Degree for Real estate
Background: I am a sophomore in college I originally chose nursing as my major but realized that nursing is not the path for me. I've always been interested in real estate.
Since I am changing my major and I'm basically done with all my core classes I am curious what I should change my major to that would benefit the most with going into RE. I am still looking into what exactly I'd want to do with RE but I am most interested in residential RE. Anything is helpful!
Finance is the go-to, most relevant, and that is where you will find real estate courses (90%+ of the time) if your college has any. If you are really interested in residential real estate (do you mean as a homebuilder, apartments, or like being a Realtor?), then some may argue Marketing has some value (more on that Realtor front). Economics is always valuable.
Those are all b-school majors (full disclosure, I've only gotten degrees from b-schools), there can also be urban planning/studies majors that are good for RE (better for an elective or two, IMHO), or even legal studies, or public admin. Personally, I'd stick to the business majors, most direct pathway, unless you want to be a engineer (like civil/construction) and go that route into development.
I am interested in being a realtor or broker so I was already thinking marketing or economics. I am also interested in RE equity and debt investing too. Thank you!
If you really want to aim for institutional/principal real estate ever in your career, go Finance (Accounting or Econ as co-major if really bold). Realtor/broker on resi side doesn't make any difference, just need HS and a license (that said, seems like all the high end resi brokers have UG and even grad degrees, but could be in anything).
At school, finance is the big one.
Honestly, I don't think degree matters that much other than just don't pick an easy degree.
I'm coming from a Physics background and just landed a bulge bracket lending offer. It's a major part of your application for sure, but it's not the main focus. It's just one part of crafting an entire story for you, why you're interested in finance, and why you're specifically interested in real estate. So for me I said after studying quantum mechanics and classical electromagnetic radiation, I felt that it was too theoretical and I wasn't interested in going to grad school and studying hypothetical theorems, which is why I enjoyed real estate since it was something that was very real and tangible where I can see the effects of my work.
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