How did you get started in Real Estate?

**triple7allstar** · 05-07-2007, 01:03 PM

Hi All,

Just curious what got everyone into Real Estate?

Share your stories here.

Thanks

**gjtrafl** · 05-07-2007, 05:49 PM

Personally I have always been in the People business... Real Estate became a great choice for me. This makes up 90% of the business skills.

**jyll** · 05-09-2007, 03:43 AM

It is my parents that was involved in real estate first and I just follow their step.This was a great help for me because they ahd already paved the way for me and working in the US and Europe has helped me to familiarise with all type of markets.

**maxiderm** · 05-10-2007, 10:55 AM

My parents started out in Real Estate and got pretty successful. I decided to try the same path...

**spanishproperty** · 05-14-2007, 09:18 AM

Moved to Spain and found out that you can only make a good living from selling houses, so ended up working for a spanish real estate company promoting his 10 year old website that was completely out of date and needed scrapping.

Then realized that I would make even more money by doing it myself so here I am!

**NewCtInvestor** · 05-15-2007, 03:19 PM

My dad told me to buy a condo and rent it out instead of buying this nice car I wanted. Well needless to say I didnt buy that car and im real thankfull he talked me out of it. So 3 properties later I finally bought a car.....lol.

**Magill** · 07-22-2007, 10:42 AM

I started a couple years ago as a mortgage LO. That line of work is very competitive and you pretty much negotiate your commissions away to keep your clients. I was in the process of getting my real estate license over the last few months I was a LO and now I havent done a mortgage in months.

**zonar** · 07-30-2007, 07:36 AM

With an office in the center of Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria), and after that in the internet (watching sites, making a site

and promoting it).

**Codythebest** · 08-17-2007, 01:12 PM

Flipping my first studio in 1991, moved to Spain and building townhouses in the Canary Islands...

**getty** · 08-17-2007, 02:09 PM

It has been hard not to make money in the real estate market the last 5 years. But, me personally, I decided to get my license because it seemed natural to just do it myself after so many transactions.