Deciding between two job opportunities.

So I just finished my undergraduate career at a target university this week with a degree in Real Estate development/finance. I have two job offers on the table that I have to make a decision on by Monday. Option #1 is financial analyst position at Wells Fargo with their CRE lending team. They've got a great training program and have a massive deal flow across all asset types. Which I feel will help me truly learn each RE class type. Option #2 is my current internship position which will be turning into a full time offer. I'm an acquisition/development analyst for a investment company that builds, acquires, and manages self storage properties. I definitely like what I'm doing today and I like self storage, however I do feel there in a cap on growth because of how small the company is and I feel it's too early on in my career to specialize in any single asset type. The offers are as follows:

WF $65,000 base salary 10-15% bonus $5,000 sign on bonus Full benefits

Current Job $70,000 base salary $15% bonus $ Undisclosed Sign on bonus Full benefits

My ultimate goal is to start building up my own portfolio and work on my own acquisitions/developments. I do feel that both help me achieve that goal in different regards but both do have their individual drawbacks. I'm looking at both opportunities from a 5-10 year lens and what each can do for my career opposed to the temporary benefits each has. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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