd like to know where i should start out? i've been told getting into leasing would be my best bet as a newcomer. is this right? anyone have any experience with any of the big firms? what are some good things to know/ask during the interview process? what are some of the main qualities to highlight during the interview process? any advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Im actually planning on getting my real estate license this summer. Did you take a course? If so, how was it and any other recommendations?
One of my quasi-relatives has similar career ambitions to you, and he started off just as you're suggesting. He got his license and got hired on doing commercial leasing, I believe for Coldwell Banker. He's only been doing it a year, but he's been successful and is, apparently, making his bones. He likes doing it and he's making good money. We'll see if the career path pans out for him, but it sounded like a reasonable way to enter the business and work his way up and around.
I understand a lot of guys start commercial by being an analyst first, and then switching to making deals. Learn Argus, if you haven't already.
Yep. My sister started off as an analyst with Kidder Peabody, then went back to school for an MBA. Then got a job an Credit Suisse in NYC doing commerical real estate.
an analyst position sounds intriguing. leasing was recommended to me mainly because of 2 things: 1)learn the market first hand and 2)potential to make decent income right off the bat. i'm just eager to get this going. i definitely have ambitions of working at (hopefully) a large firm here in Austin for a few years then going back to school to get MBA, though. sounds like a no-brainer. thanks for the advice fellas. feel free to add anything else.
i took the online/correspondence course from champions school of real estate www.championsschool.com you can sign up for it online and they send you the books (or you can print them out yourself - their not books but binders). study at your own pace and then take quizzes and the end of course test online. you'll probably learn more if you sign up for the actual classes and attend, but this worked out perfectly since i was moving at the time. besides, i'm not finding the courses difficult by any means. you need to take a total of 5 core courses (used to be 4) and an elective. if you have any college credits those should apply for that elective credit. let me know if you have any other questions.
