Quitting to do REPE

Hi,To answer what I think is your main question here, yes. You CAN break out on your own within 3-5 years, and the work-life balance CAN be many times better than what you are experiencing.I'll explain what I mean below, but it sounds like you have the interest in real estate, which is the most important part of enjoying whatever amount of hours you are working in anything and avoiding the "soul crushing" feeling.As far as comp and hours go, REPE is great because there is a pretty large spectrum and elasticity to both comp and hours (much larger spectrum than IB at least). The great thing for you is that if you are currently in a BB IB role, you will have your pick of the litter in terms of what point on that spectrum you want to be in for the most part. Comp can range from above IB to way below it, and hours can range from 80+ to 45/week. Comp will be best at the 80+ hour roles (Megafunds & Elite/Boutique UMM funds), and tend to be the worst at the shops where you work 45 hours a week. However, if you want a good balance of both, talk to recruiters about that, and you will likely be looking at solid UMM REPE funds (there are gems in this group that pay very well and work around 50-55 hours/week).However, if you want to break out on your own in 3-5 years, you should go to a smaller entrepreneurial shop that does deals below 100M that may have ok comp and 50 hour work weeks, and choose to work 65+ hours anyways. You will be a rockstar for them, and you can learn everything about the process and build relationships with everyone in that space that you will need to break out on your own after those 3-5 years.Hope this helps!PM me if you want to talk more about it.