Kirk Driskell CEO of Power Realty Q&A

Recently Kirk Driskell CEO of Power Realty had a Q&A with Power Realty's sales team discussing the reasons that most people decide to become real estate agents.

I started in the real estate business in 1999 and have seen a lot of agents come and go. Most agents get into the real estate business because they either needed or wanted one or more of the following items:

1. Independence
2. Flexibility
3. More family time
4. More money
5. It looked like an easy business
6. Work fewer hours
7. Set their own hours
8. Work for themselves

All of the above are excellent reasons to become a real estate agent. To be able to do want you want and when is a great freedom that I and many of you truly enjoy. Family time is wonderful from couch time, doctors appointments, donuts with Dad, softball games, gymnastics, football games, school plays, etc... they are memories that I and each of you cherish. How about working less, when you want to and making more money. These are all excellent reasons to become an agent. The one thing that is for certain is it is not as easy as it looks though.

What is very interesting is that very few figure out along the way that they have to treat their daily activities like a business. When you first get your license it is easy to sleep in late, go the the gym, get to the office, go grab some lunch with some co workers, return to the office, check some email and then head home. You have your license hanging at a brokerage firm, but you are a business owner. You can either be your best employee or your worst. Many fail because they do not have any direction or goal for themselves or their business.

To be truly successful in this business you need to have a plan. Your plan will most likely be very different from mine, but it is paramount to your success. You may have an idea of what you want to accomplish, but you have to have a map to get it done. A business plan is crucial for your success in the real estate business.

I heard a statement this past year that stands so true to this business:Blockquote src="http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.quote.gif" border=0>There are two types of pain, the pain of discipline and the pain of regretBlockquote src="http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.quote.gif" border=0> I would like to challenge you to try the pain of discipline.