How did the real state industry get started?

Answer 1

The place to go in the real estate industry is at your state's real estate committee. At that place you will get all you need to know about becoming certified. Where I live you need to be a licensed agent to be a property manager for others, and an appraisal license to be an appraiser. To be a successful agent you do need marketing experience. It is not just about marketing properties but about marketing yourself too. Being a Psych major could be a real benefit. But remember you are only paying commission, so if you are not skillful at it, you don't yield a lot, if anything. Property management and appraising are finite services, then you know if you take the job you will most probably be compensated for managing it. Before I stuck into the job I thought I wanted to be an appraiser, but the proprietor of the largest appraising firm in my market talked me out of it because he told me I would never be able to get the sort of money I wanted to get.