How Real Estate Can Help You Build a Better Life
Change Your Life With Real Estate
As long as you work for someone else, you will always be limited by their decisions. This means you are putting your future into the hands of someone who wants to give you just enough to be content and keep working so that they can enjoy the life they want. Becoming a real estate agent flips the script and puts you in control of your future. With no limitations, whatever you dream of is possible. So if you want something that can change your life, real estate might just be what you're looking for.
Careers That Offer Freedom
If you look at most jobs, they often come with many restrictions. Restrictions that prevent you from having the freedom you want. For example, a few of the most common are…
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Only being able to make what the company is willing to pay you, no matter how hard you work.
Specific times you’re required to work, and having to ask permission to take days off or leave early.
Rules to make sure you stay in line and keep you from being the person you want to be.
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On the flip side, for the most part, a real estate agent is the opposite of being an employee. For example…
A Career That Offers Freedom
Your income is unlimited and is related to the effort you put in.
You control your schedule and can decide the hours and when you want to work.
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Outside of the basic rules like being kind to others, you are free to be yourself and do what you want!
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Flexible Schedule Jobs
Although more jobs have allowed workers to be more flexible when they work, they still come with many of the same restrictions we have seen in the past. For example...
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You are required to work a certain number of hours each day.
You have to request time off or ask to leave (or sign off) early.
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You must work the necessary hours to get a job done, regardless of whether you will be compensated for it or not.
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This is another place where being a real estate agent is different. Since you control your schedule, you get to…
A Job With a Flexible Schedule
Work the hours each day you want to work.
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Control the times you work each day, allowing you to work around your life.
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Work as much or as little as you want and earn an income related to the effort you put in
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A major difference between being an employee and working for yourself is the potential to earn an unlimited amount of income. There is no one dictating what amount you will be paid; you are in control. This means that what you earn will be directly related to the effort you put in. So if you want to earn an income that helps you achieve the life you dream of quicker, you absolutely can, IF you are willing to put in the work to get it.
If you are interested in how commissions work, check out the commission calculator on my New Agent Resources page.
Financial Freedom Through Real Estate
Build a Better Life Career Change
Changing jobs is not uncommon, especially nowadays, when people switch on average every 3-4 years. But these switches are typically to continue being an employee and not to go into business for themselves. This means that although your moves are usually “vertical,” they still come with many of the restrictions of your previous job. So while your life may improve, it will be marginally, and not truly help you build a better life.
Although going into business for yourself comes with challenges, the rewards are far greater. Being a real estate agent allows you the opportunity to build a better life, something most jobs cannot do. Mainly, it allows you to take full control of your life, putting the power to build the one you want into your hands! I’ve seen this firsthand in my life and with many of the agents I have mentored over the years.
If you want an honest breakdown on whether real estate is a good career for you, check out my Is Real Estate a Good Career? An Honest Breakdown page to learn more.