by Bashar Qawas | Oct 8, 2026 | Sales & Marketing
The first strong year in real estate feels like the finish line. For a lot of new agents, the tax bill says otherwise: the second good year is the one that costs the most. It is not that the second year earns less. It is that three obligations come due...
by Andrew Fogliato | Jun 12, 2026 | Advice for Agents, Sales & Marketing
People ask me about this all the time. They saw someone on a stage, thought “I could do that,” and want to know how it actually works. So here it is. The honest version. Not the part where you’re the keynote with your name on the banner. The part...
by Michelle Risi | Dec 10, 2019 | Advice for Agents
You don’t wake up every morning with the intent to fail. That’s just not how we, as humans, operate. Yet, I continue to see many real estate entrepreneurs struggling to build successful businesses while also creating lives they enjoy. It’s important to recognize that...
by Brandon Hindle | Jan 7, 2019 | Advice for Agents, Featured
If you’re thinking about becoming a real estate agent, or you’re a new agent, you will realize quickly that real estate isn’t the “easy money” most people think it is. There are a lot of reasons for this, from the sheer amount of competition in the industry to the bad...
by Marty Douglas | Apr 25, 2018 | Featured
Did you always want to be a fireman? If so, it may explain why you are thinking about becoming a managing broker in a real estate office. The reality is, most managers arrive by circumstance, in the wrong place at the right time. Given a career choice of earning six...
