How to find brokerages that work with investors

[Luca Perinuzzi]

I'm studying for my real estate license, and plan to primarily work with investors once I'm licensed. How would you recommend finding a brokerage with similar interests/goals that could possibly be a sponsor. Also things like culture fit, company goals, etc. Just looking for a way to go about finding these brokerages. 

[Kyle Curtin]

Quote from @Luca Perinuzzi:

I'm studying for my real estate license, and plan to primarily work with investors once I'm licensed. How would you recommend finding a brokerage with similar interests/goals that could possibly be a sponsor. Also things like culture fit, company goals, etc. Just looking for a way to go about finding these brokerages. 

Hi Luca! Congrats on pursuing agency and seeking working with the investor crowd! My biggest recommendation is to look on social media and see who the “big” players are for investor focused teams in your area. In my area I am on a team of 40ish agents that are ALL investor focused and either currently have an investment property, OR are looking to buy one in the next 12 months. There likely won’t be many teams, it might be a little hard to find but with a little bit of digging you will find them :). Maybe throwing out a specific post for seeking investment focused brokerages in the Long Island area on BP and see who reaches out as well :). The culture component is ESSENTIAL! The investor sector of the real estate agency side is different than the residential (more single family heavy) side for many reasons. But one big one, you never know who you are going to do a deal with and most of the investor focused agents are very apt to helping each other. The other fellow agents in our office are ALWAYS down to help each other and intro to other investors, contractors, property managers etc. I would start there and see how it goes :) Good luck on your test!