Everyone else is a marketer either more focused on education than doing what they are teaching, or using the education as a funnel into their investments. 

I am going to continue educating my self while I get enough for the DP and other expenses.

A lot of folks don't take the time to educate themselves on how to do that. 

There are ways for the smart, savoy, and willing to educate themselves fast, folks who want to build wealth in real estate to do it now and rather quickly as compared to most other industries.

The first thing I'd recommend is focus on a market where you either 1) currently or have previously lived, 2) have family/friends that live there, or 3) travel to/vacation there frequently.

@Jed Butikofer you are in the right place to start getting the next level of education.

Can you educate me? 

If a potential client is using 1031's they will appreciate a realtor they don't have to educate. 

I’m educated now, but I had no one in my circle that really knew anything until now.

While this brokerage would start in Ann Arbor, I would want it to expand to all of Southeast Michigan, then statewide, and ultimately nationwide.Initial target users would be investors/flippers, in other words, more frequent flyers than typical homebuyers.