Real Estate Sales, not for me. Options?
Hello,
I will make this as short as possible. I am not sure if this is a rant or just me looking for confirmation on my thoughts, but overall just need guidance. Recent graduate with B.S in Finance. I have always taken an interest in real estate in the hopes one day I would manage my own properties.
Started working for a full service real estate firm as a commercial associate (not agent) with dreams of transitioning to agent then making huge commissions. I should have known better. They put me in a cubicle to cold call all day to generate leads. I am slowly realizing that I am not gaining any experience.
Problems:
-Not gaining enough experience
-cold calling all day
-dreams of huge commission, but that is all they are dreams
-Realization I want to be the other person on the end of the phone call -oh yea 29 hrs/week! with referral bonuses for leads that result in a transaction
I want:
-Full-time salaried, I don't want to rely on commission
-Benefits
-Experience with Yardi, Quickbooks, or Argus. I have dabbled with excel all my life.
Please help me with possible solutions for a career! I have narrowed it down to working for a property management company. I would get Yardi/Quickbooks experience and see how investment companies manage and acquire properties, hopefully. BUT, I have always been interested in real estate finance and how investors analyze deals.
Thank you for reading