Hi, After losing my interest in banking I have become enamored with the world of commercial real estate. Analyzing properties and valuing them and just the more tangible nature of real estate seems so much better than IB, even if the pay is a bit less. I want to be an acquisitions analyst at big firm. Is this possible? My school has a program that I will be applying to and I have seen people from that program become acquisitions analysts at places like Harrison St. , Prudential, and I have seen some analyst placement this past year at JPM and Evercore, though it just says analyst not acquisitions.
I'm wondering if there is any prerequisites that I should have for this goal? Do I need a certain GPA? I have a 3.8ish. Any good places to get news about the industry? I read WSJ commercial real estate but it seems like BS to be honest. Any advice anyone has would be great, because I am kind of going in blind right now. Appreciate the help.
What have you heard about Harrison Street? I'm interested in opps with them next year
One of the seniors in my fraternity got an acquisitions offer up in Chicago. Good money and solid hours thats about all I know.
I’m definitely in the same exact boat as you.
I go to a school in the Big 10 (Think Rutgers, Penn State, and Ohio Sate) and wondering what are the possibilities from a Non-Target school?
Also interested.
Specifically, what gpa, schools and internship experience is common
Have a friend going to Harrison for acquisitions. I’d say the biggest thing is some real estate experience in the past or demonstrated interest in real estate. Besides that solid gpa helps and networking with some analysts at the firm.
It sounds like you have the technical skills and work ethic. You will be competing with people who also have technical skills, work ethic, and a CRE background (via past experience, internships, etc.). So I would certainly not give up on the "big firms", but I wouldn't write off a lot of smaller middle market firms, or even brokerage firms. It's a relationship business so you have to keep your ego at the door when trying to break into the industry, but once you're in, it's fairly easy to move around.
Oh, and you will be asked "Why CRE?".....I would work on this answer if i were you...
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