Q&A: From MO Risk at Big 5 Bank to Real Estate Debt

I worked in market risk reporting supporting mortgage backed trading desk and interest rate trading desk for approximately 2.5 years. At this point I decided I did not want to be part of MO and exit to S&T seemed very rare. Somehow by applying to everything I saw, I landed a gig in retirement housing acquisitions team with no prior experience. Ended up enrolling to MFin program at Queen's. And leveraged both to transition to a AM <15$bn on RE Debt side. Willing to answer any questions as this board and forum was very helpful to secure my role.

 

My previous experience in REITs was focused on senior housing which is very similar to multi-family. Only difference was we were looking at a deal from equity standpoint. Very vanilla. Relative to debt, where there are many ways to get creative. I think the finance side and structure of capital stack, collateral, etc, is much more interesting than the modeling itself.

In terms of comp - yes. From base and bonus stand point, substantially more with a higher ceiling. MO you're pretty much capped with very limited exit ops. As such, im very very grateful for getting out.

PS. I am in Toronto. so it may differ than the states.

 

In my opinion, if you can do debt you can do equity just as well. I believe its a lot more simpler once you have a solid understanding of CFs and LP/GP & IRR waterfall structures. However, from a debt perspective, its a bit more comprehensive and goes beyond the cash flows. Ie. how to structure the capital stack, type of debt mezz, preffered equity, to syndicate or not to syndicate, etc.

 

I'd love to learn more about some of the challenges you faced while looking for a career in s&t after ending up in MO. When you applied to "literally every job", where exactly did you apply and what did you look for? What could you have done differently to improve your situation? How did post-undergrad business school come into play? I'm about to graduate from Laurier BBA/Finance and seriously struggling to find a door into any of the fields on this forum which is my ultimate passion.

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