09/03/2026
This is my fourth year in real estate and second year as a full-time entrepreneur and this is what Iāve learnedā¦
1. Everybody is going to have an opinion, find your own path!
From people who never attempted anything that youāre doing to people in the business that you respect. Even your brokerages business plan for new Real Estate Agent. They all give you a general advice that may or may not work. But ultimately you have to pave your own way. The one that only works for you! This helps you find and build your clientele and niche early on so you donāt end up wasting time like many other new realtors. Donāt let other peopleās opinion put your growth in a box!
2. Real Estate is THE lonnngggg game.
Every aspect about Real Estate screams timing. Timing of the market timing of when buyers and sellers are ready to move, timing to build equity. Some things require the right timing and others just require time. Give yourself grace as you grow and learn.
3. Networking is key!
When I first started out, I had zero realtor friends or associates. I never seen anyone āReal Estateā IRL outside of watching my dad do contract work and eventually build his portfolio in by Florida and celebrating my uncleās closings by taking family trips to Jamaica. You have to associate yourself with people who are in the business and then surround yourself with people in the rooms that you want to be in.
4. You can absolutely be ādual careerā and make a lot of money
There is this really agitating, saying amongst realtors and real estate agents that if youāre dual career, you wonāt succeed. SCRATCH THAT! I regret listening to the naysayers that didnāt have my drive for success. My hunger to be the best. And my desire to really learn the ins and outs of the craft. Some of the best realtors that I know own and operate other businesses or work for the federal government and have been acknowledged by their brokerages at top producing SOLO agents. This just goes to show that if youāre in a room being told that what youāre trying to do wonāt work. Itās not you thatās wrong. Youāre just in the wrong room.