Looking to gain underwriting experience to land an analyst role in CRE
Been struggling to land a role in CRE for a while now so I recently took a few courses through Break Into CRE to develop my modeling skills. However, the biggest issue in recruiting has been my lack of underwriting experience. I've gotten pretty familiar with building a pro forma, analyzing a t-12, etc. from the courses but I'm looking to gain underwriting experience to discuss on interviews. Are there any additional materials online or courses to take that could help with this? Additionally, any general recruitment advice would be greatly appreciated.
[{"id": "ijsgixl", "text": "Have you gotten any interviews?", "replies": [{"id": "ijt4v9s", "text": "Yes, a couple in real estate advisory, several in REPE, real estate finance, and a few in brokerage but the feedback I\u2019ve gotten was that they preferred someone with underwriting experience", "replies": [{"id": "ijt6ikn", "text": "I can only guess that you\u2019ve got a good background, but there\u2019s no confidence in your underwriting ability.  What type of jobs did you have before?  I hate to say it, but I don\u2019t think highly of anyone whose only experience is some courses like ACRE or online tutorials.  You\u2019re going to need to sell your abilities in the interview.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]