This has got to be at least the third same question in as many days. Please refer back to previous Q&A. Very tiresome after a while to keep repeating oneself. Why don't you do some research on previous answers and posts and then write your own post about what you think it takes. You'll learn so much more that way.

Advice for New Real Estate Agents

Two things:

1) Get a mentor or other experienced agent to help you learn the business.

2) Start with your "sphere of influence".  Line up all your relatives, friends, former co-workers, church members, etc. and let them know you are now in the business and that you not only need their help, you need their referrals.  Once you get a few sales under your belt it will be easier to market yourself.

Work with a supportive, non competing Broker and be willing to work open houses, any floor, and let your friends and neighbors know about your new career.  

Looks like you made a wise first step Derek.

All the best to you!

bob

 Make a serious committment... No ifs, buts, just do it.

Derek Morgan Get into a mentoring program.

Select a good office and build your referral network.

Choose a good broker to work for, bigger is not better. See what they offer, what they charge and how willing they are to help you succeed

Prospect every day.

Have money in the bank to pay the bills...

Eve

You have many answers here.

Pick the 'right'  broker who will supervise & train you.  Good luck.

learn how to market and do it everyday.... do at least one marketing piece everyday...and if you have alot of time at the onset of your career, market all day... marketing is online and offline....marketing is face to face; blogging online; mailing postcards; and many other forms...

Keep budding until you bloom

Find a mentor.

Bird dog leads for the very best.

As Will Hamm wrote

Network, get out and talk to people, make it a habit of handing out 10 business cards a day.

Yawn ... what Nina Hollander said.  Answering once or twice ... okay ... this barrage of repeated questions is growing tired. May I suggest you asked your instructor. 

Nina Hollander nailed this one!

Read Fred Griffin post!!

Fred Griffin has you covered!  Great answers in those links!

Call everyone you know

What Nina said.  And fill out your profile.

Work smart and long and hard hours by getting out and asking for the business.

Get your picture out there for the world to see and find a quality mentor.  :)

Move into the community that represents your preferred customer base.

Ok, #2. Figure out what of value you bring that worth a chunk of the home owners equity. No real estate gobbly gook please.

Sigh.....ok, nothing there, the go to #3. Have something to talk about. That means talk about how you HELP others with your #2.

Last try. Have a unique resource that no one else has like cis score.

Ok,,,do what everyone else suggest and burn the bridges to your family, friends, work mates, associates and club members. church friends and your secret society.

There are 100's of ways to make a living in residential real estate. Since you identifed NONE of them, who knows what will work for you.

Join a team with a really good team leader, or a bokerage with an excellent bromer determine for their agents to succeed. -Kasey

Locate a mentor, and tell everyone you know you now sell real estate.

Plastics, Benjamin. Plastics.   

Find a mentor! Find out what they need and then provide that service to them for free in exchange for the opportunity to work with them and learn. It will pay off if you can provide something of value. 

I've heard of beginning investors that literally ran errands, swept floors, and delivered paperwork just so they could hang out with an experienced investor. It paid off and now they are doing well on their own.

Get a mentor, develop a plan and then work the plan under the tutorage of the mentor!

Make some sales.

hold open houses every weekend

Others have answered.

Derek Morgan - let everyone in your sphere know that you have 'arrived'!

Treat this job as your business. Choose few lead generating ways( door knocking, sphere of influence, open houses, local networking, etc. etc.) and commit to that. Prospecting time and following up  blocking should be your priority. 

Build and work your database.

Lead generate, lead generate and lead generate. And I'm not just saying get on the phone to FSBO or Expireds. You can knock around 40 homes of a new listing in your office or for that matter a recent sale. Go knock on a FSBO or Expireds door instead of calling. Along the way, see if friends are nearby or a strip mall. Knock on the friends door say howdy, tell them you are NOW their Realtor. Strip Mall? Knock on every business, get their card or discount coupon, tell them your the new Realtor in town and you are going to promote their company to your office, hundreds of clients/friends and if they hear of anyone thinking of selling or buying call YOU! Put 30 business cards in your pocket and don't go home until they have been given to NEW "met" folks. The list goes on and on!