First and foremost, I need to state that I work with a handful of realtors. I like the realtors I work with but for the most part they’re a different breed. On Saturday, August 6, the Rocky Mountain News had an article in their Business section that basically said people are flocking to the real estate profession in droves.

Record 45,764 brokers vie for slice of Colorado home sales

By John Rebchook, Rocky Mountain News

Ron Buss, 47, chucked his corporate perks and an income “of well over six figures” to become a residential real estate agent. Jessica Padilla, 25, started selling homes after the company where she worked filed for bankruptcy.

The two rookie residential real estate agents got into the profession for totally different reasons, but both are among the record 45,764 licensed brokers in Colorado trying to grab a piece of the roiling housing market.

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