Thoughts on Working as a Full-Time Investors Agent?

[Aaron Keener]

Good-morning real estate junkies! Let me get right to the point. So I'm in the process of getting my Tennessee license, and plan on working in Nashville after graduation. As many of you know, Nashville is a fantastic market for investors of all kinds, and I too would like to be a full-time multi-family investor one day. I look forward to helping families through the process of buying/selling real estate, but I obsess over scrolling through local deals (primarily multi-family), crunching the numbers and seeing if they'd be a good investment. I'm not a huge sentimental person, so I don't feel like working with families would be a long-term play for me. With this being said, I'm interested to hear your opinion no the pros / cons of focusing ONLY on investors.

I feel like:

1) Working only with investors would produce a consistent amount of business, as many investors buy and sell multiple times in a 1 year time-frame.

2) Investors are always buying, especially when the market turns, therefore helping me stay resilient through tough economic times.

3) Incredible connections when the time comes for me to start investing.

I know investors like to know the agent they're working with is an investor as well, but I don't plan on investing in ANY real estate until I have at least 100K set aside for a 10-12 unit deal. However, I understand how to properly underwrite a deal, and know if it's a good investment or not, which I feel like is all an investor should care about.

So, my fellow bigger pocket members, what are your thoughts about working as an investor-only agent?

[Frank Wong]

Hi Aaron,

It depends on what type of agent you want to be a commercial agent or residential. The commercial is 5+ units.  Sounds like you are leaning towards commercial.  If that is the case you need to go find a commercial firm to work for and be someone's assistant.  That's how it usually starts with all the agents in that field. This way you get experience to make money and build a client list.