CRE Finance/Lending recruitment help
Hi all, longtime lurker here. I recently finished my undergrad and am looking to breaking into financing. I've spent the last few weeks scheduling informational interviews everyday and at first had a lot of momentum and learned a lot. However, I feel like I'm starting to plateau. The phone calls I'm getting aren't leading to other contacts or job opportunities. Anyone in CRE Finance have any tips on how to break in? 
[{"id": "d03ywob", "text": "Maybe apply to be a researcher. ", "replies": [{"id": "d03z71k", "text": "Would you mean in market research?\n\nI do have experience in CoStar but I prefer being an analyst because I enjoy underwriting and modeling. ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "d046du2", "text": "What market are you in?", "replies": [{"id": "d04828i", "text": "I'm based in LA but hoping to move to SF", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "d06jjg9", "text": "Sorry to hear but don't get discouraged.  Networking is a long road and can be impacted on what's going on in the world but it can only help.  Here are my suggestions:\n\n* Keep networking/info interviews.  Not sure how you're reaching out to people but alumni from your university are usually the low hanging fruit.\n\n* Find industry events to go to, such as ULI, NAIOP, ICSC, etc.  Continue to network there.\n\n* There are a number of job postings you can look at.  Selectleaders.com has a bunch.\n\n* Increase your marketability by learning Argus, or by going to financial modeling workshops (if you haven't done so already).\n\nFeel free to PM me if you have questions.  I went to school in LA and currently work in CRE in the SF Bay Area.  I spent a bit of time on the lending and investment banking side of real estate as well.\n\nGood luck.", "replies": [{"id": "d06kzm9", "text": "Piling on to a great post - the important part of networking (in my experience) is maintaining contact with the people you've met and identified as people you a) connect with on a personal level and b) might be of value to at some future point. It's all fine and good to have a coffee with someone once and decide you have nothing for each other, and never will, but the real value of networking is in building lasting relationships. Just my limited experience. Best of luck with the search. ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]