18 Year Old Realtor

[Nathan Le]

Hello Everyone,

I just recently signed up on this website after reading one article about getting started in the business, which was published by an author on this website.
Currently, I am looking into becoming a realtor that will,hopefully, be dealing with the listing and/or selling aspect of estate. Not too long ago, I just enrolled into a "pre-licensing" course that will begin on Monday(7-16-2015) and will also be fully dedicating my self to this field.
A little background information of myself:

1.)I just recently graduated from high school as an honor student who is working as an assistant manager/receptionist at a real estate firm. 
2.)I have grown up participating in 6 sports(possibly irrelevant to this topic but hopefully providing you guys an impression/idea of me as well).
3.)As stated in the post subject, I am an 18 year old.
4.)I come from a family of self-employed business owners, doctors, engineers, and stock investor(s).
5.)I'm quite the tech-savvy person 
6.)I will be taking 13 credits of college courses at a community college in the fall semester

I under this career demands a great deal of one's time but I am willing to sacrifice that time for this career by limiting my social outings. So my intentions of coming to this forum is to request some advice from experienced people in the field, regardless of age. Some of my questions include:

1.) How would I be able to capture some listings?
2.) What books/reads would I need to involve myself into for knowledge of marketing?
3.) Should I begin interning as a realtor at another firm and move on from being an assistant?
4.) What type of general knowledge should I become knowledgeable of?
5.) How would I begin building a client-base in an effective manner?
6.) What do I need to understand in terms of economics/finances?
7.) Any helpful advice that you are willing to offer?
8.) What was your experience as a first-year agent like?
9.) Where should I start in terms of planning goals?
10.) How would I reach out to buyers and represent them as a selling agent?

These are just some of the questions that I can currently think of, momentarily. If you can, please provide a response.

Thank you!

[Cameron Adams]

Nathan Wow you sound like a crusher. I'm not a realtor so I can't answer many of your questions but I did listen to one of Tom Hopkins sales training audio books and would recommend it to any aspiring sales people. I do recommending getting audiobook format so you can hear his cadence and how he talks. He also became a realtor 18 and talks about some of the obstacles he had to overcome with his age. Good luck!