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Starting as an agent soon, is a closing by the end of February too much to expect

Testing in a week and will be with a pretty well-known firm with outstanding training. I just moved here so sphere is quite small. However, I am wondering how realistic it'll be to get a closing within, say, the first few months. Ive heard stories of agents going 8 or more months starting out. The brokerage manager said that she did ten sides her first year but that new people, at their location, seem to do 2-3-4 right out of the gate, then stagnate due to a lack of focus on lead generation.

All that to say, Im wondering how much of this is up to chance and how much directly related to lead gen, farming, networking and associating as much as possible. I have exactly six months of savings and am hopeful to get a side, or closing, by the end of February, or roughly 11 weeks in. May be a bit hopeful. Not sure though. In Northern Colorado if that matters. And my background is a single house-flip I did myself.

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