For agent skills, The Millionaire Real Estate Agent by Gary Keller (and then The One Thing later) is nice.

If interested, I'm putting some details together for newer investors and for agents who want to serve investors / new agents in general, but definitely investor focused agent is the 'flavor'. 

My family who have been in RE for ages tell me the same thing.

Just because you aren't seeing the fruits of your labor now, does not mean they won't bloom much later in life.

OPOne way you can compete with large complexes is to offer apts for age 50 and up only.Large complexes are usually very noisy with children and loud music. 

Houses are scarcer than hen's teeth, and there's not much to go around so agents are having a rough time of it.I ran some quick math numbers in my area yesterday and making a whole lot of assumptions (for example, only 40% of all local agents were party to a sale, everything that was available gets sold, etc) the math didn't seem to pencil out very well for agents right now.

Sure, if you enjoy managing 300 doors and that leads you to have a $30K/month income, then by all means do it and enjoy the fruits of your labor. 

I hope your real estate investing endeavors are fruitful!

I think there is lower hanging fruit

If you need any referrals for agents, title, or escrow, feel free to ask.Good luck!