Appraisal to acquisitions - seeking advice

I'm been working as an appraisal/valuations analyst (all property types) for a year and a half or so and my goal is to work in acquisitions. I know it is possible to make that jump directly but given the market, I'm considering trying to land a job as an analyst/senior analyst on a solid investment sales team as an intermediate step before pursuing associate roles on the principal side.

Would love some input on whether this sounds like a good strategy / if I/S experience would be additive here or if I should hold out and try to move directly to an acquisitions analyst role when the market starts heating up again.

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