+7 APPLY - RE Credit Analyst (Stamford, CT) 5 2mo
+9 Senior Living Modeling Help 3 14m
0 What are the best undergrad schools for placing in real estate finance? 4 1h
+13 SIE Exam? Commercial Banking transition 7 1h
+3 Overtime approval 5 1h
+11 Loan to own firms 13 1d
+26 MIT MSRED - Pivoting from Client Solutions Role 7 1d
+39 CRE broker who just passed the CFA® exams. Now that my CFA journey is over, I'm a little lost. 17 1d
+59 Is it Crazy to Transfer? Cornell to UF. 36 2d
+12 Leaving Self-employment for Commercial Real Estate Brokerage 2 2d
+32 S2 Capital - Full Loss of Capital for Investors 28 2d
+34 RCLCO Thoughts? 12 2d
+74 Time spent in the current cycle 20 3d
+5 CMBS in ATL? 5 3d
+27 Shifting Careers to Brokerage 12 3d
+47 If you could start over, what would you do differently? 21 4d
+18 Bellwether or Stockbridge - VP of asset management role 17 4d
+8 Salary Comps for analyst 15 4d
+9 Transition from Structured Finance (CMBS / RMBS) to Real Estate (Owner / Operator / REPE) 1 1w
0 CMBS teams and interview processes 1 1w
+16 CRE Appraisal Exit 12 1w
+10 Rising Sophomore (Semi-Target)-Recruiting timeline for CRE at banks? 3 1w
+3 NexPoint in Dallas interview 3 1w
+11 Housing Bill 7 1w
0 Teacher Retirement System of Texas REPE London 3 1w
+13 Exodus at Barclays CMBS 28 1w
+29 Hines Comp? 33 1w
+32 How do CRE data companies (CoStar, Yardi, Axio, etc) collect their data? 14 2w
+46 JDS Development Group 36 2w
0 GGP 1 2w
+2 Interested in NYU Schack MSRE/MSRED 3 2w
+9 Private strategic acquisition - homebuilder -> homebuilder - How to model? 2 2w
0 CRE Brokerage 1 2w
+7 Westmont Hospitality Group 6 2w
+9 Summer 2027 NYC/Chicago Leasing Brokerage Recruiting (Cushman, JLL, CBRE, M&M) 1 2w
+3 TA Realty - Underwriting Test 5 2w
+48 Quitting REPE - thoughts on pivoting out of CRE? 27 2w
+8 Eastdil Secured Associate Comp? 5 2w
+11 Gaw Capital Reputation 8 3w
+99 I think my firm is taking advantage of me. What should I do? 48 3w
0 Los Angeles REPE 3 3w
+3 Gaw Capital Investment Role at LA Office? 3 3w
+10 Moving to Boston 11 3w
+11 MSREI Pre-MBA Associate (NYC) 15 3w
+9 Gaw Capital - Modeling Test 15 3w
+42 Construction Management to Real Estate Development 23 3w
+9 Thoughts on SAB Capital? 0 3w
0 Are you using software or just spreadsheets for your real estate financial models? 3 3w
+10 What should I include in an investment memo for banks and investors? 4 3w
+11 Rising sophomore targeting CRE credit for Summer 27 and Summer 28 - sanity check 3 3w
0 Blackstone RE AM process - NY role 1 3w
+10 Nuveen Associate Case Study 7 3w
+9 Advice on Hard Money Lender 90% LTC (or Investor) 2 3w
+21 RE IB to REPE 29 3w
+9 Finding my unicorn 1 4w
+9 Data Center / Digital Infrastructure Funds 4 4w
+17 Acq associate role - Gaw Capital Partners 'USA' or Stockbridge Capital Group? 6 4w
+14 Where to go from here? Lateral Question 5 4w
0 Boutique RE firm vs. big platform – which actually sets you up better for REPE? 1 4w
0 MIT MS Real Estate Development OR LSE MSc Real Estate Economics & Finance 1 4w
+6 Capital markets analyst comp 3 4w
+3 VP/Director Comp - Developer 1 4w
+40 TRS Texas 19 1mo
+4 Dalfen Industrial 1 1mo
+10 Blackstone RE AM? 12 1mo
+9 Tryperion - LA 11 1mo
+9 Best CRM in CRE 1 1mo
+15 REPE Summer 2027 recruiting 5 1mo
+9 Rising Junior Recruitment Timeline 1 1mo
+29 Advice on M&A to RE jump? 16 1mo
+10 Would You Buy an Empty Commercial Building or One With Existing Tenants? 2 1mo
+6 How Do You Find Your First Commercial Property Deal? 0 1mo
0 SL Green Acquisitions 4 1mo
0 Crexi Intelligence — worth it? 0 1mo
+3 Heitman NYC Presence 5 1mo
+7 What If One Weekend Could Change the Way You Think About Money, Investing, and Building Wealth? 1 1mo
+33 Best Modeling Course for Eastdil? 12 1mo
+20 Completely Apathetic Towards Brokerage Role 12 1mo
+46 How to Effectively Reach Out to Owners for Off-Market Deals 17 1mo
+8 How to Evaluate Commercial Properties Before You Buy 1 1mo
0 Land Development 2 1mo
+20 Financial Consulting Group CBRE Test 17 1mo
+35 Q&A | Founder, ten31 Media, The Promote | (10+ years in CRE Media) 10 1mo
+66 The future of office real estate 37 1mo
0 Carlyle 2-Year Associate Exits 3 1mo
+30 The Punch Mayweather Didn't See 13 1mo
+6 JPM ATL CRE 2027 16 1mo
+22 NexPoint 23 1mo
+22 Working in CMBS (NYC specifically) 16 1mo
+59 Nitya Capital 53 1mo
+19 Real Estate Investments to Infrastructure Corp Finance 7 1mo
+4 Data center/powered land acquisition jobs at big corps like Google, META, etc. 5 1mo
+26 Losing offers over brand name? 15 1mo
+9 JMB Realty - why so many offshoots? 4 1mo
+11 Real estate 48 hour case study 7 1mo
+2 Seller-leaseback - Commission owed? 4 1mo
+9 Modeling Test - Fund Portfolio Management - Prominent NYC Developer 1 1mo
+12 Bellwether Asset Management Thoughts? 6 1mo
+7 LaSalle Investment Management - Chicago 7 1mo
+3 LIHTC Syndicator Comp/Culture 1 1mo

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  • Evercore No 98.8%
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  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.7%
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