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William Patsalis
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You Should Get Your Real Estate License

William Patsalis
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Metro-Detroit Michigan
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Hello All!

I am making this post as an encouragement to all investors out there. If you are interested in real estate investing I highly recommend that you should get your license. I have been seeing several posts both on this website and throughout my Facebook feed of people asking this question. In my honest opinion, it was one of the best decisions I have made. About 3 years ago I made my deep dive into real estate investing and it's something I fell in love with. I was debating at the time whether or not it would be worth it for me to get my license and would constantly make up excuses as to why I shouldn't. Finally, 6 months ago I decided to pull the trigger and become a licensed agent myself.

This is a truly eye-opening experience as it showed me how much I was missing out on. Prior to getting my license, I scoured Zillow trying to find deals, looked through way too many public record websites to track down homeowners, and wasted a lot of time trying to find an agent that was available to show me homes when it was most convenient for me.  It became so frustrating that I decided it was time I got my license.

Since getting my license, I have found it way easier to search for deals, access public records, find old listing data on homes, ETC. It has saved me a ton of time and provided me with a much more detailed overview of homes that I am thinking about purchasing. It also gives some leverage when bargaining deals as I am much more knowledgeable about market trends, home values, to make money off the sale (the commission).

Overall, it has been a blessing since I have gotten my license and I highly recommend to any investor, especially young investors just starting out, to get their license too!

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Devin James
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Devin James
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  • Orlando, FL
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Agreed William Patsalis,

Usually it's more beneficial for an investor to get their license. Especially since the process isn't too time consuming or expensive.

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