RE Investing Jobs That Give Experience

[Taylor Trepinski]

I've got under a year before I'm looking at devoting a large amount of time to real estate investing. While I've been in the learning stages of RE Investing, reading, researching, etc... I've realized it would be wise to work for someone for the benefit of earning some cash for a venture, while simultaneously gaining knowledge and experience from them/the business. What are some of the best jobs out there that might give someone a good feel and good experience before they venture into real estate investing? I was thinking some kind of financial analyst job, but I wanted to hear what thoughts are out there. Clearly nothing gives experience like doing that thing itself, but surely there's some good things to learn beforehand that can be learned from someone doing the business.

Also, if there's any MUST-DOs before jumping in in the next 7 months (apart from gaining as much knowledge, input, networking, and research)... Please feel free to recommend.

Thanks!