Best New Agent Advice

[Amanda Magwood]

What is the best advice you would give a new agent or someone thinking of starting out as an agent?

I am currently a military member and found out I will likely return to Hawaii this summer. Over the past year I sold off my three single family investment properties and began to shift my focus to small multi-family homes. Hawaii isn't a cheap market to jump into so I am thinking of shifting my focus to the real estate sales side for the 3-6 years I am in Hawaii and any money made to continue to invest in the Augusta, ga, Dallas TX and Tampa, Fl areas. 

From the time Hawaii was identified as a strong possibility I began market research ( I did live in Hawaii for four years prior so it is not a completely new area for me), educating myself on marketing, building a real estate business, generating leads, the top brokers and agents in the area, successful business models and was to track leads. I like to hit the ground running hard and fast but what do you wish you would have known before entering real estate?