Capital Markets I/S vs D/E

Hi,
I'm currently interviewing for the Capital Markets Internship at a RE firm (think JLL, Eastdil, CBRE) and one of the questions they asked is would you rather be on debt & equity team or investment sales team and why? I'm hoping to gain a better understanding of what each team does and the pro's/con's of each side. To my understanding, you get more exposure and reps on the D/E side but I/S might be better if you want to get into REPE or a development company. My background is in real estate development and real estate valuation but I'm taking a few financial modeling courses and in process of getting Argus certified. Any advice is much appreciated!

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appreciate it! so i did the 2 day training on a pc at my previous internship but i only have a mac right now. did you do it on a pc? how necessary is it to have pc i'm thinking of buying a pc laptop so i can learn shortcuts b/c i know all the firms use pcs for modeling.

also, how many hours did you put into studying? i've heard some people say you can do 20 and pass and others say 50

 
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