Real estate agent part time?

[David Simard]

As I am growing interest in pursuing a real estate agent career. I was wondering what were your thoughts on starting part time and slowly transferring into full time? Has anyone gone through that path?

[Joseph Parker]

@David Simard I’m currently doing this exact thing. I’m fortunate enough to have a fairly flexible full-time job as the Controller of a mid-size beverage distribution company. I’m on the computer in my office all day long, able to take off lunch hours as needed, so it just made sense. I do not intend to leave that main job, however.

I got my real estate license last September and joined our local ReMax brokerage. Obviously, being on the listing side of the transaction is easier as a part time agent versus showing buyers multiple houses, but it seems as if most of the buyers I work with have similar 9-5 jobs like I do, so prefer to see homes on their lunch hour or after work/weekends. I can do paperwork at my main job any time and market myself/look for leads on my computer at my main job as well. It’s worked well for me so far as I’m approaching $2m in sales for this calendar year-to-date. Some luck is always involved, but if you’re willing to work hard and put forth the effort, things occasionally seem to fall into place.