+31 RE valuation- exit opps or career? 16 9y
+49 Real Estate Investing Companies 44 9y
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+70 What Markets and Core sub markets do you think will experience rapid growth over the next 3-5 years ? 66 9y
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+12 MSRED/JD vs. MBA/JD 9 9y
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+58 Commercial Brokerage possible exit options? 27 9y
+43 If you had $100mm to invest, what would you invest in? Market? Debt vs Equity? Product-Type? 50 9y
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+17 Transition from FICC Trader(BB) to Real Estate Investment companies 7 9y
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+136 What Would You Build In The Hood? 75 9y
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+19 How to move from IB to REPE? 26 9y
+9 Warehouse Line for Hard Money Loans 0 9y
+63 MSRE or MBA for investment career? 45 9y
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+38 Development gigs at a REIT vs. private shop 7 9y
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+41 Bloomberg article w/Ballooning CMBS forecasts 15 9y
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