At my Keller Williams office my personal favorite class was Contracts class, where several times a week the most experienced agents in the office teach you about all the forms you will encounter (Purchase and Sales, Property Disclosures, listing agreements, lead paint, and so on) how to use them to your advantage and how to stay out of trouble by using them correctly!

Hey @Rebecca Maas - I own a small brokerage that is focused on working with investors and I think typically it's best to start working for one of the bigger firms like Coldwell Banker or Keller Williams mainly because of the training and support that they can provide you when you are getting started.We don't offer any real structured training but understand the investing and contracting world of Chicago a little bit better then your average realtor.  

@Rachel Degennaro I am with Keller Williams, and I can tell you that me/my office doesn't see a cent until the closing table.

Originally posted by Elisha Keller: @Douglas Graham I'm working on my first rental property so this is not personal experience, it's strictly what I've read in books and here on BP.

@Rebekah Keller I have just started investing and now in a process of buying my second turn-key property in Detroit in 2 months.

Lyndsey Keller,I suggest that you spend some time in the forum: Landlord and Rental Property Questions.Here is a link: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52-rental-property-questions-landlording-issuesIn that forum, I suggest that you read the first 4 "stickies."

Recommendation: I would check out Keller Williams for brokers. 

(Full disclosure, David and I are both agents with Keller Williams, though I am in NYC.)2.

I went to a lower end school "Keller" and learned a crazy amount.

I like Million Dollar RE agent by Gary Keller, Rich dad poor dad by Robert Kiyosaki,  Million dollar investor by Gary Keller, and The Abcs of Commercial Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy.#3) You have to have the money to cover this idea and dream so how are you going to do that?