Volunteer, Volunteer, Volunteer!

My biggest partners and deals now come from people that I volunteered for a year ago when I started. 

Nobody wants to do the work but its almost always volunteer based.

@Joseph Gomez the real estate exam is a pretty straightforward memorization and multiple choice answer test, so I’d just recommend studying and taking practice tests.The usual advice applies - if the practice tests show that you’re weak in some areas, then spend extra time studying those areas until you’re not as weak there any more.On your last question, you’ll want to check out multiple potential brokerage’s and ask what kind of training or support they have for new agents.Sometimes they’ll be able to connect you with an agent in their office and you can help that agent out and learn at the same time, such as by doing showings for them.You could also volunteer for “desk duty”, which is literally sitting at a desk in case any customers come in.

Come get em they won’t do, they want you to comply and volunteer and be ran over but law is not on their side only fear is!

I thought about reaching out to the HOA and see if I could volunteer to trim the trees for an hour or something but I feel like that's a dead end because I don't think they need a volunteer for a random hour. 

One of the tenants even volunteers to mow and do other maintenance projects for the owner, who lives out of state. 

Where can I find places to volunteer to learn and ask questions?  

@David D'Errico you might check with the local government offices I have heard of cases where they will buy the supplies if you want to provide volunteer labor.You could organize a community volunteer event to get the job done fast. 

I was volunteering at his prison while he was in, but never personally met him in that context.He got out.Started 'faking it until he made it' by putting ads on craigslist to unclog sinks and the like.By the time he met me, ran his own plumbing business with a fleet of vehicles, a half mil in capital equipment, dozens of employees.