College Student In Lexington, Kentucky

[Mitchell Abel]

Hello, Everyone!

I'm Mitchell Abel, currently a Junior at the University of Kentucky. I live between school in Lexington and my hometown of Louisville. I've been surrounded by the construction industry my entire life and, by extension, the commercial real estate industry. I'm very interested in getting involved in commercial real estate brokerage and eventually development.

Being relatively young I was curious as to any advice some of you all might have for getting involved in the industry? I've considered applying for internships all over the place to no avail. I plan on continuing the application process but I also might try getting my license over the summer and attempt entrance through that route. Any tips or pointers would be very much appreciated.

Looking forward to hearing back from everyone and contributing to this wonderful community!

[Major Robertson]

Here's a cool tip. My lender counted my college experience for a portion of my work history. So keep that in mind before you think you need to work two years before applying for a loan. I didn't even have a W2 or a tax return. 

Brett Kennedy is hosting a meet up this Thursday and is going over wholesaling I believe. KHREA does a meet up or two a month and I'm sure Lexington has some as well. You will learn a lot.

Also for credit, I highly recommend getting a credit card. I kept getting denied so I got a secured credit card. It reports as a normal credit card and boosted my credit over 50 points.