I began my real estate career at 18 years old by working as a Real Estate Agent in Los Angeles – without any connections or experience. This is my story about how I sold my first house, almost a year after I began my career, for over $3,500,000. I hope this story helps anyone who’s thinking about getting any real estate! Enjoy! Add me on Snapchat/Instagram: GPStephan
For business inquiries, you can reach me at GrahamStephanBusiness@gmail.com
Suggested reading:
The Millionaire Real Estate Agent: http://goo.gl/TPTSVC
Your money or your life: https://goo.gl/fmlaJR
The Millionaire Real Estate Investor: https://goo.gl/sV9xtl
How to Win Friends and Influence People: https://goo.gl/1f3Meq
Think and grow rich: https://goo.gl/SSKlyu
Awaken the giant within: https://goo.gl/niIAEI
The Book on Rental Property Investing: https://goo.gl/qtJqFq
did u take a loan?
The buyer did?
Amazing story, your mentor Van and your first buyer sound like solid dudes.
Haha in the video you said you were 18 and you told the client you are 19 but in the title of the video you say you were 19. ;p
I had turned 19 by the time the house closed 🙂
GrahamStephan haha, sorry for busting your chops. Keep the great content comming.
Amazing video
Can you be my mentor?
Not mentoring anyone at the moment 🙂
I’m 27 and I had a Dui 7 years ago. Will it affect me
Bro awesome!! Thanks for the inspiration!:)
Basically you got lucky
🤔 you create your own luck!
thank you for this man
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Bro.. I love your shit. I just stumbled upon your videos – I started 5 months ago and haven’t made a sale yet, a part of me always felt my age was a bit of a disadvantage as well. I just turned 27 years old. Hearing your testimonial really helped me boost back up my confidence! Thank you for the great content.
– also, when you lied about your age and said you were 19 instead of 18 cracked me up LOL
It sounds like you were putting yourself out into the universe and the universe in exchange was working with you! Props to you for pushing through all the negative and discouraging noise in your first year. Great story. When did you tell them this was your first sale? 😊
Thanks so much! I can’t remember…I THINK I did, but it’s been so long ago that I can’t recall that detail.
so the only reason you got that deal was bcuz you had a very successful well known high luxury real estate agent as your backup?
Haha you entirely missed this video. I met this couple randomly at an open house, it was me that they wanted to work with.
Right I understood that part. But you sounded like you couldn’t help out this couple with the chance they gave you without your mentor.
Did you need to get another license to buy and rent out your houses?
Nope! You don’t need a license to own or rent your own properties.
Graham Stephan really? Well what’s a brokers license for? So after I get my real estate license I can buy a house and rent it out ? Yay you just made my entire year 😁
sick and tired of seeing that scamming tai lopez his ads
I have a question!!!
Can I work at real state and make deals if I am not an American citizen?
I’m not sure – maybe as long as you have a green card or work visa? but i don’t know for sure.
I didn’t find a video on you saying if we should initially join a team or go solo. I am still in high school but one of the most determined people you could imagine. I get out of school in less than a month I loathe the 9-5 environment and school system. Please let me know what you recommend. Thank you so much! I love your personality btw you seem so cool! Def my favorite YouTuber. So encouraging.
I think being young is a big benefit to a business. People love letting young people succeed, I belive that is a good reason I’ve gotten some of my bigger jobs in the past
Graham. I live in the Netherlands in a small town and there’s just not a lot of high end real estate available, only standard houses in a range between 150.000 to about 400.000 euro’s. So do you think it is possible to make a lot of money in real estate in small towns? I would really appreciate your thoughts!
I wish I had someone like you to mentor me. Im probably never going to have a chance.
This was awesome, thank you for sharing your story!
Very inspirational! The key was that u showed up Tuesday and Saturday for those open houses for 10 months! You didn’t quit so you become unstoppable. I have to remember that. Thank you for sharing.
Hey Graham my name is Khamid i live in Ohio and i am in Real Estate right know and i am taking my last class at the time and then i have the state exam i am at the age of 17 and i turn 18 this August and i’ve seen this video and i dropped a million pounds of stress off of me i saw someone that was in the spot i am right now but i am still stressed about all this i want to be in Real Estate till the day i can’t do it no more and it though real though i work my ass off learning new things about Real estate i attend to the monthly classes/meetings Keller Williams have because if i become lucky and pass my state exam i am going to work with them and i honestly try my best do whatever i can to learn more stuff and be better at it but it gets hard day after day and i am still willing to learn more through out the my senior year of high school and jump on and start busting my ass off working full time but i need help i really do i have never experienced something like this before i have never been this stressed in my life before please contact me Graham it would mean the world to me honestly give me more advice . “PLEASE READ'” my email – Khamidshakh23@gmail.com
I love how blunt you are
good job wiz kid. great info
Havent crossed your mind that your mentor is the one who connected the buyer to you and just keep it as a secrete to boost your career?
No.
Thats Great to hear, iam too in the real estate industry. I understand how hard to sell houses, specially in the US. Just like you i started without anything, but went from nowhere to somewhere.
This is one of my favorite YouTube channels
4:14 I would’ve been suspicious.
9:58 Daaaw! ^_^
It comes down to him being a kind person.
I Can not wait to get involved in Real estate im only 14 almost 15
Hey Graham, I went through the same exact thing. I talked to one of my best friends neighbors because he is a realtor. I asked him all these question and then it got to my age he knew I was young and he turned me down he said that I was 19 and I will have no people trusting me with anything and that I will not make any money. After seeing this video you gave me some confidence that it is possible. Thank you!
Thanks! Ignore him, he has no idea what he’s talking about 🙂
Im 18, & i wanna know how you invested so much time into real estate without a job on the side? How did u get income while doing this? Also what do u think about having a part time job while doing real estate? Somebody once told me it’s ok to do that but u must put in full time effort. & my last question is how do u study the real estate market ? I’m in queens NYC btw if that means anything
I was a real estate agent! That was my full time job 🙂
Graham Stephan yea but it took u 10 months so how did u maintain yourself til then?
Can I start working with real estate agent or business and later start with my own business in the others country? Like BANGLADESH I live in this country my age is 13 but I have trust on myself ..I mean I’m really willing to be a person like Real Estate businessman
Hey Graham I love your videos man but sometimes I think you brag to much about how much you’ve achieve at your age.
It’s the only way you can get people to actually watch. Youtube is so competitive and if you don’t do that, you won’t stand out.
Graham Stephan that’s also true.
God please bless me with a mentor like yours when I graduate it’s my dream and has always been my dream to become an entrepreneur 🙏🏻
Great video 💯
Very inspiring I am 17 going into real estate school next year
ive saw you before but this one made me wanna subscribe
Teach me please. I want to learn for my family, to help the people I love. Please.
Thank you, this actually really help!
Graham please mentor me
Lmao at the start of the video you called the elder agents’ advice bullshit but then at the end you gave the same exact advice. Al in good fun tho. Subscribed.
1100 sq ft isn’t a small house it’s perfect for a family of 3
I also just lied yesterday regarding time in business..lol
👍🏻🔥👍🏻
Your vids are so helpful
Do you want to know how i know this video is old. It is a Graham video with uncensored cursing!!
Hahah 😂
@Graham Stephan Potty mouth lol
Yo Im 19 and I seen your video your story hit my heart because i did the same thing as you and it hard out here.. would you help me start off and teach me how to buy and sell houses
Why does this only have 44,000 views???
thanks bro
House Tour?
Keep up!
I’m 17, about to be 18. I’m about to go to a csu this fall to be a math teacher. I’ve always loved math and have always felt like I was meant to be a teacher. But I really reflected on what I’m getting myself into. I do not want to go to school for 5 years then have to work basically a 9-5 job. That’s not my thing. Real estate has always interested me. I’ve always really wanted to do my own thing and i think real estate would be perfect. I’ve always thought about it. I would love to not do the same thing everyday, meet new people and all that. It just sounds fun. I’m not scared of diving all in. I’m just scared of telling my family that I wanna drop out of college and go all in with real estate.
Looking back on this in 2019, when Graham has 997k subscribers
And now you’re at 1mil subs! Well done! Looking to follow in your footsteps
I am an agent from malaysia, i just found your video and i want to focus on being a good agent
Since you started selling homes in LA, did you live in the area or did you commute all the way to LA for work? Do you recommend driving maybe 30-60min just to work with much higher end properties? Thanks for your time
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One of your best videos
Was the 50/50 split with your mentor after your brokerage split? or is it 50/50 with your brokerage split included. Just curious
This video fired me up!
I’m 19 and I’m an agent, hopefully I have a house to list soon but I’m training right now and this is so motivating
this is so encouraging. I am 2 months into Real Estate in the Northern NJ market (Bergen and Hudson County) and i am trying to jump right into the luxury market, like you did. i have so many people telling me i have to start smaller but like you i dont want to. i needed this
Wow. Incredible story. Thanks for sharing!
So he was a real estate agent and now he speaks about stock market investing ect … So he is jus pretending he knows about that stuff?
I’ve watched this video maybe 5 times already. It’s so inspiring since I’m starting so young and getting a lot of resistance. Not feeling the greatest right now, but you always give me so much hope. Starting at eXp Realty this week. Thanks for being awesome Graham
1:07 me at the moment :(. Other people are like. Oh yeah I worked so hard. Oh yeah I did great in my grades. But this guy is like me. Not from a wealthy family etc. But he came all this way. Thank you your inspiring.
Graham I am literally in the same situation. And I’m wondering if you can help me understand
Did you bother posting on your personal social media page? I feel like nobody ever cares..
wow! amazing story! Thanks for sharing.
I’ve been watching your videos for years! This is by far my favourite video due to the amount of relatability!
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I hope you know how powerful and inspiring this video is. I take my state exam July 17th and you have really motivated me on another level. Thank you ✨
Just passed my exam. Currently going to back to Grahams classics 😝🏘️
I’m 19 and there is no houses near me that are even close to 3mil and there is no way I can move somewhere
70K subs in 2017.. 3 years later you’re at 2.17 million
Congratulations – you have come a long way. 👍
Same not selling crap priced homes, 2mil and up
Right when I turn 18 ima get my license, but idk if I should stay in my small town so I couldn’t stay home rent free or move to a big city, I’m really passionate about this career, anyone have advice
Hi, I just turned 18 and am about to finish my pre-licensing course. I am near Naples FL where houses go from 1-30 million. Before watching this video I was nervous to go to open houses and meet the realtors that are the successful ones in the area. But now I’m not and am going to the next open house I can find to introduce myself. Thank you for the motivation and wish me luck Graham.
PLEASE IF YOU SELL A HOUSE THAT IS WORTH 1M HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE
HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE HOW YOU GET PAID PLZ TELL ME
Really insightful But most successful people started from nothing. They didn’t wait for the opportunity to knock but created the opportunity on their own by working hard. Mr carlos kingston @carlos_1uptrades on Instagram, is a legendary forex trader I have been trading with for about 7 mounths now, everything he says is pretty accurate lol i just copy them and earn $36,000 with him weekly, lol i never thought of selling my house again
Dude I’m not even a week into being an agent and I’m already stressing that I suck, but hearing that Graham say it took him 10 months eases me down a little
Graham talking about how excited he was for 70k subs is so wholesome. Also, just get my New Jersey real estate license. Our homes aren’t nearly as expensive as California, but I’m committed to selling every single one of them!
I wouldnt call it luck or being in the right place in the right time. Id call it ambition and putting yourself out there when the rest of the kids your age were just partying every night
Thank you so much
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Wow. I needed this.
How old are you now and what’s your worth like now?
Thanks for being realistic setting realistic goal for myself bcuz of u!
Very inspiring! <3 I'm starting my real estate career soon and I am very scared too but excited
it’s amazing how far you’ve come!
This might be my favorite video he’s ever put out. He’s saw real/raw here. Just telling it how it was. Really cool story.
Wow 70k subs. Quite the growth rate
I’m studying real estate right now and watching this gives me hope that I have a chance of being successful in the field. Thank you for the video’s Graham!
Just turned 20, signed with KW a month ago. Trying to find my way right now. In the LA area as well
Did I really heard graham cursed 😮😮
Took me 20 months to close my first buyer at 600k in AZ gave me the confidence to continue !
Will forever be grateful to them N&S ❤
Wow wow wow wow good Tnx brother