Do I Qualify as a "Real Estate Professional"? for Tax Purposes?

[Alex OConnor]

I am considering purchasing my first rental property. I make over $150k so I'm out from the AGI perspective. However, my full time job is doing acquisitions for a real estate investment firm so I certainly spend well over 750 hours a year doing real estate activities. 

My question is does this count since I am not performing the real estate activities for my personal investments, but rather those of our firm/ investment fund?

Thanks for your help!