Our firm sells anywhere from 15-20 properties a month to investors. 

He does my closings and the firm is top notch.  

It was previously listed with some scrub RE firm for over a year and nothing happened.

I currently work for a home improvement company where I meet with prospective buyers, and negotiate & close high ticket deals.I've loaded my office with every REI book I could find, but I have a particular affinity towards wholesaling.

One firm just bought up all of Chamberlayne Ave.  

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.

I even had a couple of promising job prospects that I interviewed for.

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.

Now if a new prospective tenant makes contact, you obviously have to be careful to make sure that you don’t create false expectations or agree to something you can’t guarantee.