Just don't do it for the money

[marigolds6]

Originally Posted by nonpartisan1

Too funny that people can't believe real-estate agents make six figures. All the agents I know do .... and one single top agent in a truly high-value locale can sell almost $100 million in a single month so seven million in a year shouldn't be hard to believe.... unless you're ringing in from some pit like Erie Pa or Gary Ind or Jamestown NY.... But sure... if someone's experience is different from yours it's obviously BS.[/url]

Six figures is believable, even normal, for a realtor working full-time. You quoted a number more than four times that.
That is like me saying, "Geographers make $160/hr" and then saying "Too funny that people can't believe geographers make $40/hr". Really, your sales number are believable and very possible for a successful realtor running their own business, and as gross revenue only. The reality is that the BLS tags the median salary for a full-time real estate agent at just under $40k/year.

[contiempo]

What is a geographer and why would you pay them anything?

[toobusytoday]

I really couldn't find much in this thread that had anything to do directly with education except the OP's master was not in a lucrative field, I'm closing it.