I've been in sales + other office jobs for the last 6 to 7 years since I graduated high school.
(*maybe irrelevant info in this paragraph) This startup real estate firm hired me as its first employee/salesguy, where I was able to learn a ton regarding how systems work to run a business, like hiring, training, managing people (especially young salesguys), as well as creating contract work for attorneys and whatnot; basically an opportunity where I got to gain lots of on-hand experience to run and somewhat scale a business. Things were going really well, until 4.5 years later (September of 2025) the company had to go under due to a crazy amount of overhead with attorney costs + deals falling through.
Landed another sales job after I left that place in unsecured, commercial finance where it was strictly commission-only... The environment in that office was something straight out of wolf of wallstreet -- New Yorkers, high ticket sales, guys banging a gong after a sale, top earners being broke because they blow all their money on drugs, hookers and a "luxury" lifestyle... and this was where I drew the line and said to myself that I didn't want to be a part of this type of environment anymore.
I say all this because I understand that coming from working at an office desk, in A/C, making phone calls is COMPLETELY different from being out in the South Florida sun. I understand it's not an easy role, but I do know I'm capable of doing it. I like doing gardening work, which I've done for my parents at their home, I've helped my dad and brothers with home projects, I'm pretty fit, I learn fast and when given a task, best believe I'll get it done.
I've wanted to get into the industry for some time now, and this is my opportunity to do it while I'm young, have no kids and my cost of living is low. I understand the starting pay as a laborer is not great, but it's a start.
The reason I come on here is to see if any of you guys have tips or suggestions for someone looking to simply land a job and get their foot in the door in the space, whether working for a company doing labor or even working in sales for a landscape construction company. I am all ears to hear what some of you guys have to say.