He does most of the repair work himself and from the sounds of it, he seems very knowledgeable about this field.

I am finally taking steps in that direction but I am having trouble finding an opportunity because I don’t have any experience in the field.

Also, it is clear who the experts are in the field by seeing who is answering all our questions on these forums so you should reach out to them!

Any advice for a newbie in the field?

Do you have a business license in the same field for at least 2 years?

My distaste for working in a large bureaucracy and curiosity with another completely unrelated field led to some lucrative freelance writing work and I pursued these two careers concurrently until late 2018 when I resigned from a "solid" county position to join an overseas tech startup.

Totally different market and not my field; but I was discussing Downtown Chicago with a BP member from Chicago, the older Cylindrical buildings. 

At your level, just getting into any job, but in the field you want will teach you so much and you can transfer, promote from there.   

Real estate is one field where you can start right as an 18 year old. 

Buyer has 17 (or __) days"If i was to to put 10 in that field so it read as "Buyer has 17 (or 10) days"Which has precedence.