What REI jobs are there?

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Hey BP,

I was listening to a recent BP podcast (episode 394) where they interviewed Elliot and Chrissy Smith. During the interview they talked about how its a good idea to have another job or business aside from your REI business but, that's related to REI. I guess I always thought that once I had a certain amount of rentals, that would essentially be the job. While this is certainly achievable and you could focus solely your rental portfolio, I started thinking about what jobs there were in the real estate space, aside from managing your rentals. I'm curious, what jobs do you do, or know of, that someone could do in real estate?

Account Closed · Answer

@Jeremy Blevins Tons of good ones already listed. Title agent is one I don't think I saw on the list, even a tax advisor / CPA who focused on RE investors.

Chris Mason · Answer

The entire mortgage industry is hiring. Myself included.

Full time, no experience needed, humanities majors welcome... in fact, if you have mortgage experience, and are available for hire at any price, but aren't licensed and want a base salary, there's a REALLY good chance that you suck (otherwise, you wouldn't be available for hire, since you're having a record year and are happy where you are at). I'll take a fresh college grad over someone with mortgage experience.

Part timers need not apply.

Zachary Ray · Answer

Real estate has so many fields you can break into. Property management is one, licensed or not. CAM license will let you manage associations but a real estate license will let you work under a broker.  Lenders, appraisers, agents, brokers. Agents can work for builders, traditional routes or a contractor like Redfin. There are so many careers.

What REI jobs are there?

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