The big money you earn is from appreciation.

You'll know you are doing it right if you are budgeting and extremely thrifty, finding opportunities to get extra work or earn extra money, and pumping books on business, economics, personal finance, investing (of all types, including real estate) into your brain, whether audiobook, physical book, or similar. 

It's because of the cost investments of running a business like this that a lot of people start out their agent careers part-time, so that a W-2 job can help cover those costs.

For the first few years I had a tough time but eventually started to make a bit more money which helped. 2 years ago I switched careers that increased my pay and lowered my cost of living.

I accommodate them all.I would argue that if the PM doesn't want to spend 30 - 60 minutes trying to earn your business, then they're probably not worth the trouble. 

This will always be a skill that you will need to continually sharpen throughout your investment career.  

Welcome @Yousef Diab to this exciting and very profitable career.  

it's amazing how that career steals everything, year after year, decade after decade.

If you're simply looking to make your money/networth work as hard as possible for you, it'd be a good time to sell and deploy the earnings elsewhere. 

*so you got that cash hoard earning 25bps (maybe) that you've been sitting on for the last 3,5,7+ years, time to go to work!