Moon.Buffalo asked:


I am female/ I am 49 y/o/ I live in VT/ My professional career has been in education & social services/ This is a destination area with a major ski resort/ I am very familiar with the resort & have taught skiing there for 7 yrs/ I am not from the east/ I LOVE the east & this area/ I think I would be a good fit to work with that population/ I am corporate savvy. . . .

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7 Responses to “What is my best strategy to get a position in a high end real estate firm w/o any experience?”

1. le_widowmaker on February 21st, 2009 9:19 pm

   Attention to detail is the first quality you want to learn. What position are you vying for, genius?

2. linkus86 on February 23rd, 2009 9:45 pm

   I suggest you display yourself as a GREAT revenue source with an elite network

3. PI on February 26th, 2009 3:36 am

   With real estate in the doldrums why on earth would you wish to consider such a move? OK, let’s go with ‘high-end’ meaning the luxury homes.

   Of course you will need to go to school and get a license in the first place. Then you could take a post license course to gain a qualification to sell luxury homes. Maybe after this is the time to begin asking a broker to take you on or, you could take a more practical and stable route.

   Start by writing to as many Realtors dealing with luxury homes to see if any will take you on as an assistant - no license required. Tell them you’d want to work your way up to becoming a luxury agent and that you’re prepared to give them a year (or more) to have them mentor you all the way to perhaps becoming a member of their Realtor team.

   Apart from the immediate benefit of receiving a guaranteed income, it’ll provide excellent background training for when you want to make the jump.

   The alternative of starting on the normal-end of real estate right now will prove soul-destroying and certainly eat away at your savings till you can get started…this could be 6-12 months or even more with the market so down.

   Whatever you choose…wish you every success.

4. Nuttybrunett on February 28th, 2009 2:26 am

   The best advise or recommendation I can give is is to volunteer. That way you learn for free and not have to pay a college for the experience and the company doesn’t have to put out any expenses and gets the work for free. It’s a win win situation. That’s how the rich do it. Read Robert Kiosaki “Rich Dad Poor DAd” or “The Next Millionaires”, by Paul Zane Pilzer. It will change your praspective. You’ll be abe to use all your functional skills on what ever you plan to do next and you’ll have the ability with which to learn new things. Look at it this way, you’ll be investing in yourself. That’s one way of how to create wealth. Good Luck with your “Dreams”

5. matsonb on March 2nd, 2009 11:14 pm

   Get hired where you can and pay some dues and get some real life experiences so you are 100% legit. What’s the point of tricking a firm to hire you? They will not get the person you sold them on, and you will not be representing yourself honestly. It takes a couple of years at least to learn your area and develop your client base.

6. godged on March 5th, 2009 7:10 pm

   I suppose learning to punctuate a paragraph would be a good place to start.

   High end real estate firms want people that are smart, accomodating to their clientele and can sell the life style.

   I wouldn’t volunteer, that smacks of desperation. Go in and sell yourself. They will know if you will fit with their staff or not.

7. floridadiesel on March 8th, 2009 7:20 am

   The best strategy for you would be to learn how to communicate correctly. Lay off the backslash and try using some punctuation.