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Careers to pick up experience for investing

Isaac Ballew
Member since 2023 · 2 posts · 3 votes

I'm about to graduate college with a finance degree, I'm looking to get into real estate and possibly flipping houses. What are some careers paths or jobs that allow me to pick up experience that will help in real estate investing while working for someone else? 

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Greg KurznerBusiness Member
Real Estate Broker · Atlanta, GA · Member since 2016 · 200 posts · 75 votes
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@Isaac Ballew I graduated back in the stone age with a finance degree and found my way eventually in Real Estate after some corporate jobs.  Honestly there are several career paths that will help (Renovation contractor, real estate agent, corporate RE analyst)  but depending upon whether you are looking for a career investing/flipping versus using your W-2 career income to build more by flipping, you can approach it better in my opinion by learning through doing.

Flipping especially 1 at a time isn't a full time job and my thought is that you get help on your first, maybe first few flips.  Whether partner, mentor or coach, you can learn on the job and there aren't many careers that equip you better for this than just doing it.  We work with many new investors fresh out of college on the brokerage side but also coach and mentor new and aspiring investors learn by doing.  That is the best and fastest way in and as long as you have experienced help, you will learn by doing far faster than aligning a career to help you learn.

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  • Malcomb StapelPro Member
    Investor · Topeka, KS · Member since 2020 · 669 posts · 488 votes
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    Quote from @Isaac Ballew:

    I'm about to graduate college with a finance degree, I'm looking to get into real estate and possibly flipping houses. What are some careers paths or jobs that allow me to pick up experience that will help in real estate investing while working for someone else? 


     The first one that comes to mind is property management. You could get in with an established company that is looking for help. This will give you opportunity to see a very important side of the equation and probably get you in the same room with some well established investors that might be willing to help further your career. 

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  • Greg KurznerBusiness Member
    Real Estate Broker · Atlanta, GA · Member since 2016 · 200 posts · 75 votes
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    @Isaac Ballew I graduated back in the stone age with a finance degree and found my way eventually in Real Estate after some corporate jobs.  Honestly there are several career paths that will help (Renovation contractor, real estate agent, corporate RE analyst)  but depending upon whether you are looking for a career investing/flipping versus using your W-2 career income to build more by flipping, you can approach it better in my opinion by learning through doing.

    Flipping especially 1 at a time isn't a full time job and my thought is that you get help on your first, maybe first few flips.  Whether partner, mentor or coach, you can learn on the job and there aren't many careers that equip you better for this than just doing it.  We work with many new investors fresh out of college on the brokerage side but also coach and mentor new and aspiring investors learn by doing.  That is the best and fastest way in and as long as you have experienced help, you will learn by doing far faster than aligning a career to help you learn.

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  • Jonathan GreeneBusiness Member
    Real Estate Consultant · Madison, NJ · Member since 2016 · 6k+ posts · 7k+ votes
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    You spent 4 years getting that finance degree so I would leverage that to get a job making the most money for the next 5 years while you figure out real estate on the side. You can find real estate related careers, but they will pay less making you less lendable most likely.

    Go to local real estate meetups every month for six months and you will meet a lot of people who kept their job, left their job, flip homes, have rentals, and you can learn from them by building relationships while you earn.

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