+19 Portfolio Management exit opps? 7 4y
+19 Post-MBA acquisitions at Starwood Capital? 6 4y
+19 Wells Fargo Seeking Two Commercial Mtg Associates - Job Opportunity 2 4y
+19 Bloomberg Terminals - CRE 4 4y
+19 Multifamily Loan Assumption (Amortizing Debt, assume or prepay?) 2 4y
+18 List of Strategies/Plays for Real Estate? 2 4y
+18 Transition from Private Equity Real Estate (REPE) Acquisitions/Asset Management to Real Estate Investment Banking (REIB) 4 4y
+18 RE Asset Management vs. Acquisitions 5 4y
+18 RE 3rd year junior salary negotiation 5 4y
+18 Top Head Hunters CRE 13 4y
+17 Lenders - How do you price spread/all-in coupon 7 4y
+17 Issuing bonds for real estate financing? 14 4y
+16 CRE positions following masters 2 4y
+16 CMBS Originations vs. Capital Markets 1 4y
+16 Any ideas on how to get CMBS originations data preferably by metro? 6 4y
+15 From Affordable Housing to Conventional 2 4y
+15 small loans debt fund 7 4y
+15 Hurricanes and Real Estate Development 3 4y
+15 Capital Markets Associates Program 14 4y
+14 occupancy required for agency financing 9 4y
+13 Should I stay in real estate or move to tech? 2 4y
+13 Networking with "bankers" for RE DEV 1 4y
+13 Sale or Refi Environment 0 4y
+13 Timeline after getting an offer 9 4y
+13 GSE/DUS Lending Exit Ops 3 4y
+12 Residential Mortgages Asset Management (RMAM) Trade Analytics Role at GS 3 4y
+12 LaSalle Investment Management Research & Strategy Analyst Prestige and Exit Ops 3 4y
+12 Bridge Lending Fees - what should I get paid? 3 4y
+12 ARGUS training/certification resources 6 4y
+12 Entry-Level Job or Masters From NYU? 2 4y
+12 Freddie Mac Multifamily Superday 9 4y
+11 Anyone Familiar with Freddie Mac Multifamily Analyst Program? 7 4y
+10 LIHTC tax credit underwriting 1 4y
+10 Any leads on Development openings in DC area? 3 4y
+10 Job responsibilities and growth in CRE Capital Markets? 2 4y
+10 Company Switching to Hourly Analyst Pay 7 4y
+9 Situs for CMBS 1 4y
+9 Real Estate Portfolio Management Questions 2 4y
+9 Valuing Large Portfolio of Performing Loans (Senior, Mezz) 7 4y
+9 RE Introductory Concept Courses 1 4y
+9 Student - Networking but at a roadblock 3 4y
+9 Opportunity Zone 3 4y
+9 Best Place to gather economic data when valuing multifamily 5 4y
+9 Asset Values - Historical data? 5 4y
+8 Creative ways to get a deal to pencil 2 4y
+8 Size of REIS / CoStar / RCA customer base? 3 4y
+6 Commercial Loan Indexes 2 4y
+4 Thoughts on Small Balance Commercial Loans? 1 4y
+3 CMBS Capital Markets Exit Opps 0 4y
+3 LIBOR vs. SOFR 1 4y
+3 New to bridge lending 0 4y
+3 RE Programs First Year out of College 0 4y
+3 Career path with significant exposure to securities and real estate 1 4y
+3 RE Asset Managers, what programs do you use? 1 4y
+3 Real Estate London 1 4y
+13 CRE Brokerage firms known for 14 4y
+3 ICG London 1 4y
+373 MD Asked to Bring Him Olive Oil during Meeting 43 4y
+247 Get over yourself, you're not saving the Fu@k*ng Manatees. 104 4y
+220 What Are Your Thoughts on Rent Control? 85 4y
+214 Your worst work experiences 63 4y
+198 Work/Life Balance - Hours 47 4y
+194 08' Recession - How bad was it really? 70 4y
+172 Career Paths/Exit Opportunities 51 4y
+120 How Would You “re-do” Your RE Job Hunt? 30 4y
+112 How would Bernie be for Real Estate? 44 4y
+110 Starting in Real Estate Development 23 4y
+109 Careers During Economic Downturn 44 4y
+108 Amazon HQ2 Update 58 4y
+95 When is a move not a lateral move? 18 4y
+95 Starting a Development Company 21 4y
+93 What are characteristics of a "good role" in CRE? 21 4y
+92 Underwriting Analyst? Underwriter? 44 4y
+88 Snubbed for promotion - What would you do? 27 4y
+87 5 Things that Determine Your Success as a Commercial Real Estate Broker 30 4y
+79 Negative Interest Rates & Future of US RE 21 4y
+73 How do you value the people you work for? 11 4y
+67 Fam Office Compensation? 14 4y
+67 Associate ---> Director/VP/Manager 17 4y
+67 Economics of building affordable housing? 27 4y
+63 An Overly Simplistic Approach for Some Pretty Complicated Assets? 10 4y
+58 CFA® in REPE? It doesn't seem very common, worth the work? Input appreciated. 20 4y
+55 Sophomore: Architecture to Real Estate 27 4y
+53 WeWork went from a $47B Valuation to talk of bankruptcy in just 6 weeks - Article in link below - What are your thoughts? 24 4y
+52 RE MBA Decision - Wharton and Columbia 21 4y
+52 Is Georgetown Masters in Real Estate for me? 34 4y
+51 How will the next billionaires in real estate earn their fortunes? 21 4y
+50 Buying a multifamily 20 4y
+49 GSE & Privatization: How do you think they MF lending realm will be affected? 7 4y
+49 Investment Sales Sucks 16 4y
+47 Senior Housing future? 25 4y
+44 Q&A: 1st Year REIB at Top Firm 10 4y
+43 Modeling Question: IRR goes down but CoC goes up over time 9 4y
+42 Navigating interviews/offers just short of "bonus season" 5 4y
+41 Year End Comp - How does it work? 7 4y
+41 Question For the Credit Guys: When Is A Borrower Over levered? 9 4y
+41 Soft Cost - Development model 24 4y
+39 Personal Investment/House Hacking Process 11 4y
+38 Architect as Developer 10 4y
+38 Bank Multifamily Originations 1 4y

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