REAL ESTATE CAREER STARTER 2E

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Summary: Perhaps if this is your first job...
Review: I ordered this book and "Your Successful Real Estate Career" by Kenneth Edwards. I preferred the Edwards book. Since I am just at the beginning stages of exploring real estate as a career possibility, I thought that a good survey book like this would be helpful. But it seems geared to someone who is new to the working world, and even then there are about 100 pages of padding. Lots of info on training programs at community colleges all across the country, how to pick a college, info on financial aid, how to land your first job (very basic resume and interviewing stuff) etc. It might be helpful to someone who is entering the working world, but otherwise you can find the same training requirements info on the Internet in half an hour. The best chapter is the first one, which provides an overview of the type of jobs available in the field (new territory for me).

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Summary: Only contains info on the sales/broker career
Review: I was disappointed in this book since I was looking for information about the appraiser profession. This book is focused only on the sales and broker careers and only dedicated 3-4 pages out of 207 to the appraisal career. The title of this book should be changed to reflect this.

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Summary: A very thorough and helpful look at real estate careers
Review: When I picked up this book, I knew I wanted to break into the real estate field but I wasn't sure exactly what job I wanted. This book helped me to focus in on all the options and explained the different careers very clearly. I found out about becoming a real estate appraiser, and I am currently in one of the training programs that I found out about from the directory in this book. So I am happy that I came across this book when I did. Otherwise, I'd probably have become a salesperson because that was the career I knew the most about. I am so interested in my studies and love the appraiser program. This book helped to point me in the best direction for me and my interests.