Just got my real estate license whats the next step?

[Mark Abdelmessih]

Hello, 

I am in the process of acquiring my real estate salesperson's license in the state of New York. My final exam is in 4 weeks. I had a few questions that I think would really help everyone reading this whether or not you have your license yet don't be afraid to Chime in and leave your feedback.

I am currently interning for an Associate Broker under EXP realty, is there any advice anyone here can give as to what to do next after getting my Realestate license?

get business cards and hand them out, tell all family and friends? 

how do I get my business started basically and is there any thing I could do to scale it upwards within the first few months of working.

[Bruce Lynn]

Well that would make me nervous if you are interning and they haven't taught you how to get started or haven't shared their secrets with you.

Don't just pass out business cards, you need to get cranking on asking for business.   Listing don't normally just come rolling in the door when you post your now licensed on FB.   You need to be asking them who is moving, if they don't know anyone, ask them to think about who you should call and follow up with them a day or two later, get phone numbers and start working that tree.  Ask them who you should know and talk to to get business and then follow up with those people.   Start talking to people you know might be moving.  Ask everyone in your database by talking to them if they know of any vacant homes/flats and then go after those listings.   Search for FSBOs and go after those, search for Expireds and go after those.  When you're finished with those, buy or find for free some distressed seller lists and go network those....divorces, deaths, foreclosures, missed payments, code violations, or whatever other distress people have in your neighborhood.   Talk to everyone you see, know, meet, want to know.  Hustle.