How do I get a job with a felony on my record? I have been selling commercial real estate for about 15 years?

Question

I have been charged with one count of a felony this year and it has destroyed my life financially. I miss working in sales and I miss making good money.

Answer 1

You simply need to find another product. The felony will kill your real estate license and it is illegal to tippy toe in commercial real estate being paid by commission so you have to find another industry. Maybe you could sell commercial environmental systems (the electronic HVAC systems in commercial buildings) or Office furniture or some other product that you could sell to the contacts you already procured in the past 15 years. At least that way you wouldn't be starting out cold.

Answer 2

If you have been selling commercial real estate, you must at least be a real estate agent, I assume you are not an actual broker.

If your not banned by any law to continue selling perhaps you can start your own company and pipe your business through an external brokerage? You may end up paying a monthly fee or a percentage of your take of a sale, but, it's something.

If you can't sell real estate any more, simply apply for jobs. You have to be up front about your arrest, but, not every position would turn you down for having one, depending on the extent of what your felony was for.

Answer 3

you messed up, stop crying about it. pick yourself back up and get moving again. use that experience and get selling again. be honest about your felonyon the app. we all make mistakes some more than others but we all deserve a second chance.
unless this felony involved a child in which case my advice would be to go eat a bullet.

Answer 4

Start your own brokerage and have a licensed broker be your broker of record. Then refer your deals to another broker for a split in commission or have your broker and/or agents handle the transactions.

Another way is to use assignable purchase contracts. This way, you can legally sell other people's property because you have a legal interest in it as well.

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