All Forum Posts by: Ben Morand

@Shawn K Hicks Shawn, thank you so much! I just connected. I would love to get their contacts and reach out to them. I really appreciate your help!

@Irene Nash Thank you Irene! That is such a great idea! I appreciate the advice!!

@John Warren Thanks John. I haven’t thought about that before but I will definitely look into it. I appreciate the help!

@Corby Goade Thanks Corby! I will definitely do my research.

@Jenn Barona Thanks so much, Jenn! If you don’t mind me asking, what brokerage do you work with in Gainesville?

@Martin Vehlow Hi Martin! I totally agree. The only thing that worries me, however, is not being able to generate enough leads or not being able to follow through with clients simply because they’d be 2 hours from school for part of the year while I am in Gainesville. I was thinking this might be pretty tough being a new agent AND working from out of area AND while in college. Any thoughts on this?

Hello,

My name is Ben Morand. I am currently a student at the University of Florida and I am very close to finishing my pre-licensing work and taking my Sales Associate exam.

My question is: is it possible to work as a real estate agent from another city?

To give context, the University of Florida is in Gainesville, FL which is about 2 hours from my hometown, Orlando. As of now, I am at home in Orlando for the next few months in quarantine from the virus. However, when school starts back up August 31, I will reside in Gainesville.

Ultimately, I plan on living in Orlando after college due to my family being here, as well as the amazing real estate investing market of the city.

Does anyone have any advice as to whether I should pursue a brokerage in Gainesville vs Orlando (I have decided on KW as my brokerage due to their amazing training)? Like I said before, after college, I will reside in Orlando, so it would be great for me to be able to start building my business here. However, if it would be very improbable for that to work, I would not be opposed to at least getting my feet wet with the market in Gainesville. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys!

Ben

@Maria D'Aura Wow, thank you so much Maria! That was very helpful!

@Maria D'Aura Hi Maria, by any chance, was eXp your first brokerage or did you work with another before and end up transferring? I’m wondering about the initial training process for agents that are new to the industry.

@Malgorzata Sadowska Thank you so much! I just connected and I’ll be sure to reach out with any questions I have! Go Gators!!!