Goal is to do real estate acquisitions/ asset management, seeking advice

Hi everyone, I'm interested in pursuing a career in RE acquisitions or asset management and am a current college junior at a top state school (Umich, UVA, UNC etc.). What is the best way to get into this field-- should I be looking at a general banking internship at a BB to jump over to a big REPE firm (BX, starwood etc.)? Or should i stick with RE for my junior summer? If it helps, I had an internship at a large brokerage firm in nyc this summer.

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