What's a better internship experience: REIT or Developer?
Hey monkeys, .
I'm trying to decide, as someone who wants to eventually get into RE Acquisitions, if I should try for an internship with an REIT or a Developer?
All suggestions welcomed,
Trending Content
| +45 | New Comp Database - Google Form (Now with Data Validation) | 24 | 1d | |
| +38 | Leave brokerage to be GP | 12 | 3s | |
| +24 | Seeking Career Guidance in Real Estate Development Post-Graduation | 3 | 1d | |
| +23 | Going out on your own | 4 | 2h | |
| +22 | REPE/Development GPA | 15 | 2d | |
| +21 | Real Estate = complicated + underpaid | 15 | 1h | |
| +17 | MSRE/MSRED with no RE experience; Naive to think I’ll land a job afterwards? | 4 | 4d | |
| +17 | Fisher Brothers | 6 | 31m | |
| +16 | UC Berkeley MRED vs Columbia MSRED? | 2 | 5d | |
| +13 | How to recommend a RE investment? (Interview help) | 3 | 2d |
Career Resources
If you wanna do acquisitions, keep your story straight, do acquisitions. Could be a REIT, REPE fund, pension fund, lifeco.
But wouldn't hurt to cast a wide net and if you somehow end up at a developer instead, it's not a bad education if you'd like to do acquisitions later on. Not a huge deal, people move around over the years.
Thanks for the info propsie, I always see you on the RE threads and your answers are great. I recently met a company rep (massive international company) who's recruiting interns for debt strategy in commercial real estate. Is this some weird pigeon hole sector within real estate finance? I'm love to know your opinion on it.
The guy said they dont do acquisitions they sorta provide the money for people who do acquisitions and loans. His department is called Debt Strategy for commercial RE.
I’m assuming you’re referencing Debt Brokerage. This area works with capital providers (Banks, Insurance companies, investment funds) to match up that available debt to borrowers. It’s a lucrative field and an internship would expose you probably to the analytical side of this, which is good because you get to look at investments with a more critical eye. Later on that experience could be helpful with acquisitions.
Thanks for the info!
In pariatur quaerat asperiores cum doloribus. Voluptatem quis fugiat ut ut. Quod sit vitae et et eligendi natus. Aperiam et ut quos omnis possimus aut voluptatem et.
Est eos repellendus occaecati architecto illo iste tempore. Voluptatem et quasi dolores totam laudantium. Dolor placeat in omnis voluptates. Omnis ipsa impedit nobis voluptate voluptas reprehenderit.
Pariatur pariatur et modi omnis. Praesentium alias voluptatem atque quis iste in voluptas. Sunt sit minus ipsa omnis possimus natus magni qui.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...