Real Estate Shop Tier List

I think it is time enough for the real estate forum to get as toxic as the IB one. Drop the official 2023 Real Estate Investment Firm Tier List below.

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Christ Tier: Trump, Kushner, Alex Rodriguez & Co., Kardashian Family Office, Gwenyth Paltrow as a One Woman Entity ("OWE", trademarked by Gwenyth Paltrow, infringement aggressively enforced)   

Demigod Tier: Cardone, Word Class, Zillow's Apartment Flipping Unit

Wack: Blackstone, Ares, Carlyle, JPMAM (or is it JPMIM, I forget?), Square Mile, Hines, Tishman, DRA 

 
Backoffice_Boss

Bellwether AM > Everything else

Debate me

I think they're pretty good.

Fun to shit on AM around here, but it's a way more important part of the business that being some acquisitions analyst.

 

Not doing a tier list or ranking firms but I'd argue that all of these are in whatever the "top" tier is across sectors. Obviously there are others that should be included too, but I think most would agree these are among the best,

BX, Carlyle, Brookfield, Related, TCC, Hines, Crow Holdings, Tishman, Starwood, Lincoln, and then Eastdil/CBRE/JLL if you want to include brokers. 

Once you throw in regional/more specialized shops it gets too confusing. I also know there are other large firms I didn't include (greystar for ex) but I think most would consider them a step down from whatever "S tier" is.

 

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