Author Bios
Robert Sharoff is an architectural writer for The New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Chicago Magazine. With photographer William Zbaren, he has produced books highlighting the architecture of Detroit and St. Louis. He is a former senior editor with REALTOR® Magazine.
In the sixth month of the series, the rookies experience the challenges of having both sides of a transaction, listing, and selling in an age-restricted community. In addition, their brokers share their thoughts about the rookies’ progress.
Your real estate career will flourish if you follow a proven path to success.
It’s fine to talk about hard work and perseverance, but exactly what do you need to work at? What steps lay the groundwork for future success? REALTOR® Magazine posed those questions to successful practitioners who remember what it was like to show up for work that first morning, be assigned a desk and a phone, and be told to “get out there and make it happen.”
Over the last six months, Moreno, Pecora, and a third salesperson, Ada Acevedo, 27, of Baird & Warner in Chicago, have been keeping monthly diaries at REALTOR® Magazine Online about what it’s like to be a real estate rookie.
In the sixth month of the series, the rookies experience the challenges of having both sides of a transaction, listing, and selling in an age-restricted community. In addition, their brokers share their thoughts about the rookies’ progress.

