Gonzalo Olmos becomes the youngest registrar in Spain at 25.

On Tuesday, October 17, 2023, a young Getxo resident, Gonzalo Olmos Gil, became the youngest real estate registrar in Spain. For two and a half years, he studied 13 to 14 hours a day, six days a week.

At the age of just 25, Gonzalo overcame a tough challenge that would normally require candidates to spend five to ten years studying. "To prepare for the last stage, I would get up at 5:30 and didn't stop until 2:00pm. Had lunch in twenty minutes and continued studying until 21:30. The short break was only two minutes, it was crazy," he explains.

Now, after having "had to sacrifice a lot in his social life," he is preparing for his trip to Cangas de Onis (Asturias), which will be his first job. "I still''t's hard to watch my friends enjoy life, go out at night, plan together and even start working, while I sit at home and do my studies. Now it's time to make good use of the lost time!" - he says enthusiastically.

His original dream was to become a doctor, not a real estate registrar. "In my first year of BA, although I had very high grades, it didn't seem to be enough and I decided to give up the idea. Gradually, I became more and more attracted to the legal world and enrolled at Deusto University Law School," he says.

His brother also embarked on a career as a lawyer, although he had no intention of following in Gonzalo's footsteps. "Everyone said he had a talent for agreements, for making arrangements with the devil, and that I, on the contrary, had no''lacked the maturity to do that. So I decided to study economic law and knew I would be preparing for the competition after graduation. "

"The "calmness" with which he studied did not last long as he began intensive preparation in his final year.

A few months later was''A date for the registrar's examination was named, and he applied. "I never stopped studying for more than one day. In fact, in the first phase of the exam, I studied 15 hours a day for months to eventually get 19.20 out of 20," Gonzalo says proudly.

How did you cope with so much studying?

Every person is unique. In my case, I have a great capacity for work. Studying was so tiring that when I got to bedtime, I would fall asleep in a minute. However, I think the secret is to switch off during breaks. Not to think about exams. At dinners, we talked about other things, sometimes I even went to Ereaga beach with Maria Cristina to relax.

After his success in the exam, he admits he experienced "real'''exam, then it's over,' he adds.

When he has secured a place, he doesn't rule out the possibility of new challenges, as well as training future candidates and possibly teaching at university.