Call all your friends and family (your SOI -sphere of influence) - be sure to tell them that you're now a realtor and excited about it.

It's awesome to connect with different investors and vendors in your area and start expanding your sphere, you may even find yourself a mentor.

Also known as your personal circle or sphere of influence.Once you've created this list, contact each of them individually to catch up, see how they're doing and inform them that you are now a licensed agent servicing NYC. 

This is the easiest way to get started for your age - especially with friends who will most likely be renting as they get started in their careers... you basically have a sphere of renters organically around you right now! 

A HML, bank or other lending institution will want a down payment, but perhaps there is a personal connection in your sphere of influence or a local investor who would be willing to lend you money to buy an investment property with little to no money down.

Yes your split will be lower being on a team and getting fed leads but you will be able to leverage the showings, transactions, experience to your sphere of influence to become the go to Agent for your SOI. 4.

I have exhausted my personal sphere ( I am from another state so I don't have much of one at the moment).  

I don't have much of a personal sphere.  

I would say cold calls, open houses, referrals, sphere of influence, head-knocking, family/friends, social media are the best free leads. 

So if you as a CEO choose to invest in option B with a 10% return but high social impact over option A, with 14% return and no social impact, your board can't fire you for that.A B-Corp on the other hand is more along the lines of a certification that shows that a company is attempting to be more ethical in both social and environmental spheres.