All Forum Posts by: Abel Curiel

Good Evening,

I had a great introductory conversation with a broker this morning. We discussed local market trends, investment strategy, and the benefits of working with some of the local lenders as oppose to the bigger banks. 

During our conversation, I mentioned that I am about 1/3 of the way through my 75-hour pre-licensure course. She almost immediately offered to have me work for/with her once I pass the state exam. 

The way I saw it, she's either looking for someone (or anyone) to fill a spot in her brokerage OR I made a good first impression.

My question to the BP community is:

How do I offer to help out and add some kind of value in exchange for some hands-on experience/education?

This would be something I offer to do in my spare time while I'm in the process of getting licensed.

Some of my ideas have been to help out with open houses, sit-in while they screen tenants for some of their investor's rental props, and possibly help out with some paperwork at the office.

Any other suggestions?

I appreciate any and all feedback. Thanks!

I'm halfway through the rental property book, definitely recommend this one as well. After that im moving onto the book on managing rental props by Brandon Turner and his wife. You would love those too. Good luck in Buffalo! I've actually started checking out small multifamily deals in nearby Rochester, NY so hopefully all goes well for us upstate.

Hello Marlon Perez & welcome to BP! I've read some of the great advice from other members responding to your post. One thing that I would reiterate from another member's reply would be to check out the two books by J Scott (The book on flipping houses & the book on estimating rehab costs). Im also from NY (Queens) so some of the dollar amounts for labor don't translate to or market but may very well be somewhat accurate when translating to the Buffalo market. Best of luck to you!