I Think My Career Is Over - CRE Job Market Discussion

Seven years of CRE experience here. Separated with my firm about a year ago because frankly, the role changed from acquisitions/diligence to fund accounting and fund model creation (somehow.)

Anyways, I am applying now with a year of unemployment on my resume. Getting absolutely nowhere, and now it seems even job postings have stopped showing up at all. My network has no leads, and even they are struggling. 

To those of you with shitty jobs you hate: it's really really bad out there, hold on to what you've got. I think I have to call it a wraps on real estate finance, at least for some years.

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Start an LLC. Now you're an entrepreneur, not unemployed. You tried to do some consulting work or chase some deals, but the market is tough and you're looking for something more stable. 

It's not a panacea, but it looks better than a gap. 

Commercial Real Estate Developer
 

agreed, say you are doing consulting work (friends/family/etc), or even potentially explore some avenues where your skills and knowledge will allow you to generate some sort of income

 

I’m curious: is there a specific reason you left before securing another job? Did the company just suck or were you burned out?

I only ask because last year’s job market wasn’t a slam dunk and even if your day-to-day was changing, you still had the acquisitions/underwriting title and could of played off a slow time not doing deals easily while interviewing.

 

I took a new role in December and it’s been ok. I am wondering if it makes sense at this point to just spend the next few years starting to pivot to something else though. This industry feels like it’s never really going to come back. 

 

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