Career Changer to Real Estate Finance (UCLA Econ Grad) HELP

I graduated UCLA in 2011, studied Economics and English Lit... 3.6 GPA. I worked for the Economics Department in IP Research and was a TA as a undergrad senior. My sophomore year in school, I was offered a modeling contract and used full-time modeling and an academic scholarship to pay off school. I also interned with a financial planner for a summer after graduation. I am agency-represented and have been very successful modeling, and because I developed a very large network in that industry, I have been working as a model for a couple years since graduation.

I got my Real Estate license and have been seeking out financial analyst roles as commercial real estate firms. Got an 80% on CBRE's finance assessment. While interviews have been going well, many firms have expressed hesitance on hiring someone with no direct CRE experience.

Any advice on branding my story, or good first jobs to target? I want to start working ASAP and am looking for a challenge

Thanks!

*Resume attached