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What college did you go to for this career ?
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Coni J.’s Answer
Hello Gary,
I did not finish college as I was anxious to get to work. The courses I took dealt with business administration, accounting and finance. I was also very strategic is the places where I was employed. I knew I wanted to be in real estate but didn't know the capacity. So I took jobs that taught me about finance and banking, marketing, law, sales, title and escrow, and real estate investing. I learned by being on the job and getting actual experience. When I felt I needed additional training, I took a course at a college to give me the basics.
This has been my experience only! Just giving you a different perspective!
Good luck.
I did not finish college as I was anxious to get to work. The courses I took dealt with business administration, accounting and finance. I was also very strategic is the places where I was employed. I knew I wanted to be in real estate but didn't know the capacity. So I took jobs that taught me about finance and banking, marketing, law, sales, title and escrow, and real estate investing. I learned by being on the job and getting actual experience. When I felt I needed additional training, I took a course at a college to give me the basics.
This has been my experience only! Just giving you a different perspective!
Good luck.
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Robert’s Answer
There are a number of backgrounds that I have found in real estate. I actually sought out a Real Estate major at the University of Colorado. It is a phenomenal program with a good balance of book learning and, more importantly, experts in the industry who share their real life experiences.

Mitch Chupack
Managing Director, General Counsel at AIG Investments l Global Real Estate l Affordable Housing
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Mitch’s Answer
UCLA, but you can attend any college for this career. The important element is training with a real estate company.
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Eric’s Answer
For my career as a real Estate appraiser I did a liberal arts degree at Uci
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Brian’s Answer
I would definitely recommend going to a reputable university for a solid business, finance or communications degree before embarking on this 100% commission field. Good luck!
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Meghan’s Answer
I went to college for Psychology at Indiana University Bloomington.
You don’t need a college degree to become a real estate agent but it doesn’t hurt!
I would suggest looking into a degree in business with a focus on sales. You can look into good schools near you that have good business programs. This could be very useful in the field of real estate.
After college I used The CE Shop for my online Real Estate classes. I work with Keller Williams and the CE Shop is their recommended platform.
I would suggest trying to decide on a brokerage before doing classes for real estate. Brokerages typically have a preferred platform and some extra study resources that you can utilize along the way.
As long as the criteria meets the standards for the national and state portion of your final test then you should technically be good to go. I have hear high praise of in person real estate classes. Mine were online but many colleagues of mine have said that they struggled with the online and passed their test after trying out the in person classes.
I hope this helps you!
You don’t need a college degree to become a real estate agent but it doesn’t hurt!
I would suggest looking into a degree in business with a focus on sales. You can look into good schools near you that have good business programs. This could be very useful in the field of real estate.
After college I used The CE Shop for my online Real Estate classes. I work with Keller Williams and the CE Shop is their recommended platform.
I would suggest trying to decide on a brokerage before doing classes for real estate. Brokerages typically have a preferred platform and some extra study resources that you can utilize along the way.
As long as the criteria meets the standards for the national and state portion of your final test then you should technically be good to go. I have hear high praise of in person real estate classes. Mine were online but many colleagues of mine have said that they struggled with the online and passed their test after trying out the in person classes.
I hope this helps you!