Best Commercial Brokerage Markets

What markets do you guys see as being the best to get into Investment Sales and Debt/Equity at a brokerage in the next 5-10 years? I'm a junior in college and will be doing brokerage at a major institutional broker (think HFF/CB/JLL) in a major US city, but it's probably a second-tier city as far as deal flow (top producers usually bringing in between $500-700k). Assuming I'd like to stick with brokerage after this summer, what major markets would be the best to get into as far as compensation is concerned?

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