What characteristics might indicate that a person is a good candidate for a career in real estate?
Real estate really requires two sets of skills. First, you need to be a people person and a good communicator. You have to care about your clients and be able to listen to their needs and concerns and guide them without being overbearing. You also need people skills to get business since you have to sell yourself to each client. On the other hand, the best real estate agents also have good organizational skills so that they can make the best use of their time and achieve a higher level of earnings. Real estate transactions involve a lot of details so real estate agents need to be able to keep good records and multitask. Do you recommend getting training at a college or university, or some other means? I think it depends a great deal on the individual and on the type of real estate he or she wants to practice. While a college or university degree, whether in marketing, computers, or real estate and finance, is always a plus, many successful real estate people don’t have college degrees
