What are the pitfalls of becoming a real estate agent?
Being self-employed in any industry has its rewards and drawbacks. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, real estate agents usually work the hardest when everyone else is off work. This means you may be showing properties on Labor Day when everyone else is at the lake; however, you can go to the lake during the week after Labor Day when the lake is not as busy and everyone else is back at work. Again, it is all in how you look at it. As an independent contractor, you can work as much or as little as you choose. Not having a clock to punch can be rewarding; however, many find the transition into monitoring ones own time and becoming self-motivating on those cold, rainy mornings rather difficult.
