ask yourself why you got into it. itemize those reasons on a list, use a 8 x 11 paper. then write down your goals (as you see them now) tape this list with reasons onto you mirror in your bathroom. leave room to write. leave a pen on the counter under the mirror. every morning and every evening ask yourself about those goals and reasons. are they the same now? what did you do to achieve those  today? good luck and have fun

Find a seasoned, honest, intelligent agent to help show you the ropes.  Offer to be a buyers agent while you learn.  See if the brokerage provides free training or shadow an agent.  Best way to learn is by doing but it is hard to do when you dont know what to do.  Good luck, keep a positive attitude and you will do great.

Here is a wonderful article from 15 top realtors giving advice to new real estate agents.  It's just published.  There are several contributors here from Active Rain.

Align yourself with good positive and productive agents. Stay focused on what you are interested in doing(find a niche market). Don't try to be a one stop shop.

If you haven't done so already - make a business plan!

I'm kind of in your shoes. Although I don't have my license yet, finding somebody that can help guide you is of the utmost importance. I've found that many of the top producing agents are more than happy to offer you advice. Take advantage of it.

Congats. Find a brokerage that will teach you the skills of real estate. Focus onb the traning and not the commission splits.

In the immortal words of John Belushi in Animal House, "Start drinking heavily." Kidding, but keep your sense of humor, align with the smartest pros you can, learn your area inside out and commit the contracts and forms to memory. Also, read books on real estate law in your state and review your state's statutes.

A mentor, coach or one that will go through the steps such as a business plan and work plan.

Find a highly recommended mentor. 

You bet.  Move to our area and join us.... LOL  

Brooklynn Shull Find a good mentor who will teach you the business.

Allign yourself with a Brokerage thats well known in your area and offers its Agents training. The brokerage that im lined up with assigns a mentor to every newly licensed Agent for the first year and The new Agent accompanies the mentor on listing appointments, open houses etc..  You can also go into You Tube and look up "Borino" hes a real estate trainer and has lots of informative videos. I never bought any of his courses (although I am considering it) but I did find his videos to be very informative.

You can learn a lot from active rain. There was a contest recently on this topic.

Find a brokerage where training is high on their list. If you get hooked up with someone you are ready to go.

Clearly establish what you want to accomplish as a real estate agent and get to work on your goals and action plans.

The was an October contest to suggest advice for new agents. Read those blogs.

RUN!  Run as fast as you can!

Welcome aboard the most dynamic and agile and creative business enterprise on the planet.  The outcome will be EXACTLY what you make it. But YOU must MAKE it. There are no free rides.

Now, what you do is meet up with the broker at Indy Home Shop and say, "Let's get started on implementing my business plan as you agreed to do."

Then follow the directions provided.

As you know, a real estate agent is a small business owner. Like any small business owner, you would have created a business plan before you plunked down your dollars to go that real estate school. 

Now is the time to bring it into reality.

 Back to the opening line. It is the lion and gazelle story. Keep running.

Don't ever stop trying to learn something new everyday Brooklynn Shull ....no matter how long you are in it! And tell yourself every morning that you are going to be the best!!!!!

You will do great!

Iowa Real Estate 101 blog post. I followed you, so you can follow me if you wish. Good luck, it is NOT easy to make it in this business.

Definitely keeping an eye on this conversation.  Great responses!

Brooklyn,

Find a good mentor.  A

Treat it like a business and not a job.

Have a business plan in place (I would start on 1/1/16)

Prospect every day.

There was a contest Pat Kennedy hosted last month.  Read the entries and you'll have a LOT of great advice.  the entries are posted in the comments.  There is likely hundreds of them.

Sit down and read all of entries to Debbie Reynolds contest for newbies last month

Get active here in ActiveRain.  Pick a subject you want to learn about and go to the groups tab on your home page.  Read and learn.  Ask questions.  Contact the post writer for clarification or more information. This is where you will learn HOW to be a great agent!

Congratulations Brooklynn!

I'd say the first steps would be to get familiar with your area, find your business focus, make a business plan, find a mentor and check out the October contest about "best advice for a newbie."  Lots of good info there.

And of course, ask your questions... which you obviously have down!

You're off to a great start, by joining Active Rain.  If you ever have any questions, thee are over 200,000 members that will be thrilled to help you.

As far as Real Estate is concerned, the biggest thing is Communications between you, your clients and other Real Estate professionals.

Patricia Kennedy just did a contest on what advice us members would give to a new agent. Here is the link. You can read all of the entries and get a lot of great advice. Good luck. 

You're in the right place. Start with the Active Rain University and learn there. 

Be consistent with marketing. Partner with an experienced agent. Go visit as many homes as possible in your area, and carry a list of those homes with you. Always listen to your clients wants and needs.

Choose a brokerage that has good training, shadow a top agent and be their free assistant to learn the ropes, and work your sphere of influence to get your first deals.

Don't spend a lot of money. People will be trying to sell you every bit of new technology they can. Take your time, research websites companies, send out announcements to everyone you know that you are now licensed. research neighborhoods to farm. just don't try to rush to do it all.

Lend everyone your ear and not your mouth...Richfuscious

Yes, don't listen to what anyone tells you to do, except for your broker and a mentor that is willing to guide you.

Best advice is to no matter how many calls you get offering leads, and how good it sounds dont buy leads ever. It will be a big waste of money. Second advice would be to start learning and reading as much as you can on marketing, social media etc. from free sources like entrepreneur.com 

Also follow some sales people on Facebook as you can learn a lot from their posts.

RUN!!!  

Talk to everyone yo know and let them know what you do.  when yo are done, talk toa all ofthem again, as most will not have remembered...REPEAT REPEAT  REPEAT