Moving from Construction to Sales - Tips & Tricks

[Kyle Blackmon]

Hey Y'all!

I’m reaching out for some advice from all the experienced investors out there. This past year, I made the leap from construction management to getting my Real Estate license and joining a brokerage. My goal is to build the capital needed to start investing in Real Estate, and I felt this was the best way to get there.

I spent 6 years as a project superintendent with a commercial builder, followed by 2 years as a construction manager in the track home industry. Over the years, I’ve learned a ton, and now I’m applying that experience to my Real Estate practice. To leverage my background, I joined an investment brokerage that specializes in Fix & Flip and investment properties.

Has anyone else made a similar transition? Any tips, tricks, or advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you all for taking the time to read this and share your thoughts!

[Katie Southard]

Interesting transition. I'm in the marketing field and wish I would have done construction. I work in engagement marketing and deal with construction tradesmen all day, usually more custom type tradespersons with a lot of care and concern for their own work, which may glamorize it more than I realize. I work for a building materials company now and took their online game from Zero to very engaged in the past few years and it's been really fun. I just wish I was doing it for my own business. I've always wondered if I could transfer to construction management. What do you think? I've always wondered. Also about being an agent. I know enough about a lot of things to be dangerous, but lack detailed expertise and certifications.

I will say that I was extremely disappointed with my last realtors lack of construction knowledge so you will have a leg up there for sure, and you should play up that as a selling point