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We can narrow the focus immediately. Let's take JD off the list. Only get a JD if you want to practice law as a career.
So JD won’t give me an advantage in making deals in terms of making the contracts etc. ?
also making sure the legal issues of the fund are taken care of well?
I know a lot of guy who made it big in RE had a JD and often times were also real estate attorneys before starting their own venture.
You will only have that advantage IF you actually practice CRE law for several years.
This is why you have a legal budget in your deals - the lawyers will tell you what / if anything is an issue and needs to be negotiated. Don't need to go to law school to be able to negotiate flagged issues.
MFE - Master of Fucking Everything
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MBA from HSW without a doubt. Columbia also good. Berkeley is solid for west coast jobs. UNC, UVA also place well. I wouldn’t go full time for an MSRE and would probably only consider it if I had 2 years of work experience.
Depends a lot on personal network and where you want to work as well. If you want to work at Hines, Related, Tishman, Blackstone, Brookfield, etc. then HSW/MBA are going to be your best bet. If you have NYC connections you could probably get a good gig at an NYC-based developer by going to Columbia or NYU.
I say this as someone with a MRED, but the answer is a top MBA, for the network if nothing else.
I know it's weird to think about, but nothing you learn in your $100,000-$200,000 program will be revolutionary. You could probably learn the same amount from YouTube videos. What you get is a checkmark beside your name saying that you accomplished something and an invite to the in-group of people who have accomplished the same thing.
My big state school MRED opened a lot of doors for me initially. A top MBA would have opened even more.
MFU - Masters of the Fucking Universe
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