901 Advizers

Michael

Managing Director

California Real Estate Company

University of Arizona. 2013
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Michael has 9 years of sales experience, 9 years in cold calling, and 9 years of business development
University of Arizona

University of Arizona

Real Estate
Sales and Client Management
Psychology

Q1Career path

Career Pivoting

Sales

Commercial Real Estate

1:12

"the skills that I learned in with that role in Arizona Diamondbacks kind of prep me. To doing a job in commercial real estate"

Q2Main responsibilities

Business Development

Client Services

Real Estate

1:03

"a lot of my day-to-day responsibilities are making cold calls and cold Outreach to prospects in order to develop business"

Q3Day in the life

Client Interaction

Business Development

Sales

0:46

"Every day is different and sometimes I'm doing a lot of client interface and then sometimes I'm doing a lot of Outreach and prospecting."

Q4Most important skills - role

Deal Closing

Client Guidance

Patience

0:41

"patience is just a huge skill to have and not a lot of Brokers have it. But if you have it, it's a good skill to have."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Real Estate

Sales

Competitive

0:32

"I enjoy the hustle. I love the competition amongst my team, amongst other brokers in my office and my competitors."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Industry Realities

Workplace Challenges

Executive/Leadership

0:47

"it's been difficult, but it's been good because we're learning a lot about clients and their needs"

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Sales

Networking

High Earning Potential

0:35

"Any given deal you can make a lot of money. It only takes one call..."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Focused

Driven

Hardworking

0:52

"People who take month-long or two-month-long vacations and miss what's going on in the market can get hurt. You need to stay on it."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Salary

Industry Realities

Hard Truths

0:33

"I wish that someone told me that I would not be earning a penny for the first two years of the job."

Q10Entry-level positions

Business Development

Real Estate Market Research

Entry-Level Jobs

0:59

"Search development program. So basically it's a six to eight month program."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Real Estate

Client Relations

Networking

0:56

"Be respectful to your clients and Prospects...I've gotten deals from doing that"

Q12College ideas for success

Business

Communication

Psychology

1:01

"understanding, you know, just how businesses work, you know on the hiring on funding"

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