Students check out real estate industry

Two Junior Achievement Inc. students from Emerson Middle School won the chance to spend a morning on the job with real estate agent Gloria Mendoza of Re/Max Properties Inc. The prize is in honor of June being "National Homeownership Month."
On June 12, eighth graders Curtis Williams and Marcus McCoy will go to work with Mendoza, founder of the Pikes Peak Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, and learn what's involved in buying and selling homes.