# Who can help a starter in real estate

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-help-a-starter-in-real-estate/303814>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 14, 2005, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-help-a-starter-in-real-estate/303814 "2005-05-14T07:57:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-help-a-starter-in-real-estate/303814/1 "2005-05-14T07:57:18Z")

</div>

A friend of mine just passed the Calif. Real Estate test (95%, and on the first try! after being unemployed for a while 😃 ). She’s smart, but experience always teaches things a person wouldn’t know in advance.

Given the success of [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=315056) thread about being a bouncer, who can provide pointers on being successful and avoiding pitfalls, in real estate sales, working for a licensed broker.

Examples and horror stories welcomed, and especially tips for how to get good things to happen.

And, any thoughts about how to pick a desirable office to work for?