What Real Estate Job Would you Pick???

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@Gerald Barron I would flip houses. This will give you the greatest access to cash to buy your buy and holds and will also allow you to find the Best Buy and holds. Doing this marketing will be key. Be the best marketer to find your properties and you will be very successful. Pm me if you would like to chat more.

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easy, easy answer....go commercial real estate agent! Use your degree to support yourself through the long difficult transition into that, and It is a long slow crawl but one day you will be thanking yourself for having the wisdom to post this

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I agree with @Mike H.My vote goes towards Realtor first. It's a low barrier of entry, you could do it part-time if you have to, it'll save you money on your deals, and you can do property management when working for a broker that allows you to do so (the beauty of that is, you can get residual income from property management and commission checks). But like any sales job, it isn't easy. The best piece of advice there if you go that route and get licensed is to find a brokerage that offers educational opportunities and shadow the major players at your company.I would also say Construction manager would be just as good but having worked in construction for years, I can tell you it's not an easy job to obtain. You either have to really have an "in" or a good deal of experience.Hope this info can be of help, best of luck!

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I think project manager for a rehabber would be ideal. Not sure how many of those jobs exist though or what the pay is.Alternatively, I think realtor would be my second pick. Its something as a future investor that you'll be able to leverage the experience that you gain as a realtor (i.e. market/subdivision knowledge, negotiating, etc) and its something that you can technically piggy back off and build your own business i.e. start a brokerage and have agents work for you, and/or start a property management company and have property managers work for you eventually.Those would be my suggestions and reasons why.

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If you get in on the money side of things, more specifically the spending side.. you can learn a lot. You'd likely start out small... think purchasing agent. Get an idea of what things cost, quantities etc. Then as you scale up move towards contract management then you learn how more complex proposals work, how to evaluate them, how to understand/calculate the "true cost". If you do this w/ a construction company bonus points... you'll literally have coworkers that are in other fields who would LOVE to teach you how their side works so you become better at ordering them stuff. Nothing worse than someone on the spending side that has zero idea what they are buying...Then you can use this for your own deals, you'll learn how to see the world differently and apply it to your own projects. You really get exposure to everything, but more importantly you understand how it impacts the money.

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Way more money (look around on loopnet) and less agents........

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i am purchasing an apt complex, where the commission to the agent..$110k, plus that guy ownes over 200 doors, has built an incredible network of lenders, high net worth clients etc. How many houses would you have to sell for that ONE commission? But be ready for years of no comissions to get started

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I love this discussion. I think another factor to consider is where you are located and what the real estate market looks like in your area. Where I am in WV, I have found that the market is slow because it hangs on appraisals. There is a backlog of properties that need to be appraised for sale, and the process take almost a month on a residential and almost 3 months on a commercial appraisal. I just finished my RE license test, and when eligible, I want to specialize in appraising because there is a huge opportunity (need) in my area. This will allow me to better understand what is being bought/sold in my area; the difference between list price, appraisal, and sale price; and several other market factors that will benefit me in real estate investing.

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I’ve been debating whether or not to get my real estate license. (Mainly because many of my friends are settling down and looking to buy houses in the next 2-3 years). My main reservation is that I’ve been told it’s harder to get deals, because you have to disclose to the seller that you are a realtor looking to buy the property as an investment property. Since I’m not lying all cash, I’ve heard that it’s easier for the seller to discriminate against you and sell to a family instead. Is any of this true?

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Will Grabert Why commercial real estate and not residential?