Advice for picking which brokerage to work with when getting my license

[Travis McNiel]

Hi! I live in central New York and am currently working on getting my real estate license. I need help in what to look for in choosing a broker. I currently work for a family owned construction company who owns several mixed use commercial/ residential buildings. I work as a property manager for them and manage all units, 95 in total. I am pursuing my license because I want increase my knowledge and ability for leasing their units and I want to be able to sell and lease units for others. I would also be looking for a brokerage that works well with someone who would be running their own property management company on top of it. That is the other reason I am pursuing my license. I am looking for any advice anyone has in choosing a broker or if anyone has an opinion on if I should just go and pursue getting my brokers license right after the salesperson license. I believe I have enough experience built up to bypass the 2 year working under a broker requirement in my state.

Thank you