Career Advice out of Undergard - Development vs Investment
Hey monkeys, have read through the forums, but looking to get some more input. I am a senior at a target school majoring in business admin and currently evaluating a couple of potential offers. One is an Analyst position with a developer (ala Greystar, AvalonBay, Wood Partners) in the midwest and the other is with a major lifeco in the midwest within their real estate investment arm as an Analyst doing both debt and equity.
A bit of background: I have had two relevant internships, one with a major brokerage shop: Eastdil/JLL/HFF/CBRE in investment sales and another with a debt fund on the production side. I wasn't really a fan of the debt fund (seemed to be more of the office culture that rubbed me the wrong way), but loved the brokerage internship.
Finance has always been my weak spot and the area I want to improve and keep working on. I believe I want to stay in real estate...just not sure where I want to be within it right now...development or investment side at this point. Based off my background what do you monkeys believe would set me up best for my career? I am a pretty sociable person and enjoy being able to be away from the desk. The thought of sitting behind excel all day does not appeal to me. However, I have been working towards getting into a REPE shop, as that is what I have been thinking I would like to do. Unfortunately, I did not secure one during undergrad.
So, can any older monkeys offer some advice?
Thanks,
Confused Monkey