July 15, 2021 In the first 10 minutes of my most recent New Jersey real estate school class, I asked each person, “Why do you want to get a NJ real estate license?” Their answers point to the real benefit of choosing real estate as a career. It’s about FREEDOM. According to national media reports, [...]
In the middle of our recent New Jersey real estate license class one person asked, “Should I join a broker who makes me sit floor time, or not?” The question came from a person who had just interviewed with a broker who told him how taking six three-hour floor-time shifts each month would be the [...]
In our last blog, we reflected on the question frequently asked by our real estate school students: “What are the risks and rewards of a real estate career?” It is a great question, and certainly one which should be considered before you sign up to get a new real estate license. In that article, we [...]
September 2, 2010 At Garden State Real Estate Academy, we want to provide more to our guests than simply being “The best real estate school near me” when they do a Google search. Clearly, getting through real estate classes so they can earn a New Jersey real estate license is the classroom guests’ priority. But [...]
February 27, 2019 Throughout our New Jersey real estate pre-licensing classes, we tell students, “Our biggest and most important goal is to help you pass the state exam so you can begin your real estate career.” Then as they graduate, we send them off with one simple request: “When you pass the state real estate [...]
February 13, 2019 As I write this, my Cherry Hill real estate pre-licensing class is taking the final exam in our 75-hour real estate salesperson pre-licensing class. As we went through our final course review this morning, the questions began coming: “How many math questions will there be?” “I confuse the different types of estates, [...]
Looking Back, Looking Forward January 22, 2019 Legend has it that the very moment the announcement is made from Buckingham Palace that the reigning monarch has died, the same announcer immediately—in the same sentence—declares loyalty to his or her successor. Whether they are agents in real estate school trying to earn a New Jersey real [...]
December 18, 2018 As director of the Garden State Real Estate Academy, I often look out at the students studying for their New Jersey real estate license and silently wonder, “Who among you will be future superstars, and who will be out of the business in six months?” I really hope every one of those students [...]
November 8, 2018 A couple of weeks ago, we had a class of new students in our Cherry Hill real estate licensing class. “Why do you want to become real estate agents?” I asked them on the first evening. The answers were as varied as the makeup of the students. Some said they loved TV [...]
November 5, 2018 Many students at our South Jersey real estate licensing school tell us they are becoming a real estate agent because they want to invest in real estate. While Garden State Real Estate Academy's primary focus is on helping our students pass the state licesning exam, our instructors--all very successful Realtors(r) themselves--also include [...]
