Is becoming a part time real estate agent worth it?

[Briana Phelps]

I have a full time job selling RVs, but I want to do real estate on the side, is it worth it if I am not dedicating full time to it? Any advice helps!

[Shawn Mcenteer]

@Briana Phelps you absolutely can be a part time realtor and do great things. Starting out is about learning processes and systems.  Next it comes down to lead generation, selling RV's puts you in contact with a lot of people already in a niche market on a daily basis.  Building relationships with your RV clients will produce results on both RV and real estate side of the business.  I know plenty of agents that are part time or were part time (my self included) doing very well.  

Here is  an analogy I like to give lets say you have a full time job and you take on 1 set of clients per month helping them list and buy, 2 transactions/month 24 per year (awesome chunk of change in many markets).   People will jump the gun and say you cant represent your client properly, you give them a disservice. But lets say you are a full time agent doing 100 transactions per year, most people think "wow that's great"  but in reality the agent working 8 or more transitions per month may be full time but  has very little time to give each client the attention they deserve becuase they have so many clients.  I see this all the time, most recently this week during a final walk through the realtor on the buy side was asking if fixes were complete that didn't exist, he had his clients mixed up meanwhile he could stop telling me about how many closings he has this month.  

Being part time and not being successful as a realtor is a limiting belief if you change your approach and leverage your scenario to fit your life style you absolutely can make it work.  In many cases the negative, a full time job, will actually be flipped upside down and become your greatest source for producing leads.  If you want it and you are committed you will find a way to make it work!