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Alex Dimov
  • Commercial Real Estate Broker
  • Kent, WA
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I am a 20 year old male, no idea where to start!

Alex Dimov
  • Commercial Real Estate Broker
  • Kent, WA
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I am 20/m i have over 5k  saved up, and no debt. I want to become a real estate agent but i have no idea where to even begin, or what to say if i am speaking to someone that can help me. i am not asking for anything more than for help on how to get started and what to look/ ask for in order to become an Agent.

The reason i want to become an Agent is because i am looking forward into investing most of my money (overall that I have and will be earning in the future) into real estate. In my opinion, it is the safest and most logical thing for me to do. 

i live in Washington state, king county.

thanks in advance!

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Zach Schwarzmiller
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Zach Schwarzmiller
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Alex - I was in your situation a few years ago (but in 2010 and 23, I think) - it was somewhat different, horrible market and lots of real estate agents were finding different jobs. I figured I would take advantage of that and get into commercial brokerage. I wanted to learn as much as possible as quick as possible. I paired up with an older broker who complimented my skill sets (financial analysis and marketing) with (years of experience, negotiation and talking to investors / pipeline of deals). It was of my opinion, the residential market was fairly simple, so I went with commercial as the deals were a bit more "interesting" and the payoff was much greater. I, like you, wanted my license myself to make money. I actually really enjoy being a broker now and work with some really cool clients. I also, myself, am now an active investor. I just took the regular license with Rockwell then got into a house (I shopped a few and found one I love where I hang my license now in Everett - awesome owners, which in my opinion makes a difference). I would recommend taking CCIM 101 as it can really boost your knowledge. 102-104 aren't bad either but 101 is the best (again, all from my perspective) - if you do it, do it in classroom in Kirkland, leave cellphone and email OFF, too easy to be distracted. Best of luck!

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