A Day in the Life of a Real Estate Broker

Stan T.


Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.Confucius

Real Estate Brokers

operate real estate office, or work for commercial real estate firm, overseeing real estate transactions. Other duties usually include selling real estate or renting properties and arranging loans.

Salary: $81630
Salary Rank: B
Education: Bachelor's degree
Becoming One: Hard
Job Satisfaction: Average
Job Growth: High
Suitable Personality: The Leader
Day in the Life
QuoVadis Gates

My Typical Day

My typical day consists of the following:

  • Checking my calendar and emails
  • Checking my online paid marketing campaigns
  • Checking listings/ scheduling showings
  • Working on social media marketing
  • Following up with:
    • Clients
    • Submitted offers
    • Potential clients
  • Sitting on scheduled calls and/or accepting new calls
  • Training – Figuring out ways to become better at my job and build my business
  • Working on my book
  • Gym
  • Listening to real estate podcasts – while I shower

Pros

  • Practice entrepreneurship while having a community that can help on your journey
  • Room for creativity, and the space to reinvent how the industry is ran
  • Paychecks which are a direct reflection of the price of the sold product. Selling an expensive product helps with that
  • Freedom and flexibility to run a business and do a job as you please
  • Freedom of time
  • Extreme opportunity for growth

Cons

  • No sales means no money
  • Can’t please everyone involved
  • High competition

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