Sell houses, or keep selling floors?

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Currently I sell flooring at a local floor store in Indianapolis. It's a full time job and I generally enjoy it.

Recently I learned that my beautiful wife is pregnant! I'm excited but the news made me consider more deeply whether I'm on the right ship. While I can and have been providing with my current job I have sense that my ceiling is much lower than it would be as a realtor. Even if I make 10 sales in a week in flooring it's a small denominations biz and the commissions reflect that. Not that I don't do well, but you see my point. You make much more per sale selling houses and the ceiling is much higher.

That said, I am considering whether I ought to take realtor classes and night and do that part time until I have a few sales under my belt and then drop the flooring. I don't know how many part time realtors make it work but that is why I am opening this up for discussion.

What do you think? Stay the course I'm on or pursue being a realtor?

Any counsel is appreciated.

Michael Noto · Answer

Start your agent business as a side hustle and take things from there would be my advice.

Frank Hinck · Answer

@Joshua Howaniec

In residential I do think it’s possible, commercial no.   You can do your research, pull properties & comps off your work hours.   Or flooring store could be 4x10’s, or go full commission not hourly.   Not going to be easy the first year for sure.    Start with selling to your friends and referrals, make a list of the 200 people you can contact and call 10x day for 20 days, then cycle back through with texts, then FB messages or calls again.   Getting the word out as a new agent, asking for their trust in you personally to gain their trust in you professionally.    Keller Williams is a really good Training brokerage.

Joshua Howaniec · Answer

@Michael Noto Thanks. I've decided that is exactly what I am going to do. My next step will be finding an agency that will work with me being part time. I've read that KW doesn't allow for it. So I am going to try FC Tucker. They have a pretty big presence in Indiana.

Joshua Howaniec · Answer

@Frank Hinck thanks again. I’m going to do it and I’ll do it as you’ve laid out.

As of your suggestion I have looked into KW and their website says they do not take part time agents but I’ll call a human in the morning. My main interest in them is that I hear their training resources are phenomenal.

Joshua Howaniec · Answer

@Frank Hinck thanks man. So you do think that it's possible to meet home buyers primarily in the evenings and weekends?

Frank Hinck · Answer

@Joshua Howaniec

Get that RE license evenings and build up some business before leaving flooring sales

Sell houses, or keep selling floors?

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