+18 San Francisco Real Estate Professionals 12 6y
+18 IRR on affordable high-rise condo deal ? ? ? 4 6y
+18 Thorofare Capital (Los Angeles) - Anyone work with these guys? 9 6y
+18 Jay Shidler donates $7B in Commercial Real Estate cash flow to the University of Hawaii business school 2 6y
+18 Majestic Realty Company: Familiarity? 10 6y
+18 Anybody interested in being a CMBS originator in Southern California? 4 6y
+18 Knick v. Township of Scott - Real Estate ramifications in the long term 3 6y
+19 Strategy in applying for positions that are junior to my experience level 1 6y
+19 West Coast Retail 4 6y
+19 Best REPE Headhunters? Los Angeles 6 6y
+19 Could I get into NYU MRE? 13 6y
+20 Anyone have experience with TIC (or DST) investment structures? 5 6y
+20 Green Street Advisors - Newport Beach? 22 6y
+21 Employment Advice 1 6y
+21 Need Help Formulating RE Strategy 1 6y
+21 Can I make it in Commercial Real Estate in Seattle? 1 6y
+21 55+ Active Adult Sources 1 6y
+22 Craft Beer as Industrial tenants 3 6y
+22 Top Los Angeles Multifamily REPE shops? 10 6y
+22 Returning Internship at CRE Brokerage vs. Acquisitions at Development Firm 9 6y
+22 Moving From Informational to Actual Interviews 3 6y
+22 Portland Entitlement/Development Process 1 6y
+22 Entitlement/Development Consulting Fee 5 6y
+23 Real Estate Post MBA 5 6y
+23 Is the "classic" value-add apartment business plan still a realistic investment strategy today? 5 6y
+24 CMBS Origination Exit Ops 20 6y
+24 Certs for CRE - CFA vs MBA vs *Your suggestion here* 2 6y
+24 Multi-Family in Southern California 6 6y
+25 Property Tax Assumptions in CA - Modeling 15 6y
+25 What do you guys think of this cold email sample? 8 6y
+25 Career advice for recent grad 9 6y
+25 San Diego CRE Companies 10 6y
+25 Union Bank Portfolio Analyst - What Career Routes are Possible After This? 1 6y
+25 Can I please hear your honest opinions. 6 6y
+26 Preferred Vs JV Equity 5 6y
+26 Opex for full gut rehab - Multifamily 7 6y
+26 Hard time finding my first job 3 6y
+27 Is Greenland USA and the Metropolis Project in Trouble? 8 6y
+27 Fruitvale/Bay Area 7 6y
+27 What kind of positions offer the most amount of freedom? 9 6y
+28 "JLL Project and Development Services" 4 6y
+28 Southern California WSO RE meetup 2018 24 6y
+29 Transitioning from Residential RE to Commercial RE, which brokerage 16 6y
+29 WSO - Real Estate Happy Hour: Thursday 4/14 @ Schroeders (SF FiDi) 10 6y
+29 Investment Analyst Advice, what should I be doing different? 10 6y
+29 West coast REPE 30 6y
+29 Looking for career advice - Two different paths 5 6y
+30 Best post-MBA opportunities in Real Estate 23 6y
+30 RE Buy Side Quarterly Dinner/Drinks - San Francisco - Updated 13 6y
+30 Sports Stadiums/Arena Valuations 10 6y
+31 RE Construction/Development to RE Banking 15 6y
+31 Currently in Investment Sales 7 6y
+31 Anybody read this interview with Ethan Penner? 4 6y
+32 Independent CRE Broker looking to go corporate 4 6y
+32 UC San Diego Rady MBA Or Columbia MSRED ? Thoughts? 10 6y
+33 Why didn't more investors pounce on the Fontainebleau Las Vegas? 6 6y
+33 Broker License Equivalent Experience 5 6y
+34 MIT vs USC with design background 13 6y
+34 Are any of you multifamily guys buying in Las Vegas right now? 20 6y
+36 Negotiating Participation - Boutique SoCal Development shop 7 6y
+37 REPE/Development associate salary 33 6y
+37 Potential Opportunity to Switch to MF Developer 6 6y
+37 Hotel Developer Interview / Leveraging Offers 9 6y
+38 Multifamily underwriting best practices 20 6y
+38 Valuation of Land in California 8 6y
+38 Getting into a great MSRE program 13 6y
+39 Los Angeles and/or San Diego Market Info (Development) 27 6y
+39 Refinancing small family-owned apartment building 24 6y
+39 Ground Up Multifamily Development - Timeline 11 6y
+41 Getting up to speed on Hospitality as an asset 11 6y
+41 Interest rates...what now? 6 6y
+41 Gaining real estate experience 8 6y
+42 Anyone with a thorough understanding of California Rent Control / Stabilization Laws? 5 6y
+42 Covered Land Play Ideas 21 6y
+42 Oregon Rent Control 14 6y
+43 Do I work in REPE? 19 6y
+43 Shared-Equity Contracts: A SCAM or "a new way to profit from rising home prices" 8 6y
+43 Starting a side-hustle as an independent broker? 8 6y
+44 PGIM RE vs. Morgan Stanley IB vs. PNC Capital Markets 18 6y
+44 Pepperdine MSRE: Any Info 18 6y
+46 Moving from Small Private Client Investment Sales firm to Larger Shop (CBRE, HFF, JLL, Cushman) 14 6y
+46 Comp when you're the only analyst 9 6y
+48 Need to get Acquisition Job 17 6y
+49 Has the Wooden Skyscraper Revolution Finally Arrived? 10 6y
+50 Losing deals (RE) 19 6y
+50 Commission Schedules - What have you been seeing? 33 6y
+52 55+ Active Adult Help 8 6y
+54 Had phone interview with a REIT yesterday 24 6y
+54 Career Moves Out of CRE Brokerage 20 6y
+57 Consulting to RE Finance 29 6y
+57 Where we are at in the cycle (revisited) 12 6y
+58 How do you find a Discount Rate for an Apartment in Los Angeles? 32 6y
+60 Building a model from an OM 31 6y
+62 Internship in acquisitions at a local developer vs. more well-known REIT 29 6y
+69 Steps and challenges to becoming a "sponsor" 30 6y
+75 Hours in Real Estate 49 6y
+79 Where to take family RE business 28 6y
+135 Costa-Hawkins Repeal (California) 96 6y
+144 The future of LA 50 6y
+180 Days of the development tycoon over? 51 6y

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