Becoming a Real Estate Agent, Tom Chiarella
Becoming a Real Estate Agent, Tom Chiarella
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Becoming a Real Estate Agent

Author: Tom Chiarella

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Unabridged: 3 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/02/2019


Synopsis

Choosing a profession begins with imagining yourself in a career: here are all the details you need to get started in the popular field of real estate—from salary expectations, regional challenges, and how to use social media to your lucrative advantage.

What makes a great real estate agent? Is it just numbers? Sales volume? How do you get to the top of the market in boom times? How do you survive a soft market? What tools must you bring to the job? Is it at all like those reality shows on TV?

Starting in his own backyard, Esquire writer Tom Chiarella explores the requisite skills needed to thrive in various real estate scenarios: a static buyer’s market in rural Indiana, a booming seller’s market in Seattle, and the incredibly high-end market of Chicago’s luxury high-rises. Forming a personal connection with each of his subjects, he watches them work in the front seat of their cars, at lunches, on street corners, and in the doorways of homes.

What Chiarella discovers is that great real estate agents devote themselves to the job with a sense of craftsmanship. Showcasing the individual tools used to develop a successful real estate career, Becoming a Real Estate Agent profiles individuals who live a life of thrilling improvisation, action, and instinct—a life in which excellence is sometimes gauged by the ability to walk away from a commission when circumstance demands it.

About Tom Chiarella

Tom Chiarella is a Professor Emeritus of English at DePauw University and longtime writer for Esquire where he profiles celebrities, athletes, and political figures and pens two columns for Golf and Influence. He’s also a contributing editor at Popular Mechanics and Chicago Magazine. He has also written for Golf DigestOutside, Wired.com, BleacherReport.com, Elle UKFashion (Canada), Euroman, and Mr. Porter. He lives with his family in Bainbridge, Indiana. He’s the author of Foley’s LuckThursday’s Game, Writing Dialogue, and Becoming a Real Estate Agent.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Susie on April 21, 2020

If you're looking for a quick way to learn how to become a real estate agent, this isn't your book. That's not to say you shouldn't read it, though. Chiarella takes a truly unique approach with this book, giving the reader multiple real-life perspectives from which to understand the most important a......more

Goodreads review by Amelia on December 04, 2024

Not my favorite. Listened to it on audio. Kinda boring but some good material and things to learn.......more

Goodreads review by Grace on June 13, 2020

Before Covid-19, I was planning on purchasing my first home and wanted to learn how Realtors think. I figured that if I can understand what they value and what's important to them as a salesperson, then I might be able to leverage that to get a better deal. I picked up a few good pointers that I did......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on September 01, 2023

I really like that this book takes a different approach by walking us through the activities, thoughts, and habits of 3 real working real estate agents. We discover how they became a real estate agent, how they get leads, where they work, how they show a home, how they handle an offer and do due dil......more

Goodreads review by Malvin on October 21, 2020

The book is a compilation of experiences of three successful real estate agents. It has plenty of great ideas for different markets and situations. It is good for someone trying to get an idea about the real estate world or a somewhat seasoned agent looking to refresh with some ideas. I would not re......more