Is It Time to Hire? How to Know When—and Who—to Add to Your Real Estate Business

In this high-value episode of So You Want to Be a Real Estate Agent, Meredith Fogle and Chris Fogle dive into one of the most important (and intimidating) decisions real estate agents face: when to hire help.

From assistants to showing agents, this episode unpacks how to recognize the right time to grow your support team, how to handle the financial side of hiring, and how to make sure you're truly leveraging your time and energy to grow—not just staying busy.

🔑 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✅ The key signs it’s time to stop doing everything yourself
✅ How to assess whether your business can afford support—and how it can’t afford not to
✅ What roles to hire first (and which to avoid too early)
✅ Training tips that help new hires add value fast
✅ How to shift from “agent” to “leader” in your business

If you’ve been burning the candle at both ends or hitting a growth ceiling, this episode will help you take the next step with clarity and confidence.