REPE to Hedge Fund with RE Coverage

Has anyone made this pivot before? Recently, I have had a bunch of headhunters reach out to me about pivoting to hedge funds where I would be covering REITs. I think the pros are it would potentially make me a more well rounded RE investor and of course the upside is nice. Downside is that you don't like it and waste 1-2 years of your career.

Curious on if anyone here has gone down this path and has thoughts to offer?

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You might not become better at investing at the asset level, but you would gain a much stronger understanding of valuing RE companies. If you wanted to become someone that acquires REITs or RE companies, I think working at a HF could potentially add to my asset level experience by providing me with more of a corporate level view.

Also, let's say one day you create your own fund - wouldn't it be attractive to investors that you can invest at both the asset level and in REITs? 

Could also just be totally wrong, so curious to hear more views. 

 

Do you have a sense of his comp? I was quoted like 150-160k base and anything from 100% to like 300% bonus depending on team and personal performance. 

 

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