Getting My Real Estate License !

[Brandon McMullin]

Hello Fellow Real Estate Investors!

I am 24 years old, currently an apprentice for the sheet metal workers union. I am a 3rd year apprentice, I go to school for 5 years and will be a journeyman when I graduate. I enjoy it, but the more I work, the more I realize I am capable of more. It is good money, I currently get paid $28/hr and get raises every 6 months, until I top out and become a journeyman, in which will be at $43/hr. 

I did have surgery on my shoulder recently and I'm off of work for 4 months, I have been doing lots of reading about real estate investing and actually found classes coming up to become an agent.

My goal in being an agent is to gain more knowledge with the processes of buying/selling houses. I also will help my friends and family by re-embursing them with the mandatory 6% realtor fee's, which brings me to my next question; could I advertise myself as an agent with my slogan being " I will give you $500 cash if you let me help you" 

I don't see any agents that do that, and I wouldn't care giving others part of my commission, so they could get money and I could also get money but most importantly the experience.

although sheet metal workers in my area make an average of $90k a year, it is just hard on the body/lots of hours and would love to try perusing real estate.