I've worked as a real estate agent/broker for 35 years, my first and only job after college. Real estate is one of the few areas where professional level income can be earned without 4-9 years of post-high school education. It is an area where there is no ceiling on income but also no floor. You are paid in direct relationship to your skills, effort and production. You hire or fire yourself each day by what you choose to do. For many who found there is no security in a corporate job, find security in the control of their destiny offered by real estate.