Becoming a real estate agent
Title:
Becoming a real estate agent
Author:
Chiarella, Tom, author.
ISBN:
9781501197727
Personal Author:
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Description:
xxii, 133 pages ; 19 cm.
Series:
Masters at work
Masters at work.
Contents:
Introduction -- Contacts -- Leads -- The office -- Location -- Showings -- Ways to earn -- The offer -- Due diligence -- The closing -- To-do: find a mentor.
Abstract:
Starting in his own backyard, Esquire writer Tom Chiarella explores the requisite skills needed to thrive in various real estate scenarios: a static buyer's market in rural Indiana, a booming seller's market in Seattle, and the incredibly high-end market of Chicago's luxury high-rises. Forming a personal connection with each of his subjects, he watches them work in the front seat of their cars, at lunches, on street corners, and in the doorways of homes. What Chiarella discovers is that great real estate agents devote themselves to the job with a sense of craftsmanship. Showcasing the individual tools used to develop a successful real estate career, Becoming a Real Estate Agent profiles individuals who live a life of thrilling improvisation, action, and instinct - a life in which excellence is sometimes gauged by the ability to walk away from a commission when circumstance demands it.
