Best real estate firms for starting a career in real estate

What are the best companies (PERE, brokerage, IB, REITs) for a recent graduate to start a career in real estate? The common ones I have heard thus far are Eastdil, Blackstone, Starwood. any insights?

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Cush Wake has the P.R.E.P program. @rrefinn" Eastdil typically provides the strongest exit opportunities into REPE. Not to C&W, JLL, CBRE, HFF could not provide great exit opps to REPE also.

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