New Real Estate Agent

[Willie Cedillo]

Hi Everyone,

I am waiting on TREC to let me know I am goo to take my Real Estate Exam so I can become licensed. There's a few things I have on my mind and I just thought I'd put it out there. I am looking around for the best brokers to sign up with and the two I've landed on is Keller Williams and eXp. Keller Williams has helped me every time I have purchased a home or a piece of land and it was so seamless I couldn't thank the team that helped me enough. I looked up the splits and they look good to me from the outside as well. On the other hand eXp looks like a real nice up and comer and I've heard nothing but good things about them. I am looking to transition this to my full time job and am also prepared to transition into an investor using the BRRRR method. Any advice with some personal experience with either of those brokers or any other broker for that matter will be extremely appreciated.

The other thing on my mind is that I currently live in Houston but will eventually move back to San Antonio Texas. I don't know exactly when but It will happen at some point so does anyone have any advice for transitioning from one city to another? Anything I should look out for? Would I keep my same funnel?

Any advice would be helpful thanks to whoever took the time to read this. 

[Charlie Cameron]

@Willie Cedillo, like Aaron said, congrats on getting close to the exam!  Both options are good ones.  I joined eXp for the flexibility to do sales part time and potentially transition to it on my own terms.  I needed training and support outside of normal work hours.  

With either option, you might strongly consider joining an agent team where you can basically trade some of your commission split for leads.  That way you can worry less about a funnel until you move to SAT.  

Both cities have a very large eXp presence and it would be easy to find teams in both (I personally know multiple team leads across Texas).  

If you have the daytime hours, it will be hard to beat the training KW can provide.  But if you are self-driven or can't do the daytime hours, another option may serve you better - the CEO was a top KW agent, so many best practices he brought with.  Even if you don't join a team (totally optional), you'll be assigned a local mentor with eXp.  

You also wouldn't have to worry about transitioning from one broker to the next with eXp.  It's all one state broker.  

Good luck on the exam!  Hope you find what you're looking for!