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>> My name is Lance Shoemaker and I'm
the Department Chair for Real Estate.

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To represent buyers and sellers of
real estate in return for money,

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you have to become a salesperson and
so you take the three required classes

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to become a salesperson.

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And then, once you pass the state
licensing exam, you are free to work

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for any broker you want to throughout the state.

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But the beauty of any real estate license is

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that there are many different fields
you can go into with real estate.

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So besides being the typical salesperson that
you see hosting open houses on the weekends,

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other fields in real estate that you can go
into with a salesperson's license is you can go

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into property management,
title insurance, escrow,

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the mortgage/lending industry,
development, staging.

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I think what set community colleges apart is
that we try to train you in life skills and sort

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of job skills after you get your license.

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So in addition to getting you ready for
the test, one of the things we also try

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to do is help connect you with real estate
professionals in the area in which you live.

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And not only does that help the students
understand what a real estate professional's

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life is really like, but it
also can help build connections

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and help them learn about different things.

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And so faculty are trained and understand
that it's important that we want

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to help the students succeed not only
on the test, but also in finding a job

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and a career that they find satisfying.

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>> As students complete this course and
as new licensees in the real estate field,

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the knowledge they learn in this
course is in very high demand

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because they can start working right away.

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Some of the skills that someone should
develop in this business is to be consistent,

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should be a self-starter, be
creative in their marketing.

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>> Here's why I would go into
the field of real estate.

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Number one, there will always be a
need for real estate professionals.

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Number two, it gives you control of your own
destiny and where you want to go with it.

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And so if you've always wanted to be your
own boss, this is a great way to get started.

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And number three, this training
gives you enormous flexibility

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in the different kinds of
fields you can go into.

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There are so many things you can
do with a real estate license.

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It doesn't put you into one niche.

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