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I don’t get what the hype is for investment sales and also when there are similar questions like this in WSO regarding REPE recruiting honestly. When you start to recruit for a fund at the level of Blackstone/Starwood/Bain, there are virtually no one coming from investment sales background. New hires at large REPE firms mentioned in the last sentence are usually bankers in the REGAL IB coverage group or asset management/acquisition folks from other RE investment firms at best. Only exception for IS I’d give is Eastdill.

I’m writing this so students aren’t misguided: if you are looking to get into a respectable top level REPE fund like at blackstone/Starwood/bain, your best bet is to either 1) try to get direct RE investment roles (which is essentially repe) and then lateral OR 2) recruit for REGAL IB, do your two years there, and then recruit for REPE.

 

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