The six most common reasons people choose real estate as a career.

There are more reason's than six as to why people decide to enter a real estate career. Listed below are the six most common motivating choices mentioned when I have held interviews with interested career candidates. Let's see how they compare with your thoughts.

1.) Essential Lifestyle Product - since the beginning of time, shelter is an essential need for the human race. In our career, we help people with their lifestyle needs and wants. It is an exciting and rewarding journey to be a part of. Besides a personal residence, their is a vast range of real estate necessity's such as recreation/cottage property, commercial/investment real estate, and raw land sales to custom built homes.

2.) Freedom/Flexibility - real estate is a career where you decide the hours you are willing to work. If you desire to work long hours, you can. If you feel the need for a day off, you take one. Need a vacation? Nobody stops you from making these decisions when you become an Independent Contractor in real estate. Managed properly, a career in real estate can offer a balanced lifestyle and a comfortable living. Or, because you choose the hours you work, having a six or seven day work week is a decision away.

3.) Career Stability - you are the architect of your own destiny in real estate. Because the need for shelter is essential for all people, we always have work to do. With a proper work ethic, honesty and integrity in all your dealings, there is never a shortage of work to be had for a real estate agent. Regardless of the changing scales of economy.

4.) People Skills - a real estate agent is really all about helping people with the lifestyle choices they are planning in their lives. Meeting people from all walks of life and from every corner in the world, we adapt ourselves to the independent needs of each customer. Our people skills are constantly developing and it really is an important faucet of our career.

5.) Career Opportunities - most real estate agents begin their careers in residential sales. However, with on-going education, or accredited courses, doors are opened for the individual seeking to further their career in a wide range or real estate related careers such as Real Estate Appraisal, Property Management, Commercial/Investment real estate, to mention a few.

6.) Unlimited Income Potential - once you become established in a real estate career, you truly decide your income, and the sky can be the limit. With a proper business plan, a well defined goal and the willingness to deliver "exceptional service" to your customers, a real estate career allows you to shape your financial destiny.

If you are considering a real estate career and have more questions, please feel free to give myself a call, Rolf Hitzer, at 989-6900. At Royal Lepage Top Producers we invest in your new career with Winnipeg's renowned training, mentoring and business coaching systems.