+28 Can someone please explain the difference between Cap Rate and ROI? Also, why is cap rate = Yield(discount rate) - Growth 11 6y
+54 Development Process - Obtaining Construction Quotes 9 6y
+31 Carry in REPE 4 6y
+43 Funny CRE Stories 15 6y
+15 Current Junior at Liberal Arts College with Nonprofit Experience Who Wants to do Real Estate Investment Sales 2 6y
+29 Thoughts on getting into real estate development with an urban planning degree? 6 6y
+31 Getting into real estate without contacts: should I try? 11 6y
+3 Rent backed securities, the new mortgage backed security? 1 6y
+3 Why does growth get subtracted from the discount rate to get cap rate? 1 6y
+136 Ranking of PERE 50 firms for Acquisitions Analyst out of UG? 46 6y
+44 WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF OFFICE BUILDINGS? 16 6y
+3 Government to remove Freddie and Fannie from its conservatorship 1 6y
+6 CREFC CMBS E Primer 2 6y
+9 Historical RE Transactions in the US (Pre-2008 to 2020) 7 6y
+93 Tom Barrack: Preventing Covid-19 From Infecting the Commercial Mortgage Market 25 6y
+38 Real Estate Debt- Are Capital Markets Still Frozen? 26 6y
+18 Will the public health crisis cause the residential market to be saturated? 1 6y
+47 Fund-Level Revolvers 6 6y
+17 Forming relationships with lenders 4 6y
+1 Opportunities in World Bank/IFC type organisations out of RE 2 6y
+13 Eastdil Secured London Summer Analyst Experience 16 6y
+15 Pricing non investment grade CMBS tranches 6 6y
+3 CMBS Valuation Courses 1 6y
+44 Weekly call 13 6y
+54 Best of COVID WFH 17 6y
+48 Fate of TPG Real Estate Finance and other mREIT's? 15 6y
+7 Where do you put real estate self study on your CV? 2 6y
+29 Best resources to learn RE Modelling (REPE MF interview) 13 6y
+3 Debt Funds 4 6y
+30 RE Dev-focused Reads? 6 6y
+28 Freelance CRE Analyst Services on the rise? 6 6y
+9 capital raising in real estate 1 6y
+17 Largest RE funds in the world?? 7 6y
+37 Real Estate Career - USC Marshall or UT Austin for MBA? 12 6y
+10 Graduate CRE Salaries: London vs USA 3 6y
+7 Link Industrial Properties / BX? 5 6y
0 Leading real assets investment managers 4 6y
+53 CURRENT DAILY LIFE DURING COVID-19? 33 6y
+9 PERE Article Request - Italian Real Estate Market & COVID-19 4 6y
+61 Top real estate development firms 37 6y
+95 Why/how did you end up in the type of real estate you're in? 37 6y
+20 What makes a good GSE underwriting analyst? 3 6y
+19 CRE Brokers: How common is it for a broker to invest alongside the buyer, or have his commission rolled up as equity in the deal 10 6y
+37 best way to understand careers in real estate 13 6y
+3 What is the best source to find about loans in India? 1 6y
+3 Compensation in REPE (equity / debt) for Associate / VP / Principal in London 1 6y
+5 New to This Industry and Trying to Understand RE Better 3 6y
+24 Recent Grads - Do we still have jobs?? 17 6y
+11 Investing in a studio or 1br in NYC 1 6y
+9 Firms in Austin 10 6y
+9 MSRED/MSRE financial aid money? 1 6y
+27 Walker and Dunlop (NYC Office) - Thoughts? 14 6y
+38 Which Brokerage to transition from Capital Markets Group to REPE 11 6y
+66 Real Estate PE Technical Interview Question - Case Study 57 6y
+3 Jefferies Real Estate Group IB Group: Reputation, Exit Ops 3 6y
+24 RE Asset Management modelling test - should I ask the interviewer for advice? 7 6y
+22 International Experience - CRE 4 6y
+69 Q&A: VP Level Industrial I-Sales Broker - Core Market 24 6y
+3 RE Asset Management case study - what to expect? 1 6y
+167 What's with all the IB/PE bros asking about CRE? 67 6y
+55 Can someone tell me the truth on CRE Brokerage profitability potential 16 6y
+56 Career Pivot via Masters in Real Estate 33 6y
+57 MRED/MSRED Questions 12 6y
+57 Stuck at Current Firm 20 6y
+58 Retail/Shopping Centers Underwriting 32 6y
+58 Analyst debt/lending at top CRE firm - 2018 14 6y
+58 Commercial Real Estate in Boston 19 6y
+59 Falling Rents - Time to Run for the Hills? 30 6y
+60 Multi Family Investing - New York City 13 6y
+61 21 Years Old: Looking to rent property to college students 25 6y
+61 What should I do in order to enter the real estate development field? 34 6y
+61 Chrysler Building Sale 25 6y
+61 Looking for Multifamily model with Loan Sizing Constraints 26 6y
+62 Finding a path to REPE. 45 6y
+62 Staying in my development role vs investment sales analyst position? 20 6y
+62 Should I Take Construction Project Manager Position 17 6y
+64 How much do your bosses make per year? 47 6y
+66 Rent Stabilization - NYC Multifamily 23 6y
+66 PERE 50 RED 8 6y
+69 It Took 18 Hours to Pour San Francisco’s Biggest-Ever Concrete Foundation 33 6y
+71 World Class Capital Group? 86 6y
+72 US job opportunities for foreigners 72 6y
+72 Brokerage at Big 4 (think CB, JLL, etc) or Acquisitions at $100M fund 29 6y
+72 Investment Sales Vs. Debt/Equity Brokerage 18 6y
+72 LifeCo FT Offer - Too Good to be True? 42 6y
+73 UW Madison - MSRE 21 6y
+79 Support Staff at Major Brokers 36 6y
+91 Career Path in Commercial Real Estate 55 6y
+100 Is Meridian That Bad? 50 6y
+106 Cool Boutique Developers 74 6y
+106 Out of Brokerage --> Into Ownership Side (Acq/AM/Dev, etc) 47 6y
+109 Recourse vs. Non-Recourse 44 6y
+111 Day in the Life: Retail Investment Sales Broker 41 6y
+116 MRE / MRED programs 92 6y
+129 Why does everyone want to be an analyst not a broker making way more money? 45 6y
+133 Real estate will be worthless in ~30 years than it is now. Prove me wrong. 59 6y
+135 Working in Development Post College - when do you start making money? 43 6y
+138 Dress Code in Real Estate Asset Management 42 6y
+144 NYU Masters Real Estate vs. Non-Ivy MBA 72 6y
+161 WeWork: The Bull(ish) Case 62 6y

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