I have a civil engineering degree and an M.B.A., and wondering what the best way to transition into the real estate field would be?

I have a civil engineering degree.

I used to remodel houses, eventually got a civil engineering degree and an MBA, and now work as an area sales managers for a company in the concrete industry.

I have a civil engineering degree and an M.B.A., and wondering what the best way to transition into the real estate field would be?

Litigate might be a better word?  

The reason though why many place a property in a LLC is to create separation from the property in the case of litigation.  

The main issue you are going to run into (I imagine) is the broker/brokerage saying why on earth would I want to be associated with the showing and open up Pandora's Box in litigation over $200?

Such hearings don't take very long and the court rooms they are held in are fairly small; in my county each that are held tend to cover 8 to 10 hearings that day and often at least 1/4th of the litigants don't show up for the court date.Keep in mind that Georgia tends to be a landlord friendly state. 

I have not personally, but it seems that CA Civil Code Sec. 1941.2 is the relevant law.

I am an engineer in training doing civil and environmental engineering on land development projects (typically subdivisions).