Why Real Estate
40 Reasons to Earn
a Specialization in Real Estate!
1. Unbeatable
combination! A specialization in Real Estate is available
to ALL majors!
2. Make
money now! Earn your real estate license while you’re
still in school! Six hours of real estate course work will enable you to sit
for the Alabama Real Estate License Exam.
3. Knowledge
for Life! Real Estate is and always will be an
important aspect of life from dorm living, to your first apartment, to your
first home or investment.
4. Flexible
Lifestyle! Real Estate is a lifestyle. Real Estate
professionals work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment that rewards
effort and ambition.
5. Real
Estate is unique! Land will always be for sale. People will
always need places to live. Businesses and institutions will always need
offices and facilities.
6. Real
Estate is versatile! Earn money in real estate while doing other
lines of work. It can be part time or full time, you decide.
7. Catch
the entrepreneurial spirit! Build your business in one area of the real
estate industry and branch out into others. You can do it your way!
8. Enhance
your success with professional development! As a real estate professional, you have the
opportunity to advance professionally by earning designations.
9. Unlimited
career opportunity! 50% of the 4 million individuals who
comprise the real estate industry are Baby Boomers who will soon be retiring.
Generation Y has the capacity to fill the void.
10. 28% of Alabama realtors make between $50,000
and $299,000 per year. $$$$
11. Students have the advantage of learning from
professors seasoned in their field.
12. The Alabama Center
for Real Estate (ACRE) serves as a liaison between the students, alumni
and the real estate industry.
13. RHO EPSILON is the Real
Estate Student Organization. Membership is available to any student, graduate
student, or alumni with an interest in real estate. Members attend monthly
meetings with visiting speakers, networking receptions with local and
experienced professionals, and get to know other career-minded students.
14. Alpha Sigma Gamma is a
National Real Estate Honorary Society whose membership is limited to those who
excel in academic course work, especially real estate classes. Members are an
elite group of real estate professionals and educators.
15. Industry Student Outreach provides networking
with industry professionals.
16. RECAP, ACRE’s
Real Estate Career Assistance Program, provides opportunities for internships
and career assistance.
17. Intern on campus with the Alabama Center for
Real Estate!
18. Intern with financial institutions!
19. Intern with a real estate company or with a
Realtor!
20. Real Estate is
multi-faceted! There is a fit for every personality, talent and
interest.
21. There
are part-time entry level positions available while you’re still in school:
22. Sales Associate 23. Leasing Agent
24. With a specialization in real estate you
can be “Ready Day One” for work in the Real
Estate Industry.
You
may choose according to interest:
25.
Residential Brokerage
26. Real Estate Management
27.
Commercial (office, industrial, multifamily, retail)
28.
Institutional, such as Hospitals and Universities
29. Construction 30. Development
31.
Mortgage Banking
32.
Land & Natural Resources
33.
Real Estate Accounting 34.
Government
35.
Appraisal 36.
Real Estate Analysts
40 Reasons to Earn a Specialization in Real Estate!