1,052,186
Nothing. Everything has been the right experience at the right time. Some of it was not pleasant. But at the beginning there's a big learning curve, and the only way out is through.
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
392,768
I would have started my data base before I did anything else.
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Danielle O'Brien
West Roxbury, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Teri Pacitto
Westlake Village, CA
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
2,684,009
I would get my Broker license as fast as possible, and go independent as soon as possible.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
5,216,353
Find a mentor!
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Danielle O'Brien
West Roxbury, MA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
1,712,676
Buy more rental property.
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Steven Nickens
Wailea, HI
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Christine Kankowski No...
Poway, CA
1,466,207
Nathan Gesner I wouldn't do anything differently. I had a good mentor and the broker had an excellent training program.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
2,061,615
I would have gotten into real estate much sooner.
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Steven Nickens
Wailea, HI
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
353,865
Start branding a niche market place right off the bat. I let 5 years go by before I started branding for Rincon Valley. I'd also start my Internet presence earlier
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
2,220,323
Not a single thing.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
5,229,539
I would have become a lender! Seriously, they have the ability to build wealth (if they're good) than we do! I'd be traveling the world by now! LOL
No, I love what I do and the only thing I would have done differently is to change careers before I did.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
509,449
When I first started I just took anyone as a client. I would not do that anymore, I know we have to start somewhere.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
2,781,123
Work one area
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
1,239,801
I will get a broker license instead. I will get someone else to do doork knocking go out solicite and collect their money.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
3,626,530
Get a mentor
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
809,258
I would not work so much. I wouldn't say yes to everything, would set boundaries, and would get someone really great to work with us to cover for us on days/time off and vacations like we have now. -Kasey
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
2,178,543
To establish a consistent marketing system to work my database... and to keep the database up to date. You would have thought the BIG national franchise I started with would have taught me that but... NO. From what I can tell, things haven't changed on the training front.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
1,622,432
I would work on a team few years with strong leadership and accountability sessions before going on my own.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
3,344,906
That's certainly something to ponder.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
5,772,575
Nathan,
Nothing.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
4,434,127
Nothing.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
5,583,278
I wouldn't waste the first six months working buyers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
7,835,329
I would try to be more effective with networking.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
2,390,165
If I knew then what I know now I'd have started at the age of 18 Nathan Gesner .
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
4,333,658
Start with a Broker who didn't charge us a franchise fee!
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Steven Nickens
Wailea, HI
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
1,543,613
I would have moved to San Diego, CA sooner! and probably listened to my coaches and mentors sooner. I tended to be a free-spirit in the early days.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
544,014
Ignore destructive naysayers
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
4,571,967
Started earlier.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
5,104,931
Start working by referral in a conscious way much more quickly.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
3,988,007
Use an interactive CRM. Back when I got started we used note cards and a file box. I think now of all the people I lost touch with.
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Danielle O'Brien
West Roxbury, MA
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
6,392,929
No regrets, why focus on the rear view mirror.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
989,652
Good one, but can't answer in public - but it's a biggie :)
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
1,725,996
Move to Wyoming?
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
1,844,271
4,800,082
I think I would form a good team.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
3,416,038
Get a government job, work 20 years and retire with a full pension and be sitting on a beach right now
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
1,153,794
I would've invested in much more property along the path and sold much fewer of them.
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
4,935,567
65,378
4,319,419
Work with coach from day 1 and have my 'clear' goals, Nathan Gesner.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
44,891
I would have had a mission to team up with a mentor..RIGHT AWAY....although the training I had was great, I needed more guidance "on the field."
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
1,502,898
Not open up so many (or any) social media accounts.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
1,027,602
I may have gotten in much sooner, but I ADMIT I was too much of a snob about "selling real estate."
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
1,390,113
3,071,489
Learned about how to generate business at the same time as taking the licensing course.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
547,327
427,147
I would have obtained my license as soon as I could sit for the exam. I also would have started with a broker that was truly a teaching and mentoring brokerage.
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
1,525,616
I had a great experience when I first got started in real estate so I wouldn't change a thing
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Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
353,955
I'll be interested to read others' answers but I am not in the real estate business
4,882,355
5,868,472
Not going with the 3rd broker, would have opened my own brokerage then.