New Agent Looking for Part-Time Advice

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Hello all! I am currently getting my agent license and researching brokerages in my area (Clarksville, TN). I am currently in the military and won't retire for about three more years. I wanted to get into this industry for a long time and figured I would get an early start now so that by the time I retired from the military, I would be ahead of the curve. I have researched various forums about part-time agents and brokerages, and the consensus I have come across is that being part-time as an agent is difficult and usually not worth the effort. I wanted to ask my questions here to gather some more insight.

1. Have any of you started part-time while you finished another job/career and then transitioned to full-time after? And what was your experience with it?

2. What, in your opinion, are the most part-time friendly brokerages out there? 

3. My job now is your normal 9-5, but I'm not completely cut-off from the world and still have text/email/call availability. Is being a part-time agent outside of the 9-5 even remotely feasible, in your opinion?

Thank you, everyone, for the insight!