Real
Estate
Agents:
Earn
Extra
Money
From
Home
In a
Down
Market
If
you're
a
real
estate
agent,
you
are
well
aware
of
the
downsides
that
people
outside
the
field
know
little
or
nothing
about.
Before
you
could
begin
working
for
a
broker,
you
had
to
acquire
a
thorough
knowledge
of
real
estate
law,
terminology
and
math.
Regardless
of
which
state
you
live
in,
you
had
to
pass
a
test
for
your
license,
and
pay
a
hefty
fee
for
the
privilege
of
holding
it.
While
you
may
not
have
had
much
trouble
finding
an
office
to
work
through,
you
might
not
have
expected
to
have
to
pay
for
advertisements
for
your
listings
and
possibly
for
desk
space
at
the
agency.
Health
insurance?
Maybe,
if
you're
lucky,
you'll
have
the
opportunity
to
pay
the
full
premium
for
a
group
policy.
Of
course,
you've
got
to
sell
some
stuff
before
you
can
afford
to
do
that.
You
have
to
get
lots
of
listings.
You
have
to
close
sales
and
set
aside
an
emergency
fund
for
the
tough
months
when
few
or
no
sales
come
your
way.
Otherwise,
you
won't
be
able
to
pay
your
own
bills,
much
less
the
ones
the
broker
keeps
reminding
you
of.
Talk
about
an
independent
contractor!
Not
only
that.
You
sometimes
get
the
feeling
you're
surrounded
by
vultures.
Maybe
not
in
your
own
office-but
in
the
ones
down
the
street
and
around
the
block
and
everywhere
else
in
town.
Yes,
you're
well
aware
that
you're
in
a
heavy-competition
business.
You've
got
someone
really
interested
in
a
$450,000
home
you
showed
them
last
week.
They're
practically
ready
to
put
the
money
down
today-only
when
you
check
to
make
sure
it's
still
on
the
market,
you
find
out
it
sold
yesterday.
The
disappointed
couple
doesn't
want
to
see
anything
else,
they
say,
edging
their
way
to
the
door.
You
just
know
someone
else
showed
them
their
second-choice,
and
they're
on
their
way
to
that
other
office
now.
Of
course,
you're
here
to
serve
the
client.
That's
what
it's
all
about.
That's
why
you
work
weekends
and
evenings,
when
it's
convenient
for
them
to
see
the
properties.
That's
why
you
give
every
potential
buyer
your
home
phone
and
cell
phone.
Better
that
they
call
you
at
the
most
inconvenient
time
than
take
a
chance
on
someone
else
closing
the
sale.
Sometimes
it
seems
as
if
you've
got
no
time
to
yourself.
Added
to
that
is
something
that
even
people
outside
the
industry
know:
the
real
estate
market
swings
with
the
economy.
Everyone
knows
about
buyer's
markets
and
seller's
markets.
When
the
fed
inches
the
interest
rate
up
yet
again,
you
know
that
will
affect
sales.
There
are
fast-inflating
bubbles
and
bursting
bubbles.
And
of
course
that
means
that
your
income
is
dependent
on
the
same
economy
that
drives
the
real
estate
market.
As
hectic
as
the
real
estate
business
is,
there
is
some
rather
excruciating
down
time.
Like
the
Sunday
afternoon
you
spend
hosting
an
Open
House
that
only
a
few
vaguely-interested
people
drift
through,
probably
to
get
decorating
ideas
or
just
to
"see
what
it's
like
inside."
Or
"phone
duty"
at
the
office,
which
amounts
to
little
more
than
being
an
unpaid
receptionist.
If
only
there
was
a
way
to
make
some
money
during
that
down
time-something
you
could
do
no
matter
where
you
were
or
what
time
of
day
or
night
it
was.
Guess
what-there
is,
and
it's
called
a
home-based
business.
It's
like
having
a
safety
net
to
catch
you
during
the
months
when
the
commission
checks
are
small
or
nonexistent.
The
hours
you
work
at
a
home-based
business
are
completely
flexible,
so
if
Mrs.
McGinty
calls
to
look
at
a
listing,
you
can
drop
everything
to
take
care
of
your
potential
buyer,
and
get
back
to
your
second-income
business
later
on.
There
is
no
time-clock
to
punch,
no
boss
to
answer
to
except
yourself.
You're
in
complete
control
of
this
business.
After
all,
it's
your
own!
While
called
home-based,
you
can
be
taking
care
of
business
no
matter
where
you
are.
All
you
need
is
a
computer
and
a
phone.
Well,
you've
always
got
those
with
you
anyway,
right?
Instead
of
wasting
an
afternoon
at
an
Open
House,
you
can
use
the
time
to
generate
income.
Phone
duty
at
the
office?
You
can
get
out
your
laptop
and
make
the
time
pay
you,
even
if
your
broker
won't.
Home-based
businesses
are
exploding
as
a
way
to
supplement
the
incomes
of
people
who
work
on
commission.
Knowing
you
have
a
second
source
of
income
without
the
hassles
of
a
boss,
commuting,
and
rigid
scheduling
is
giving
commissioned
workers
the
sense
of
security
that
no
other
second
job
can.
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