Freshly minted agent

[Phyo Ko]

Hello everyone 

My name is Phyo Ko and I want to introduce does myself as a freshly minted agent. I just passed my exam last week. I am excited to officially start learning and working in the field. I am currently looking for any recommendations or advice for brokers or teams to join. I am currently in the Navy finishing out my last tour. I want start building out my network and skills need to succeed. I appreciate and advise or recommend. Thank you

[Phyo Ko]

Quote from @John Slater:

@Phyo Ko - Hi, and congrats!

When you look for a team/broker (which area are you?) It's easy to go with a big name, KW, compass, Coldwell etc, but if you jump on a team the biggest thing for me is looking at the splits they offer.  That being said, being on a team can be a real jump start to get the experience you need.  I joined a local broker when I first started, I interviewed at the big ones, but ultimately I connected with a broker that was very hands on.  She provided a boot camp all new agents went through, not only that but she conducts the whole boot camp herself to make sure agents are taught the right way from day one.  Sadly nothing in the exam teaches you to become and agent.  If you find a broker that has some kind of mentorship within, say with an experienced agent and they take a small percentage of your first deals, I would always go with that now versus a big team... There's experience to be found in both sides, if your confident in yourself to go out there and find leads, then it becomes about focusing on a niche, your local farm, a particular type of lead, vacants, out of state owners, pre-foreclosures etc and learn how to drive leads.  Sad to say it's a tough market right now, but using your military connections can be a great way.  I took a military relocation program certification to specific help those that needed to relocate fast.  

 I am located in San Diego CA, I not really worried about the split as a new agent I want the mentorship and gaining the skills to kill it. I do agree with your statement on the exam It does not really teach you how to become an agent. But it is what it is. I am not discouraged by it or the market right now. I’ll make it work thanks for the tip on the relocation cirt I take a look into getting that.