My friend has a full scholarship to go to university and is considering taking courses, which will lead to politics, but she also wants to go in to real estate, she is having a hard time to make up her mind, and is torn between the two. So I am posting this for her, any constructive answers would be appreciated.
2006-06-24 06:52:18 · 5 answers · asked by Dawn C 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Classes to prepare for the regional real estate license exams are usually not academic courses. Some community colleges might offer them, but I've never heard of a real estate major. I've heard of law students taking real estate law, or business students taking a class related to real estate, but to become a real estate agent, there are non-academic studies (even available online). The contents for a real estate exam are very simple for most college-level students or above. The skills necessary to become a real estate agent are sales and more sales. Real estate agent pay is usually 100% commission. So if you don't sell, you don't get paid. I'd recommend to your friend to get her degree since it is already paid for, and take the real estate exam on the side. In the summers, she may want to try to work for a realtor and see how she likes it. She could turn out to be a natural at sales and make millions, or she may not like it at all, but she can still fall back on her college education.
2006-06-24 09:58:01 · answer #1 · answered by MickMan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can get a real estate license with a few night courses. Seems like it would be a waste to use a scholarship for that. Get the poli sci degree. If she doesn't like it, she can go into real estate. The poli sci degree would help in real estate by giving her a better understanding in why people might be looking for a particulare style of house or certain neighborhood.
2006-06-24 15:52:16 · answer #2 · answered by wires 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try interning with both political figures and real-estate agents to see which kind of work she likes better, and as said before, take some classes of each type to try to see what she likes more.
2006-06-24 14:45:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
how about majoring in politics and minoring in real estate? or maybe taking a real estate course offered by a local realty company? she should look up realtors to see which ones offer the training programs
2006-06-24 13:56:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Double major, poli-sci, and business.
2006-06-24 13:57:40 · answer #5 · answered by Ariel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋