College Student Real Estate Agent

[Zach Hall]

I’m a 22 year old college student at the University of Arkansas and I’m currently pursuing my bachelors in Finance with a concentration in Real Estate. I work for a local Real Estate company as an assistant to the founder by helping him find investment properties and he said that he wants me to get my license now.

I would continue to work for my boss 15 hours a week (he’s very flexible so I can put in my 15 hours whenever) and I’d work 25+ on my personal stuff. I only have one afternoon class from like 3 to 4 twice a week. I’m just trying to figure out whether or not it’s worth it for me to get my license at this point.

I’m super driven, have good soft skills, understand real estate relatively well (have tons to learn), I’m just concerned that my age will be a barrier and that I won’t get a good shot in my last semester to make a sale.

I will likely be moving after this semester to another city, but would it still be worth it to get my license and try to make a sale or two while I’m still here?

Thanks for any feedback!!

[Cory Cox]

@Zach Hall

I’m going to suggest a couple different tactics as others have mentioned. I would approach your boss and definitely ask for help on getting/maintaining/paying for your RE education and license. If he is pursuing you in that way I bet he would be willing to take a chance.

Everyone mentioned marketing yourself and the cost of that. Man, you are in the BEST area of Arkansas at the BEST time of your life. People are getting married, having kids, etc and you are their age and you can build that trust now in between the hallways. I would be sporting a Real Estate collared shirt every.single.day. knowing that I could be the focal point for these fellow students for starting their lives. Develop your social media and talk it, that’s how you get ahead and cost nothing but time.

Best of luck and if you need anything more specific, let me know. I’m in the Central AR area but I’ll be up there for baseball season!

Cory Cox