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MBA seeking advice for MSRE or MSRED
Hi All, I am currently three years out of my MBA , concentration in Finance and International Management from a Top 40 school. However after much self introspection, I have decided I want to transition into Real Estate. Past work experience includes 8+ years in Insurance, Project Management, Wealth...
M&I Reit modelling course
Hello monkeys, Was wondering if anyone had the M&I REIT modelling course to spare or wanted to share costs to buy a new version? I am able to offer the FIG course in return. Cheers, RH
Which school should I transfer to or stay at for best chance at breaking into a real estate investment firm
I am currently a finance student at Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business and was accepted as a junior year transfer to Boston University's Questrom School of Business and Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business. I am a finance major and hope to enter real estate/real...
REIT book recommendations
This summer I will be working as an analyst with an equity REIT . I have not been exposed to real estate investing and look to learn more before beginning - what are some good books / courses to get me started?
Peer interview at REIT?
I've been interviewing for an analyst position at a large REIT for about a month now. There have been 4 different interview rounds and I've just been told that I've made it to the final round, which is a peer interview with the other analysts and developers I'd be working with. It's odd because I...
REIT list
Do any of you monkeys have a list of REITs by coverage industry? I am trying to find REITs to contact regarding a project I am working on. SBs will be rained down from the heavens like Zues rains down lighting.
Why are REITs not considered appealing?
Can anyone shed some light as to why REIT jobs don't seem to be as appealing as REPE/Investment funds jobs. Essentially they do roughly the same job functions, with an Asset Management arm, acquisitions, etc. Is it mainly due to compensation, or other reasons? Any insight would be helpful.
Insight into Asian REIT Industry & Market?
Any experiences in this area? (Particularly S. Korea) Market Trends, Job opps, exit opps, etc Thank you.
Real Estate Acquisitions/Asset Management Interview
Fellow Monkeys, As a junior, I will be interviewing with two REITS for either Acquisitions or Asset Management. I believe that I am most interested in Real Estate Investment Banking out of college. I did equity research this past summer, and I believe that it is important to get some exposure to...
Career outlook post-T15 MBA (RE+PE Concentrations)
The topic of transitioning over to an opportunity fund has been discussed in various forms throughout WSO but my question is more less in regards to the "ideal" MBA summer associate role and post-MBA path that would set one up best for a long career at an opportunity fund. I did not touch finance...
NYU Schack MSRE Vs Cornell Baker Masters in RE
I am RE professional, I currently manage self owned portfolio of residential and commercial real estate. I am looking into full time programs in Real Estate focussed on investing/ Asset Management to help me attain my goal to have my own REIT in future. After graduating I want to work for a REIT and...
STORE Capital-REIT
Does anyone have any insight on STORE Capital, a REIT in Arizona. They launched their IPO this past November, and they seem like a real estate company on the rise. They focus on single tenant retail and lease-back transactions. Would this be a good opportunity to get started in the real estate...
**Advice needed** REIT Financial Analyst in NYC - Careet path, salary, etc
Anybody know anything about REIT Financial analyst? I am trying to break into banking but not so sure whether this position will help me doing that. This company is publicly traded and looks solid. Please provide me with any idea, insight, suggestion. Thanks guys
NYU Masters Real Estate vs. Non-Ivy MBA
I'm currently considering attending NYU's MS in Real Estate program part-time but have noticed certain job descriptions for positions within certain CRE investmente firms prefer or sometimes require either an MBA or CFA (outside of some REPE, i noticed a job for Allstate that mentioned this...
Shaking the Real estate handle - Why is Real Estate something that needs to be Shaken off?
What's up fellas. I frequent this thread a lot but I have yet to get a solid understanding of why people say it can be tough to "shake the real estate title" especially when coming from REPE or REIT Seems like real estate would be a cool field to be in. People will always need some type of shelter...
REPE Corp-Focus vs. Asset-Focus?
For those of you in the industry -- which players focus more on buying companies versus those that focus on assets? REPE is obviously different from traditional PE in that some of these funds directly own assets instead of companies that own assets. I guess I'm trying to gauge which REPEs value more...
ARCP Misstatements
http://m.wsj.com/articles/american-realty-says-it-overstated-funds-from… Thoughts?
Single Tenant Net Lease Invetment Returns
For those that work for REITS or companies that focus on purchasing single tenant net lease office/industrial...What are the typical returns that you solve for on a levered/unlevered IRR and Cash on Cash basis? I understand the basic draws to these type of investments considering that the asset...
New Orleans Real Estate Investment Firms
Just wondering if there are any firms worth taking a look at in NOLA.
Real Estate Q&A
Mod note: Click here to see all of our q&a's and interviews So the deal I have been working on won't close by the end of the year. This means I'm going to have a few slow weeks heading into the holidays and will need something to do. I've been getting a lot of PMs about Real Estate lately and...
Good Periodicals to Read
If I'm interested in working at a REIT , REIB, or REPE, what are some periodicals should I be reading to keep up with the news related to the industry?
Odds of getting into a PE RE firm/REIT firm after college
Hey guys, I am really enjoying reading the real estate forum for all of the insights and comparisons of career fields within it. I am still in undergrad at a midwest regional school (ACT avg about 30) and am doing very well so far with classes and meeting a lot of interesting people. The school is...
Couple questions about REITs - please help!
Dear all, can you please help me with several questions regarding REITs . 1. In what assets can REIT invest? Specifically, can it invest in stock of a company owning property (i.e. project company)? Can it invest in holding company owning project company owning properties? If yes, will income...
Career in real estate securities vs project-level investing
Was curious if experience as an analyst at a firm that invests in REITs is beneficial if my main goal is to work on project-level investing for an investment firm. Or I thought that was my main goal, but a position investing in REITs opened up my mind to consider other career paths in RE. What doors...
Good Current Event Article on REITs
A client of ours made the Journal this week. Good read about the inner workings of a REIT . [quote]Commercial Property Pros Lock Horns over CommonWealth REIT Last summer, when Jeff Blau, chief executive of Related Cos., was approached by a young vice president with what he saw as a great buying...
FFO not listed
Putting together a comp table for smaller REITS as an intern with little to none guidance. Some of my comps don't list FFO. Is it possible to calcualte this number and how? Ive noticed that when i take Net Income + Dep and amort - gain/loss sale of asset =FFo but this number doesnt match with the...
Public Non-Traded REIT Balance Sheet/Cash Flow Questions
Please help, thanks in advance. Can someone please give me a rundown on the following: - how the equity section on non-traded public REIT's balance sheets works - clarification on some of the line items on the proceeds from financing section on the cash flow statement like "subscriptions received...
Freshman College Summer Internship with Management Firm? Yes or No?
Hello Everyone, I recently met a classmate that is older and is the floor manager at a Management Firm. They manage a bunch of different companies for some "rich old guy," (this is what my classmate told me.) I told him I was looking for a summer internship and he said that he could line me up for...
Associate M&A transitioning to Real Estate PE or REIT
I've got 5 years of mostly TMT M&A investment banking experience, but I'm looking to transition into real estate private equity or the acquisitions team of a REIT . Any feedback is appreciated. Link to resume: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?x64p1hnhj9mwaki
$1 trillion opportunity, or a failed housing scheme?
The US government is auctioning off 100s of thousands of foreclosed homes and some see this as the tip of a $1 trillion iceberg of foreclosed asset sales... several PE firms & hedge funds are getting ready The buyers might also get help from the government to finance their acquisitions... kinda...
Real Estate Credit Analyst==> Valuation?
Monkeys, -Long time lurker, first time poster. Some background on me... -Non-target state school 3.55 qpa, Finance major (3.8 gpa), Econ minor (December 2012 grad) -Taking CFA L1 in June I recently accepted an offer at a commercial bank as an RE credit analyst (starting in 3 weeks). The position...
REIT associate pre MBA
I have the opportunity to join a well respected REIT as a pre MBA associate under the CFO. The issue I am struggling with is that the CFO is known to be pretty intense and create alot of work. Is it worth it to take a pay cut to go work for the REIT or should i keep my current gig and make bank but...
Interviews at SL Green and LNR, and REIT Analyst Questions in General
Hey all, I have a second round for LNR for their rotational analyst program. Anyone have any suggestions of how to prepare? I've never interviewed for a REIT before before the first round phone interview, which was all behavioral. Also, I have an interview for the acquisitions analyst position at SL...
REIT Salaries - somewhat urgent
Does anyone know what to expect in salary + commission (%) for a leasing rep at some of the top retail REITs? Need to try and get a baseline on this as soon as possible. if you don't know, maybe you can refer me to a contact who does? thanks for the help.
First single-family rental REIT IPO filing (Silver Bay Realty)
The CEO is the former Chief Inv Officer of TARP : http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1557255/00… Someone had recently started a thread asking, "Could I get nonrecourse financing for a portfolio of houses?" so I thought this was relevant. I haven't spent more than 2 minutes looking at this...
Arbor Realty Trust
Has anyone done a transaction with this firm? What is the perception in the marketplace of them?
Public REIT Conversion
Anyone have any resource suggestions or tips on building a model for consolidating a bunch of privately owned assets into a public REIT conversion? Would appreciate any feedback, thanks.
Leasing, Capital Markets, and REITs: The Other White Meat
Like most people might expect, REPE is getting the majority of the attention. This comes as no surprise since many of the well known shops are highly selective, pay handsomely, and provide employees an opportunity to refine their real estate modeling skillset and knowledge base. However, not...
AEW Capital Management: more info, insights?
Does anyone have information on these guys? They're a Real Estate focused Investment Management firm based out of Boston. According to their website they have $22B under management and do both public and private market investing. http://www.aew.com/overview.html
Behringer Harvard (REIT) - trying to find out more
I don't know much about Behringer Harvard ( REIT ). Im trying to find out what it is like to work there... Does anyone know much about them? www.behringerharvard.com Thanks in advance.
Ashford Hospitality Trust (REIT)
Can anyone give me information about working here as an analyst? Just wondering if I can find any information about the firm. Ashford Hospitality Trust ( REIT ) www.ahtreit.com
Energy Trading to REIT? A sign of a RE rebound or just an outlier
So last week one of my peers in the energy industry told me he leaving his firm to go work for a REIT and it got me thinking, is this another sign of rebound in the RE industry? To give u some background, I trade NG and so did my friend. Now, granted there are good and bad years in the energy...
Anyone know much about Situs Company?
Can anybody give me a review of the Situs Company? I am interested in them and wanted to know anything you guys may know about them. I've read a little on them and am getting mixed reviews. I appreciate any help/advice you can give.
GE Capital Real Estate - Is this relevant for FT banking
Hey guys this was posted on my OCR . I am still in the hunt as I have some interviews with boutiques coming up but was wondering if this would be a good alternative. How is GE Capital - Real Estate for a long term career? What are the exit opportunities? And will this be relevant for when I apply to...
How to evaluate a real estate investment company ?
A real estate investment management company that invests in commercial real estate. They have a reasonably detailed website in which they explain their philosophy/approach etc. What questions will you ask in order to evaluate the company as a potential employer ? The job is of a typical associate in...
REITs - Second year analyst
Hi Everyone,
Real Estate PE vs. REIT
hey, my buddy works for a private REIT company in NYC . He was saying how his company has different "funds" and investors pool their money into certain funds, then go out an purchase RE. Doesnt this sound more like RE PE?? Could someone differentiate between the two? Is my friend an idiot and works...
URGENT: Please Help if possible
Hi guys, I need some help. If anyone has time would it be possible to download the Bloomberg Asia REIT Index data in excel from 2005 through to today or March 2011. The Bloomberg terminal at my school is down and I need to submit my project this weekend. I have searched online but have been unable...
HELP! NEED GUIDANCE ON NEXT POSSIBLE CAREER MOVE.
Hello fellow WSO users. I am seeking advice on some next steps to my career path, and any insight would be helpful. My background: graduated in 08 from a well known undergrad program with a degree in finance. Accepted an offer for a PE FoF but was laid off 6 weeks into my job... Came back home and...
Prepping for a REIT Analyst ER Interview?
Next week I have a 90-minute set of phone interviews for an equity research position as a REIT analyst. I would be coming into a junior position as an experienced hire. I've done consulting in the real estate industry for about three years now. How can I best prep to nail this interview? What...
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