Getting into The Field

[Meir Brach]

Hi Everyone,

I'm working as a full-time clinician and I am looking to potentially invest in property rentals as a side source of income. I'm currently saving money, building my credit and reading books with the goal to buy my first property in maximum a year from now. I was looking for a non-clinical side job in order to gain some money for my savings to potentially invest. I'm curious whether there's a type of job within the real estate field which I could do part time and will give me the opportunity to get to know the field. I don't have any experience in the field, which may make it harder for me to get hired. I assume that working as a secretary of a RE business wouldn't give me the right experience; I'm therefore wondering whether there's an appropriate job which I could do without prior experience.

I'd appreciate any thoughts and ideas. 

Thank you. 

[Cerwin Haynes]

@Meir Brach I contend that Rockland Co is NOT upstate (except to those living in NYC that has never been north of the Bronx, lol).

The good thing about the RE investing world is that you don't need a degree to get in, although you do need some degree of education in not just strategy and tactics, but mindset and understanding your ow risk tolerance.

You can try MeetUp to find RE investment meeting groups to network with closeby. Since you're only a stone's throw from NYC, there's a richdadnyc.com group that my aunt and I have been a part of for over a decade - they have monthly meetings in-person/on Zoom.

As far as a RE job goes - I don't believe you need a "job" to get started, but many folks have gone the RE agent route to learn the business as well as learning how to evaluate properties for themselves and others.