Newly licensed college student looking for advice

[Rachel House]

Hello everyone, 

My name is Rachel House, and I am a junior year finance major at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.  I recently received my salesperson license and completed an internship at Coldwell Banker, who I will sign with soon as a part time agent.  I am entering a new semester with a pretty busy class schedule, and am a bit lost with where to start considering I have little to no advertising with my name around the area, and won't have much time to market myself.  However, I would really like to begin making sales or generating some type of income with my license throughout the school year as I am working towards my first investment property for next year and would like to get a head start before graduating.  I have heard that other students were able to make sales during the weekends as a full time student, and have also heard that advertising myself as a rental agent would be useful at a university.  I am seeking any sort of advice for how people get the ball rolling to market themselves with little free time, and if there's any other ways to utilize my license by maybe helping other agents get leads and such.  I would greatly appreciate any advice, thank you!

[Andrew Freed]

@Rachel House - Great start, to become an agent in college. I went to Umass Amherst as well and am an investor focused agent. My advice would be to start a real estate meetup among people at your school. Educate the community on investing and real estate. That will establish yourself as a local expert. Additionally, all of the students attending most likely have referrals or people interested in purchasing homes that they can refer. Family, friends etc. A lot of people from Massachusetts go to Umass Amherst so I am sure you can generate some local leads. Remember, lead with value and expect nothing in return. Soon that value will compound into solid leads and a great network!