40something looking to change careers and interested in CRE, is it too late for me?
I have a background in marketing and advertising but I'm looking for something completely new. I've always been casually interested in commercial real estate and I live in a neighborhood that has a lot of spaces opening up. 

What road can I start down to tell if this would be a viable option for me? 
[{"id": "dgd1jbi", "text": "Call some brokers and take them to lunch. Chat with one from each type of brokerage you're interested in. You should be able to get an idea of what it's like. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dgd9in3", "text": "SOOOO many agents get started in real estate as a \"retirement career.\" You can be as successful as you dedicate yourself to being, but it's not going to happen in 20 hours a week!\n", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dgk622k", "text": "I know a number of successful agents who didn't get into RE until their 40's or after.  Most commonly they have a broad network and have previously done business with executive/c level clients.  I don't know if that is you or not.  I know a few that sold off companies then decided they didn't want to retire, or were high level sales in other industries.  \n\nIf you for example, sold expensive advertising campaigns to decent sized companies, you would probably find a lot of the marketing and networking is similar.  If for example you mean you worked on advertising campaigns for one specific company you were an employee of or you did work on campaigns that someone else sold and worked with the customers on, or your customers were more consumer based, then that probably wouldn't bring you a lot of relevant experience.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dgkgcj4", "text": "There's an a reason a lot of spaces are opening up.\n\nWe're about to start a recession, if it hasn't already started.  Right now Wall Street is setting themselves up to make huge profits.  In two quarters, they'll let high net worth individuals in on it, and two or three quarters after that, the upper middle class.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]