Okay, Im a 24 years old, Dallas, TX resident. Im not satisfied with my warehouse job, and I want an acutal career and real estate is one of the careers that seem to spark an interest. But I havent a clue how to get into a it. I want to sort of experiment with it so Id rather get into in on a part-time basis.

I heard it was easy to get it but hard to stay it the real estate business - if so, can someone elaborate?

Thanx in advance!

I do real estate on a part time basis, but I'm going to actually quit my regular job in about 6 months or so because my real estate career is really going great right now and it's a lot of fun showing houses and taking listings. I recommend starting part time and seeing how well you'll do since you do have to put out some money before even starting and you might not see any returns for a few months. It cost be about $1000 (at different times) to start up. I don't know about Texas, but no matter where you are you will have to make a monetary investment and without a job, it can be really rough on you.

I heard it was easy to get it but hard to stay it the real estate business - if so, can someone elaborate?

It's easy to get in because you just go to some classes, take a test and you're in. The reason it's hard is because some people don't hustle enough to make it worth their time. I think real estate is like anything else, you get what you put into it. If you just sit on your ass waiting for people to come to you, you won't be as successful as the person that's always looking for new clients.

...I havent a clue how to get into a it.


I suggest you go to a local real estate office and ask them how to get in. Although do a little bit of homework first (on licensing requirements). For example in New Jersey I went to real estate school through a sponsoring broker I only paid $150 for the whole course, if I would have gone without a sponsoring broker it would have been closer to $500. That's the reason I tell you to go to an office first, you might save a lot of money on classes and they might even start training you a bit before you get your license. The classes and the real world are two completely different things. In school they tell you to do things one way and in real life, it's a lot different and even a lot easier.

Here's the Texas Real Estate Commissions homepage http://www.trec.state.tx.us/ it should have all the information you need. I'm also adding Texas info to this site right now for future reference.

Edit: I added a few things for Texas http://www.realestateinsider.net/showthread.php?p=160#post160 , http://www.realestateinsider.net/showthread.php?t=141

Yep Crunk, i think, you should earn and reserve your money, and after some time, when you wil be reserved much money, you wil being your real estate career.
P.S. You can borrow some money from the bank, but it can be realy venture.