Real Estate Investment Banking vs. Debt and Equity Placement

I am doing research for my interview in Real Estate Investment Banking. I found the website mergers and inquisitions very helpful, however, some of the other websites I find confusing.

The website finance walk described real estate investment banking as "connecting capital seekers with capital providers. The investment banker analyses the capital stock such as preferred equity and JV equity and identifies potential capital sources in terms of investment possibilities, risk profiles, types of assets and other factors".

I know that RE investment bankers don't work on individual properties so what type of risk are they analyzing?

Finance Walk goes onto describe the investment banking analyst to: 1) perform real estate portfolio analysis and valuations such as Debt Yield analysis and DSCR 2) prepare financial models applicable to various operational scenarios 3) prepare market reports, presentations and research 4) identify valuable real estate prospects for acquisition or reselling 5) be actively involved in dialogues between clients and other senior team members, and take note of advisory board, securitization needs, transaction counterparties and client management 5) review and order third party elements such as engineering, appraisal, title, legal deeds and others

Is this accurate?

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