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Gina, I too was a Realtor for about 4 yrs till my health wouldn't allow me to work the long hours. I loved it but got calls at 6 am from the farmers and at times found myself still in the office at 1 am doing paperwork. The job has a lot of great perks but working part time isn't one of them if you want to be successful. Not only do you not get paid until a sale closes, but if you're not willing/able to drop everything and run when a client calls they will often just drop you and call someone who will.

And you're right, it's the bad ones everyone hears about... just like anything else.