Part I. Starting Out

How do you get started in real estate? How do you become an active player? How should you think about your career? How do you gain experience? How do you decide to go out on your own—either by yourself or with others?

There are many answers; in part because real estate is such a huge and fragmented industry. There is no shortage of opportunity waiting out there, and people seize those opportunities in an extraordinary variety of ways. My objective in this opening part is to help you examine your options, and encourage you to define the right strategy for yourself in this exciting field.

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