Any Canadians in real estate finance on WSO?

I've just taken on a new role as an analyst in RE investments/AM at a firm which provides transaction advisory services focused on commercial RE. I'm based in Canada, and new to the industry - I was curious to know whether there were others in real estate (development, AM, acquisitions, PE, brokerage) in Canada on this site to talk about their experiences in the space.

Interested in hearing about some of the projects you've touched on, your experiences, and any tips you might have for someone who's just starting out here in Canadia.

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"alpha.beta"Interested in hearing about some of the projects you've touched on, your experiences, and any tips you might have for someone who's just starting out here in Canadia.

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I think I got the offer however the svp rescheduled so he could take off to vacation early. He gets back at the end of the month so I find out then. I also got a called for an interview for early next week for an mbs role at a non bank lending institution as well but i'm leaning towards the tenant representation shop because i'll be doing valuation work vs securitization/investors relation work

 

you cant really short the real estate mkt. you have to wait for it to crash then start buying at distressed valuations.

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Your best bet is probably going to have to be to short developers (which I know nothing about, especially in Canada).

I'm assuming your talking about taking a personal view, but even if you were an institution, I don't think Canadian mortgages were packaged into CDOs for you to be long CDS. There are a whole host of other issues, but there's no real point elaborating if the product doesn't even exist.

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