Transitioning (professionally) from Residential to Commercial RE - Advice?
Apologies in advance if this post does not belong in this sub (given it is concerning career advice, to an extent). If that is the case any recommendations as to alternative subs which may be more appropriate for this question would be much appreciated!

I am a residential real estate investor, and have spent the past 10 years or so purchasing SF properties and renting. This has been a source of secondary income, as I do have a “full-time“ job in a tangentially related industry.

While I have a significant degree of familiarity concerning the residential side of real estate investing, I’ve been long thinking of leaving my current company and exploring a position within the now “booming” proptech space, particularly with a startup company providing data to investors/developers of commercial real estate. 

While I wouldn’t necessarily say I’m entirely unfamiliar with the commercial RE sector, I have never held a professional role in the space, nor have I ever been involved a transaction involving a commercial property. I’d like to express that I’m entirely aware that my experience in the residential sector would allow me fairly limited transferable knowledge within the commercial sector; I do, however, have professional experience working both for, and as a customer of, providers of market data concerning the real estate sector. 

TLDR: i’m curious as to how I might go about approaching a career move into commercial RE, given my background is grounded in residential RE, and further, whether or not employers might be receptive to my experience or find that it is reflective of my ignorance as to the understandably vast differences between residential and commercial RE.

If anyone has any direct experience in this sort of transition, or could recommend how I might best go about either educating myself professionally about the Commercial RE sector /highlighting transferable knowledge and skills, I’d be grateful for your input!

Thanks in advance, everyone!
[{"id": "i1jeae0", "text": "Take some CCIM classes. Once you get the revenue to do SIOR do that. Get very familiar with commercial construction and zoning for the counties you want to operate in.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i1jvaig", "text": "I think it might help to give more detail about what exactly your experience/skill(s) is, as well as what your goals are in transitioning to CRE", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]