Entry level real estate job

[Chris Puglisi]

Good afternoon Bigger Pockets members, 

I am interested in finding a job that will help me learn the real estate industry as well as help me save up so I could start real estate investing and build a career.  Just to give a little background about me, I have a finance degree but have been working as a manager in the fitness industry.  I have been in this industry for a while and I am ready to move on.  I am looking to find a full time, or even part time, job in the real estate industry so that I can learn more about how the industry runs.  I have been sending a lot of resumes out, mostly to property manager and  assistant property manager jobs.  I figure that a property manager position will give me the experience I am looking for so that when I start buying my own properties I am more knowledgeable and prepared.   The problem I am running into is that most of these positions require 2-5 years of real estate experience.  My management in fitness has taught me excellent customer service and sales skills and I think these would be very useful in the real estate industry.  

What other types of positions do you think I should apply to in order to learn and grow in the industry?

Thank you in advanced

Chris  

[MICHAEL YBARRA]

Originally posted by @Chris Puglisi:

Good afternoon Bigger Pockets members, 

I am interested in finding a job that will help me learn the real estate industry as well as help me save up so I could start real estate investing and build a career.  Just to give a little background about me, I have a finance degree but have been working as a manager in the fitness industry.  I have been in this industry for a while and I am ready to move on.  I am looking to find a full time, or even part time, job in the real estate industry so that I can learn more about how the industry runs.  I have been sending a lot of resumes out, mostly to property manager and  assistant property manager jobs.  I figure that a property manager position will give me the experience I am looking for so that when I start buying my own properties I am more knowledgeable and prepared.   The problem I am running into is that most of these positions require 2-5 years of real estate experience.  My management in fitness has taught me excellent customer service and sales skills and I think these would be very useful in the real estate industry.  

What other types of positions do you think I should apply to in order to learn and grow in the industry?

Thank you in advanced

Chris  

 Hey Chris

We are seasoned investors in Southern Calif., I recommend keep your full time job, that way money is still coming in.

Now post on craigslist  "seeking real estate investor" for mentoring. We are always training people for "FREE". We educate / We mentor / our trainees find the deals - we analyze the deal together. if we decide to fix n flip - we share the net profits - this is a way to get great training!!  

plus attend your local real estate clubs and meetups - attend 2 to 3 per week

start building your network with real estate professionals - first lesson

good luck brotha!!

Michael Rae