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Steve D. Valentine debunks the claim that 85% of real estate agents fail in their first year. The real number: 85% leave within five years, burned out from chasing industry hype instead of building sustainable practices.

Steve D. Valentine debunks the claim that 85% of real estate agents fail in their first year. The real number: 85% leave within five years, burned out from chasing industry hype instead of building sustainable practices.
85% of real estate agents fail in the first year is the stat that's actually floating around out there. But when you ask for the stat, there really is no origin of that stat. So here's what I know. I believe that 85% of agents don't fail. They get burnt out in the first 5 years of the business. And because they burned out, it's a chasing more in the industry noise than chasing less.

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