Here's everything else you need to know about real estate as a career!Your pre-license course teaches you what you need to know to pass the real estate license exam. But, what about all those questions you have about real estate as a chosen career? How should you to choose an office, get started, and, most importantly, succeed? This is the one book you need before and as you enter the real estate business to assure you make the right decisions and hit the ground running.Inside:• How to decide if real estate is the right career for you•How to determinate absolutely if you’re a ‘salesperson’ type and will love selling real estate•What they don’t tell you to do during pre-license --to hit the ground running•The 5 most important interview questions to ask to choose the right office for you• The technology you need your first day in the office (and what not to waste your money on....)Plus, answers to 100 other ‘new agent’ questions—the straight answers—not just what brokers want you to hear!An extra bonus: 30 Things to Do Right Now to Hit the Ground Running. Why wait until post-license to get ready to get ready? Be prepared to get that career off the ground your first week in the business!There are lots of books on how to sell real estate. But, there’s no other book that gives you advice and guidance before you commit to real estate as a career. Plus, this book gives you guidance from your first week in the business through your first few months in the business.Here are some of the things you’ll learn in this fast-paced book:•Whether you have the ‘profile’ of a successful real estate agent—and whether you’re going to love—or hate—selling real estate•How to get ready to sell lots of real estate while you’re still taking your pre-license course How to absolutely match your goals with the right office for you so you don’t make the wrong choice• The 10 secrets brokers won’t tell you in the interview—and the questions that reveal them• 5 attributes of the manager you’ll love—and get the most from•What a successful real estate agent does in a business day (so you can check your ‘gut’ and see if you’ll like this job)• The most important technology you’ll need on the first day of your new career• What to do the first week you’re in real estate to assure you launch a successful career•The start-up business plan that puts you far ahead of the pack• How to handle those personality clashes as a new agent•The 4 fatal mistakes new agents make that doom their careersAuthor Carla Cross, CRB, MA has interviewed and started hundreds of real estate agents to successful real estate careers. From her experience, she’s learned what pre-license schools can’t or don’t tell pre-license students—critical things the future real estate careerist needs to know to hit the ground running. That’s where this book came from—Carla’s discoveries about the lack of information interviewees had about the realities of a real estate career. And, by the time they were hired by a real estate company, they had made mistakes that cost them successful careers. Give yourself the advantage of preparation and knowledge so you’ll truly hit the ground running to a very successful real estate career.Real estate brokers and interviewers: This is a must-have book for all interviewers. Save time in the interview process. Inform would-be licensees. A bonus: Great materials ready for Career Nights. "Carla’s done it again! This book includes a lot of the great stuff that Carla has learned and taught during her career in real estate, and a lot of new things that were not even issues for agents starting out just a few years ago. Her chapter Nine Hot Real Estate Trends includes some great advice on technology and social media, including some very important ‘what to watch for’ tips to help newbies." Charles Dahlheimer, publisher, Real Estate Professional Magazine