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I’m going back and forth. I have options at larger companies (think crow, JLL, CBRE) and some smaller-mid tier firms. The smaller firms will let me buy in much sooner and I’d have much more of a “mentorship” rather than a sink or swim experience. End goal is to buy my own deals, that’s why I’m leaning more towards small-mid sized firm.

 
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60-90 base, 10%+ bonus. I'm also in the DFW market. Is taking a discount worth it? Not all smaller firms are created equal. As an example, my firm is smaller but very well regarded in our investment class. Some of our analysts come from families like yours where the son takes a discount to learn from us. Their backgrounds vary and have come anywhere from major institutions (Blackstone/Apollo/Brookfield) to family run businesses with no name recognition. It is worth it to them because they know what they're missing to run their own deals is access to deal flow, connections in the industry, and an investor mindset. We give them that opportunity, and in return we get cheap competent labor.

 

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