Real Estate is not hard to get into. All you have to do is get your license, and you're pretty much in. However, in order to succeed, it does get very competitive. Since the barrier to entry is very low, you need to really stand out amongst all of your peers to make a sell happen. I have seen competition in the office get pretty hectic.

I was an intern at RE/MAX Commercial brokerage and I got paid under the table. I researched building and property listings, inputed them on an excel and access database, and made sure all of the current data was accurate. I didn't learn much from my work there, it was just a place to get some money over the summer. Since I didn't have my real estate license, I couldn't make any phone calls to try and make some deals.