Your First Year in Real Estate, 2nd Ed.: Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional Paperback – August 3, 2010

I will start by saying, I just never write reviews. I am writing this review because I feel so strongly about this book and I am just a few chapter in. I just started my real estate career and I’m ready to hit the ground running. I read the reviews for this book and bought it because I needed some guidance. I’m so glad I did because this is the best information one can start a career with. I feel like I know things I would never have known if it weren’t for Dirk Zellers guidance and wisdom. It makes you push hard and feel knowledgeable. I can go to my team with what I need to learn and know with confidence. I’m so grateful and looking forward to being successful in real estate.

Great book, is easy to follow and understand. This book has great ideas for new agents. Highly recommend! Will be reading some of the other books the author suggests.

I am not licensed yet but I read this (and many others) to give myself a good knowledge of the job before I start. This book really breaks things down in an easy to understand way that shows you what it takes to succeed. My only knock on this EXCELLENT MUST READ is the chapter on social media. He kind of disses the whole idea of using social media as a way to generate prospects and leads. I know he is the expert, not me. But I know people who make a KILLING by properly leveraging their social media activity. I do agree with him that social media is 1 way of providing leads not the ONLY way. Some people try to replace their daily prospecting with social media only and obviously that is not a good idea. But if you're a new agent or don't have your license you should absolutely still buy this book!!

This book offers a solid, step-by-step plan to get a new agent off on the right footing in their new career. With so many educational demands and the lure of social media marketing, it can be easy to “take your eye off the ball”. Dirk Zeller helps keep the focus on the prize while acknowledging the place for all the bells and whistles. Highly recommended for my fellow new agents.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone getting into a real estate career. Easy to read, seems to cover most of the bases, and divided into convenient chapters so you can read only what pertains to you. The real challenge is IMPLEMENTING what's in this book, and that problem is with the reader (me) not the book. LOL

This book was originally written in 2001. The second edition (which I’m reviewing here) came out in 2010. Today, 12 years later, much of the information is outdated, especially the Internet-centric parts. Also, the market is vastly different from 12 years ago and the advice doesn’t necessarily apply anymore. There are some good nuggets of wisdom, inspiration, and good ideas but this books is really in need of an update. It also could benefit from an accompanying audiobook like other similar books on this topic. It seems like this title has been abandoned. Knowing what I know now after finishing the book, I’d recommend a different, more modern book on this subject.

Great book helped me have higher understanding while motivating me greatly. When I become a top agent I will come back to this book hopefully I can thank the author one day

This introductory book into the world of real estate was one of the sole best purchases I made before entering the career. Very well written book with great ideas and ways of thinking that I was immediately able to agree with and learn from. It's an easy read and you gain so much important knowledge beforehand, one of the most powerful tools I was able to luckily come across as I was gearing ready to journey out.