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Should I pick up a license within real estate?

Bert Chen
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I'm pursuing a software engineering career and am currently enrolled in college. I am also trying to start my real estate journey at the same time. I would like to learn more about real estate and have more connections within the industry. Is it a good idea to pick up a license (exp: real estate agent license, appraiser license, home inspector license, etc) and work part-time with the license? 

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Anthony Angotti
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Anthony Angotti
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Quote from @Bert Chen:

I'm pursuing a software engineering career and am currently enrolled in college. I am also trying to start my real estate journey at the same time. I would like to learn more about real estate and have more connections within the industry. Is it a good idea to pick up a license (exp: real estate agent license, appraiser license, home inspector license, etc) and work part-time with the license? 

I give the same answer to everyone.

It’s a tremendous advantage if you are actually practicing in the field. So if you are actually going to do the job a little more than part time.

if you aren’t going to do that then you’re just spending money and occasionally saving a little. The classes for these fields aren’t close in value to the benefit you get from actually doing the job.

Personally I’d stick to software engineering. You’ll make more money 

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