Everyone has an agent friend whom they’ve known from secondary school/army and is now seemingly leading a glamorous life. It’s almost a parody by now that a successful agent will be driving a BMW/Mercs/Audi, along with the regular social media postings about monthly awards and daily closings. And of course, who can forget about the cliche photos of the luxury watch captured over the car steering wheel (you just can’t miss out on the brand), and an overused caption like: “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.“ But here’s the truth. Being a property agent is not a bed of roses like what social media seems to portray. As someone who’s worked with both sides of the equation, I can tell you that things are not what they seem on the surface. For the majority of agents out there, life as a property...