Is a billion dollar fund a good place to be ?

Hello, I just got an offer as an associate out of B school for a shop that just raised its 6th fund. It’s a 1 billion dollar fund and they do value add development as well as acquisition. Is this a good size fund ? I am not sure if it’s too small

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SwansonOrSamsonsite

Anything (funds) under $1.2Bn is bush league. I would pass on the offer and keep searching.

Agree. It’s $10 billion or bust. OP please decline that offer

Any firm only on Fund 6 is a joke 

 
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It doesn't matter.  Stop focusing on meaningless shit and think about what the fund does and what you'll be doing for them.  If all you care about is bragging to your friends about the size of the fund you work at (despite the total irrelevance of that fact to anything to do with your compensation, life, or anything else) then real estate isn't a great place for you to be.

 

Most of these answers were ass.

Yes, $1Bn in equity is good.  What OP wants to know is that, with this size you can get some good exposure to institutional deals and capital.  Which is important from a learning perspective. You can make a lot of money doing smaller and middle market deals, but genuinely will not carry this experience upwards, while the institutional experience can absolutely be applied to smaller acquisition strategies.

 

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