The best advice on this topic, in my opinion, comes from 2 books:How to win friends and influence peopleNever eat aloneI am also looking for brokerages to work with or even experienced shadow / intern for to gain experience and additional knowledge.

I own a PM company and a brokerage that specializes in helping people purchase value add investments in Birmingham, AL.  

I would think about having a local broker/agent give you a BPO on it and see what the number comes back in at..Think this might be where Chris was going, but depending on your area and what sales look like in the end of the year months, usually sales are a lot slower, that might be a driving factor.

I work in WA, not IL.Sounds like similar facts - you need to be licensed if you are going to manage other folks' property.Here, you need to hang your license under a managing broker until you can get your managing brokers license, as brokers can't touch money and do a few other things legally.If it's like WA, you will have to hang your license under a managing broker at a brokerage, and coordinate deposits, contracts, fees with them.If that is the case, ask some brokerages that will allow you to hang your license under them for minimal fees in order to be compliant.

So I think JLL is the main brokerage I should be hoping to work for, but I'm not sure how long JLL will be in this seat with VA. 

Members of these in-house capital markets teams typically have prior experience working at multifamily debt brokerages, investments sales shops, etc., and a full rolodex / database of lenders whom they have rapport with to boot.

Hi all,I recently passed my Salesperson exam in California, and was looking at different brokerages. 

I introduced them to a mid-sized brokerage in the area (from what I’ve heard, they’re picking up steam) who specialized in finding off-market opportunities that don’t get plastered all over Zillow.

I’d like to start a new kind of real estate brokerage.

Concentrate on finding a Real Estate brokerage that does investing as well.Good Investing...