I have had to sign this when we purchased a property from the same firm that my agent works at.

Even just entering the listings or vacancies might get you very conversant in the local market.Then you could also make some key contacts, learn the process, and maybe even find your first deal (a client may be willing to owner finance a rental, for example).If you are handy, you might try and work with a firm that does apartment turnovers (make ready) or even as a laborer for a remodeling contractor (especially one that does flip work for others or on their own)--to get the full hands on view of how to get apartments ready to rent or flips ready to sell.Maybe the best hands on way to work in the space is to buy your first rental; maybe your first or next home could be a duplex or single family with an accessory apt.Best of Luck.

There are a host of issues Martha.  

You want a real estate investor friendly firm because they will have the templates already created and they will know all the problems that come up that you need to have outlines so you can avoid them.

Couple things you get from these 2 questions 1 do they have enough staff to properly manage their properties and too if the firm has 80 properties and 40 are from one owner who do you think will get the most attention?

AND A LAWYER FIRM THAT CAN HANDLE THIS.

I have flipped several homes and will continue to do so, but once I graduate, I am looking to work for a Real Estate Investment firm in South Florida as an analyst of some sort.

Tom,If you are interested in multi-family/syndications I host a meetup in Los Gatos.Feel free to check it out:meetup.com/Los-Gatos-Real-Estate-Networking-Meetup/

I never go by the broker's projections, NEVER.I walked a 200 unit with an agent recently and asked him about his firms tax assumptions and he told me, Bruce, you know what you are doing so don't look at our numbers ;-) (The wink was done by him).  

Hi @Colby Wallace,I'm a designer working at Cadre Design, an architecture firm in Manayunk.