How do I transition my career from reading commercial leases
For the last 12 years I have been reading, reviewing and negotiating Leases/Etoppels/SNDAs etc. as a paralegal. ( From strip centers, office spaces to major retail). How can I transition this into a career on my own? I'm tired of making everyone else money. I do have my Brokers license, but getting into commercial real estate as a broker is near impossible where I live. The 2 places that would talk to me, will only start me as commission only, and I can't afford to take that leap. 

I am wondering if anyone in this group made a transitional career change, or has any suggestions on how I can turn my skills into a business.

Thanks in advance!
[{"id": "ii1oq0c", "text": "Have you tried applying to an analyst role in a big city for one of the large houses CBRE, JLL, Newmark? You could still be on a brokerage team but would be getting a salary + bonus. You could then choose to be a broker later once you have connections and a track record.", "replies": [{"id": "ii2ira1", "text": "Thank you for the suggestion. I have applied to so many positions over the years to JLL and CBRE, to no response. IDK id my resume is \"blacklisted\" for apply so many times. LOL", "replies": [{"id": "ii2tags", "text": "Noone cares about you enough to blacklist your resume. Do you have any financial modeling at all on your resume? The analyst position  is all about being the analytical horsepower for a team and writing the pitch materials for what is ultimately a sales job. Your job is to be able to translate the real estate on the ground to dollars in my pocket. To do that you need to be able to translate your expertise reading leases into the language of finance which is spreadsheets and then be able to talk through the analysis to investors.\n\nReading leases is not the core competency, its a means to an end", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ii2swac", "text": "Where do you live?  When you say brokers license in CA it means you can open an office so whatever state you're in matters.\n\nI'm in CA and I would kill to have someone that has experience with your skills in our dev shop.  I will say that you'd have to start low on the totem pole.\n\nAlso another thing employers might worry about is why you've been doing the same thing for 12 years.   Go getters usually move on.  I basically trash every resume that has too much stagnant experience time on it because it's harder for older folks to transition to an entire new industry.  Their basic skills are top notch, but they're not as easy to train and their cohort is significantly younger than they are so a weird dynamic ends up happening that isn't easy to manage.", "replies": [{"id": "ii7he7n", "text": "12 years, 4 different companies. I do more than just that, but that\u2019s my specialized skill. No, I don\u2019t live in CA, but I\u2019ve negotiated office space leases in CA", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ii31mtu", "text": "12 years?! Good gosh that's a lot of leases. When I was reading them I couldn't help but think some sort of Blockchain technology could make this easier and more standardized. Maybe there's a business opportunity there.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ii3760b", "text": "Lots of money in negotiating leases, my firm easily spends $20k+ per lease but we always use a lawyer or law firm that specializes in real estate. \n\nIf you could get your law degree and pass the bar I'm sure you could do something similar. I know that might take some time to do, but it sure beats trying to work your way into brokerage starting from zero.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ii5qm1j", "text": "Consulting. Lots of mom and pop landlords out there who would appreciate your advice.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ii7rgv5", "text": "Learn Argus, you\u2019ll be deadly in commercial (retail and office in particular) AM/acquisitions.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]