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I probably would have been a chef, because I am good at cooking and don't really enjoy pursuing "real" careers like doctors or real estate agents.

• poulsbohemian 4y ago
  >pursuing "real" careers like doctors or real estate agents. As a real estate agent, I can tell you the 80/20 rule is strong in this field. The majority of people are grossly unqualified and do the work poorly, while the skill of the remaining 20% will absolutely pay off for you in terms of efficiency and financial outcome. It's a double-edged sword where on one level it's great that it is an accessible profession, but on the other it is too important in terms of the impact to people's lives to be a license you can pull out of a Cracker Jack box. By and large, that's what it is, and unfortunately few members of the general public really do any research on their agent and state agencies are pretty lax in any kind of enforcement. Above all else, I'd encourage people to really interview their agent, get to know their business strengths and weaknesses, and don't just hire them because "they seem nice." Case in point: In my market there is a guy who has been an agent for decades. Takes pictures with his phone, which are always out of focus, turned sideways, and he always ends up with a toilet seat up or something else just gross. Dude gets a ton of listings, which sit and sit and sit on market even for as strong as things have been the past few years. The guy has no business being an agent with that kind of crappy representation of his clients, yet he gets a lot of business because he's slapped a lot of backs and shook a lot of hands. Until the general public gets smarter about who they are hiring, they will continue to get poor outcomes - and that's really sad.