There are a ton of PMs in Austin, for example, including a bunch of national and local brokerages so the competition is thick.

Working at an investment brokerage in Austin, I can confidently say it's a strong market for real estate investment.

You could go into brokerage and sell properties, working your way up to brokering commercial properties. 

You may have to buy a distressed property that needs a decent amount of work done to hit a high enough rental rate, or search for a property on the outskirts of the metro area.I'm an agent at an investment brokerage and we try and take some of the legwork out of the game for investors.

New to real estate but possess a deep understanding of the responsibilities to continue to gain knowledge and remain loyal with my clients and professionally with my colleagues.  Preliminary experience stemming from c...

I always cover my experience, the brokerages experience, and expectations with communication - 9 - 5, M-F, 24 hr turnaround during business hours, and the owner can reach out to me personally when the team isn't present. 

Aloha Wendy, I just moved over to REAL Brokerage.

Perhaps take a look at:  https://www.loopnet.com/ and see which types of commercial lease listings interest you and from there take inventory of which brokerage and listing agents are prominently features in the space that interests you.

Commuting isn't ideal but if you can "get on base" with a property/househack a bit outside of the city you can potentially cashflow a bit more, and benefit from an appreciating market that isn't quite as HCOL as a mecca like Boston.My brokerage specializes in multi family investments and househacks in particular around central MA.

Your in the club espeically MF.. if you get teh license and can work for a commerical brokerage you are going to get looks at deals WAAAAY before most of the public.. heres how it goes in commerical brokerage.. first the agent trys to sell to his clients.