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Looking for feedback from folks who have been in similar situations and have lessons learned or advice, as I am just getting started and this is literally my first post.Wife and I moved out of our first townhouse and ...
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I'm moving to Grand Rapids Michigan in about two weeks and I just passed my salesperson licensing exam yesterday. I've been looking at brokerages in the greater Grand Rapids area and weighing my options, but I'm feeli...
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Hello everyone! I'm newer to the Real Estate Broker side of things, and I wanted to see what other Broker's opinions are. I see a lot of ads from brokerage companies that offer their Broker's leads. They say they have...
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So far the best rate I've seen for saving accounts is from Varo bank, they give 2.48% if you jump relatively simple hoops (5 debit transactions/month, 300 a month in direct deposits). Do any of you know a higher APY s...
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I enjoy content writing and I wanted to begin branding myself as soon as I become an agent. I want to write blogs involving real estate that caters to several crowds of people. Would it be wrong for me to make a separ...
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Hello everyone, I’m looking to wholesale real estate in Illinois and I already have my RE license. I’m just deciding on which brokerages would be best to go with. I’m interviewing with 3 already in the next week or so...
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I'm a long-time investor who has acquired my Agent license with the plan to transactionally support residential clients. The three major brokerages I am in discussions with all have terms in their Independent Contract...
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I'm a licensed real estate agent in California, but I also have a W-2 job as my primary source of income. I'm wondering if there are any legal issues involved with wholesaling or personally buying an off-market prope...
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I have a good friend who is a fairly new real estate agent. Her broker recently had his license revoked. This just recently happened, and I can't provide details at this time. My friend's listings are still unde...
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I just opened my own brokerage in May in Central Oregon (Bend area, not Eugene) and am trying to decide when is the right time to bring on some other agents?
My long term goal is to have around 7 full time agents an...