If you were a new agent, what would you do first?

[Cory Calvin]

I am currently building SFR's in the Northern Colorado area one at a time. I GC the projects and complete a lot of the work myself; sub out the trades I am not licensed to perform. The big investor/builder guy who got me into building told me last summer to get my RE license. So in Aug 2014 I did the course work, achieved my license, and hung it with him.

Here's the thing - I get 100% of the commission, and he pays all of my fees until I get established. However since he is way too busy with his own stuff, I am on my own to figure out how to be a successful RE agent/broker. I have listened to tons of podcasts here, read books, but what I am figuring out is these super agents don't want to give away their secrets (understood), so their answers to the questions are very vague on what to do.

So - if you were a new agent and have already beat up your friends, family, co-workers.....what would you do next?