Commercial Real Estate Beginning

[Hans Baldau]

Hello all,

Looking for some advice and potentially, if I can, to help out a CRE professional for free so as to gain experience.

I just started my MBA at Florida State University and am specializing in Real Estate. I work in financial management for the Air Force but really want to switch to CRE (commercial real estate) as I have developed a strong passion for real estate. Unfortunately I have no experience in real estate. I thought an MBA would be a good start but I want to be an even better candidate and learn as much as I can.

What are your suggestions on where I start? Strengths to learn? Hard skills? I would love to help anyone out for free to gain experience. I have been learning some basic real estate modeling but am far from an expert.

Thank you for your help.