Every year, thousands of people in Singapore enter the real estate industry chasing the same dream: flexible hours, attractive commissions, financial freedom and the possibility of making something of yourself. From the outside it looks exciting. Social media certainly helps paint, enhance and promote that picture. To the uninformed. With a constant social media feed of new launches, luxury listings and celebratory “just sold” posts, the industry often seems like a constant stream of momentum and success. But what many people fail to see is how brutal the first year can really be. The inconvenient truth is that a large number of new property agents in Singapore leave the industry within their first 12 months. Not necessarily because they lack the ability, but because they lack the ability The reality of business is more demanding than they expected. Some call it a process of natural erosion and survival of the fittest. But the real estate business isn’t really like that…
