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My brother became rich quick as a real estate agent and It got me rethinking my life goals..

My brother and I where always opposites when it came to education and life. While we where both talkative people he was always the most popular guy around that everyone loved. I was very locked in throughout college while I prepared for law school. My part time job in college was being an agent in real estate, meanwhile my brother dropped out of college and went all in. I made decent money and bought my first investment property (house hacked a duplex) which is doing fine, but he has been making more money then I may ever see.

While I am a first year law student quickly going into some debt he just made 500k while being only 24... I know he grinds a lot but in a way I get jealous. And what's crazier is that everyone at the firm he works for (small firm like 7 agents) easily makes over $250,000).

I've been studying for years now and still have two years left of law school. While I do enjoy law school and am passionate about learning transactional law with plans of going into commercial real estate...I simply can't help but just wonder if being agent was the path all along.

Either way I'm sticking to my path and will be an attorney no matter what, but I'm just wondering are people really making THAT much money full time in Real Estate? Is the upside that good?

P.s Law school student with two years left until I ever get my first real job.. going into debt while my brother made half a million in his third year of real estate, and all his coworkers are making $250,000 plus..wondering if I choose the wrong path.

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