Should I get my real estate license ?!?!?

[Andrew Ager]

I have been working in the union construction industry for the past 3.5 years . I will reach my top out andpay in 6 months and will get my title and certificate as a train professional in my trade , meaning if I decide to stop working this career and try something new . All I would need to do to join again (hypothetically if anything went wrong ) and receive the same hourly rate I was making prior would be to pay my union dues that I was not paying while I was not working for the union. My reason for wanting to become an agent is , most of the networking I would have to go out of my way to do would come to me ( I think ) same goes for deals at least those that come to the MLS. The one thing I really don't want to do is pay thousands of dollars to become one , also I enjoy my current career and am afraid I would not enjoy being a RE agent. I know it would help my investing career but not sure if I can reach my goals as fast and easily if I was not an agent

[Catherine Emert]

Well there is always that possibility. You could hang your license with a small company that charges you very little and then do what I did when I started out. I nerded out on the tools that were available to me. I joined social media groups and watched what they discussed, I found sites like this and got involved in the discussions and then just keep going. The thing is that real estate is never going to be the same from deal to deal. You just need to keep focused on what your goals and passions are.