New RE state agent (Los Angeles, Inglewood: sales, real estate, brokers)

[jmt5gd]

Hello everyone! I am a 29 year old that is going to be taking my RE State Exam in a couple of weeks to get my license. I have lived in the Los angeles/ Inglewood/ south bay area basically my whole life.

The benefit of living in south bay is that I am in the middle of the San Gabriel Valley and the Los Angeles. My question is which area is a better market to work in?
South Bay the Los Angeles or the San Gabriel Valley? I am a new agent and want to really get as much information as I can before I start to interview with Brokers.

Also since I am a new agent should I look to work with a bigger well known office? Or should I work for a smaller more local office? Thanks in advance!

[CALGUY]

I doubt you would be working in a large, well established office, as they would want to see a strong track record of previous sales by you.
Look into a small two or three person business to get your "feet wet", then with a few sales under your belt,and a few years experience, look for something a little more challanging.
Bob.

[Joe Van Fossen]

Originally Posted by jmt5gd

Hello everyone! I am a 29 year old that is going to be taking my RE State Exam in a couple of weeks to get my license. I have lived in the Los angeles/ Inglewood/ south bay area basically my whole life.

The benefit of living in south bay is that I am in the middle of the San Gabriel Valley and the Los Angeles. My question is which area is a better market to work in?
South Bay the Los Angeles or the San Gabriel Valley? I am a new agent and want to really get as much information as I can before I start to interview with Brokers.

Also since I am a new agent should I look to work with a bigger well known office? Or should I work for a smaller more local office? Thanks in advance!

You'll probably find a lot more help in the Real Estate Forum: https://www.city-data.com/forum/real-estate/.

The best market to work in is going to be the one you're most familiar with. As a new agent, you'll probably find more benefit working for a larger brokerage that has the resources to provide you with quality training.

Good luck with your test!

[MovingAloha]

Originally Posted by jmt5gd

Hello everyone! I am a 29 year old that is going to be taking my RE State Exam in a couple of weeks to get my license. I have lived in the Los angeles/ Inglewood/ south bay area basically my whole life.

The benefit of living in south bay is that I am in the middle of the San Gabriel Valley and the Los Angeles. My question is which area is a better market to work in?
South Bay the Los Angeles or the San Gabriel Valley? I am a new agent and want to really get as much information as I can before I start to interview with Brokers.

Also since I am a new agent should I look to work with a bigger well known office? Or should I work for a smaller more local office? Thanks in advance!

I was in your position a several years ago and this is what I recommend. Do your homework and interview various Brokerage houses. Find out how they view training, and mentoring; Are they Seller or Buyer Centric or both; what support is really available; what is there compensation sharing rate and how will your portion increase. It is very important you interview the Brokerages and even after that, you still may find that you either have a good or bad fit. It's okay, if you need to move on.

Congratulations for making it thru training and good luck on your test. I have licenses in both Hawaii and Texas and had planned on getting a license here, but now it appears we may be relocating - AGAIN - back to Hawaii.

The advice about going to the RE forum is a good one! Good Luck to you.

[JohnG72]

You're aware that inventory is at something like a 15 year low, right?

GL at entering a rough industry at basically the worst time ever.