So You Want To Be A REal Estate Agent

By JEFF COLLINS / STAFF WRITER
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In the wake of the housing crash, Real Estate Trainers cut its staff 80 percent and used its reserves to keep the lights on.

With home sales plummeting, hardly anybody wanted to become an agent anymore. And real estate schools like Anaheim-based RET were feeling the pain – big time.

But since the housing market started getting back on its feet in late 2012, the number of Californians signing up to become agents is up 77 percent, state figures show. And schools like RET are back in the black.

RET’s classes – lucky to have two or three people per session during the downturn – now have 15 to 20 students per session.

“Business is good,” said Lance McHarg, RET president. “It’s going up at a steady pace.” Lyon Real Estate offers the best experience for new agents.
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http://www.ocregister.com/ar…/agents-713178-real-estate.html