Short Answer: Hanging your real estate license means choosing the real estate brokerage that you, as a salesperson, want to work with. Real estate brokerages come in all shapes and sizes, but with enough diligence you can find the right fit for your goals and lifestyle.
Choosing where to hang your license is a big decision. While making the wrong initial decision isn’t the end of the world, you can save considerable time and energy by finding the right fit on your first try.
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(Editor's note: I had to find an excuse to use one of these awesome Vince Vaughn stock photos)
Any real estate salesperson who tells you they've never questioned whether or not the commission percentage they pay their broker is justified is either lying, or way too trusting.
It's okay, everyone does it.
A savvy professional owes it to themselves to regularly reassess whether or not they are being compensated fairly given the value they add to a business -- this is only natural. Unfortunately, the real estate industry is one of those places where these sorts of questions are often answered with: "Well, we have always done it this way", and as a result, there is a certain amount of transparency lacking in the reasoning behind these decisions.
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We all enjoy a good murder mystery on the commute to work, but sometimes it is nice to find podcasts with the kind of substance that help develop your own professional skill set. So, unless you have your Maryland real estate license, and are planning on buying up property next to the Windsor Mill Best Buy so you can flip it at a profit to obsessed Serial fans, then you may need to go beyond Sarah Koenig's hit to find podcasts that will help push your career forward.
The team here curated a list -- in no particular order -- of the best real estate podcasts with material focused on improving your sales performance as an agent and/or broker (Note: For the sake of this particular list, we will not include shows centered around real estate investment and house flipping -- although, we do hope to cover those in a later post).
Do not let the allure of a beautiful home distract you from considering all the variables when purchasing property. While It can be difficult to step back and look at the exogenous conditions in the marketplace when consumed with site visits, price comparisons, and eager salesmen, it could prove to be disastrious if you do not do your due dilligence.
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