+42 Ontario, CA Industrial Fire 11 2mo
+42 Advice - What would you do differently if you could start over in RE? 24 1mo
+41 Real Estate Research -> Real Estate PE???? 23 13y
+41 They Took Our Jobs! 17 12y
+41 REPE Fund Structures 16 9y
+41 "Kick backs" on acquisitions? 16 10y
+41 Getting up to speed on Hospitality as an asset 11 6y
+41 Real Estate Financial Modeling (REFM, ULI, etc) 52 6y
+41 Bloomberg article w/Ballooning CMBS forecasts 15 9y
+41 Rates, rates, rates...what to think??? 11 9y
+41 Research Analyst Qs 14 9y
+41 Employment outlook upon completing MSRE with some RE experience? 15 9y
+41 Why is development debt int so much > senior? 18 6y
+41 Soft Cost - Development model 25 2y
+41 When do I reach out again post final interview? 32 9y
+41 How do you Check a Broker's Assumptions? 11 6y
+41 Ready Capital Structured Finance (RCS)/State of Bridge Lending? 14 4y
+41 Messages from Recruiters on LinkedIn 11 6y
+41 Bombed my first modeling test. How did yours go? How did you underwrite your assumptions? 8 5y
+41 Realistically how much experience do you need before making the jump to development or PERE? 11 7y
+41 Debt Fund Modeling / Argus 15 7y
+41 What was real estate like in 80s and 90s? 12 6y
+41 Interest rates...what now? 6 6y
+41 Waterfall structure out of whack? 19 7y
+41 Best place to include asset management fee in proforma? 22 7y
+41 Multifamily Construction Cost 11 6y
+41 Advice for a high schooler interested in RE 14 4y
+41 Real Estate Private Equity - Underwriting Template | Development | REPE | Credit | 14 6y
+41 Question For the Credit Guys: When Is A Borrower Over levered? 9 4y
+41 How do you compute IRR without any negative cash flows? 29 6y
+41 Underwriting Property Taxes Through Revaluation Periods 8 6y
+41 Year End Comp - How does it work? 8 6y
+41 Transition from Acquisitions to AM or Development 6 6y
+41 Gaining real estate experience 8 6y
+41 Historic/Tax Credit Syndication? 16 6y
+41 Has any switched from REPE to IB? Coming up on 3-years in REPE and despite promising future losing interest. 17 6y
+41 What are the top offices within the Big 3 (CBRE,JLL,CW)? 20 5y
+41 Dream Networking Call How to Succeed 15 5y
+41 Anyone work for an LP or major capital provider in RE dev? 22 5y
+41 Thoughts on Michael Shvo/Shvo his firm? 24 3y
+41 Real Estate PE Pay 24 5y
+41 Equity Carry in REPE 23 5y
+41 Modeling from scratch help 9 5y
+41 2 OFFERS... NEED ADVICE 12 5y
+41 Class A Office Outlook 16 5y
+41 Debt broker 31 2y
+41 Offer Rescinded 30 4y
+41 Cold Calling in Acquisitions at a Developer 5 4y
+41 PE vs Single Fam Rentals 37 4y
+41 Which offer is better: PGIM RE Debt vs Ares RE Debt 33 2y
+41 Anyone doing / done their own deal? 15 4y
+41 Q&A : CRE Lending 18 3y
+41 From Research to REPE/REIT 13 3y
+41 Does A Career Brokering/Forming JVs Even Exist? 12 3y
+41 Shorestein taking Ls 25 3y
+41 Former RE Appraisers, how did you leave the role? What did you leave it for? 27 3y
+41 Deciding between Associate offers... 31 2y
+41 An unusual career story in RE 9 2y
+41 Job Offer From UAE - Should I move from Canada? 31 2y
+41 Switch from large GC to Development 25 2y
+41 Raising a Fund Vs. Individual Offering 21 1y
+41 Successful loan modification stories 32 2y
+41 Negative Leverage 11 2y
+41 Bad time to career switch into CRE? 22 2y
+41 REPE offer selection help 26 2y
+41 Underwriting Non-Job Multi Family Deals 9 1y
+41 RE Upside 12 2y
+41 Fired From Internship 9 1y
+41 Comp Database - Repost/Update 7 6mo
+41 RE AM Comp Sucks 38 1y
+41 Does a pledge of collateral make any difference if loan is full recourse to guarantors? 20 2mo
+41 Which Funds/Firms Are Ticking Time Bombs? 21 1y
+41 Leverage Loans Investing -> RE 11 1y
+41 Pro forma Mistake Stories/Advice 13 1y
+41 Analyst - what’s a reasonable ask for a salary increase 18 1y
+41 A big choice in life… 21 11mo
+40 Top Firms in Investment Real Estate? 14 10y
+40 Old User Looking at New Opportunities in RE - Help? 11 12y
+40 RE Help: finding my way over 40 -- Gene Parmesan / Brofessor / RE_Banker Anyone 14 6y
+40 NYU MSRE 16 3y
+40 Developers or PE groups with progressive culture 22 6y
+40 CBRE Capital Advisors 6 6y
+40 What does AM with a LifeCo/bank entail? 14 7y
+40 Farmers of Cash Flow 8 8y
+40 On the Road to Acquistions 3 8y
+40 Origination vs Underwriting at a GSE lender 14 8y
+40 Argus vs Excel which one is more common/better 22 8y
+40 Rental properties vs. REITs 8 7y
+40 Yield on Cost and Exit Cap 10 8y
+40 Making it in NYC 28 6y
+40 Pros and cons of working for a large public real estate company compared to a 5 man development shop 6 8y
+40 Justify Your Bonus 15 8y
+40 REIT IPO Taxation 6 8y
+40 What is your opinion where we are in the cycle and how is your firm preparing for the next 12-18 months? 5 6y
+40 How to answer - “Why CFA®?” 15 7y
+40 Would be so grateful for any help here 12 7y
+40 JV Promote Question 6 7y
+40 [Development] where does the real comp come from? What made you successful? 8 7y
+40 Moving from Appraisals to REPE Acquisitions? 5 6y
+40 Ozarks 13 7y

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