How easy is getting a job in a big city after working in RE Acquisitions
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[{"id": "i23wror", "text": "Pretty easy right now given the job market", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i24nkbm", "text": "I am looking for similar jobs in SoCal. Definitely an employees\u2019 market: I have had to turn away interviews because I have been so busy with my current jobs and interviewing elsewhere. LinkedIn job apps have been getting me the highest return.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i2501rj", "text": "Usually people that work in hotel acquisitions stick with hotels and don\u2019t work much on multi family or office. I\u2019d say this role sounds like good experience though as it would get your foot in the door for institutional hotel real estate career. But you may be labeled a hotel person. So I\u2019d think about if that is something you are ok with.", "replies": [{"id": "i26zoxy", "text": "Would it be easy enough to move around into other hotel companies though", "replies": [{"id": "i271uao", "text": "Yes absolutely. Plenty of hotel REIT\u2019s and owner operators that are backed by private equity. So lots of runway there to have a great career.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i26jlh3", "text": "Don't do FP&amp;A if you want real estate long term. I graduated in 2008 and followed that path cause I had limited options. Took me years and years and lots of frustration to find a way into real estate. Also - FP&amp;A culture is more of paper pushers, you'll soon lose that  aggressive, ambitious approach (needed in RE) and you'll be transformed into a corporate zombie.", "replies": [{"id": "i26zjf7", "text": "This is what I\u2019ve been worried about most. I feel like the work involved in FP&amp;A is dry and automating reporting is not of interest to me", "replies": [{"id": "i28m34z", "text": "As a report-automator, I also don't recommend it.  Too far removed from the real estate and transaction activity.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i26syth", "text": "Acquisitions jobs are coveted and it sounds like you are working for an active shop. I'd take the Acquisitions job, doesn't matter where you live at first, learning a specific skillet is what matters and acqusitions in hotels is a great place to start. Who knows, you might like the lower cost of living and stay.", "replies": [{"id": "i274mec", "text": "So the skills matter more than location in the beginning?", "replies": [{"id": "i27i6of", "text": "Only you can answer that question.\n\nDo you want to be in a certain population size more than learning certain skills? I think it's obvious, but it doesn't seem to be to you.", "replies": [{"id": "i27lv77", "text": "I mean I didn\u2019t think it was that obvious. There\u2019s benefits to both. I don\u2019t want to go to a smaller town and then not be able to leave at some point", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i2fyc7h", "text": "Moving from FP&amp;A / back office to front office, and especially onto the right M&amp;A desk, is significantly harder than you'd think it would be. Moving from front office acquisitions of a certain asset type to a different asset type would be much easier to pitch. You may end up having to move from company 1 in hospitality to (big city based) company 2 also in hospitality but then you'd be much more likely to be able to move to (company 2) CRE internally", "replies": [{"id": "i2fyxea", "text": "Thank you, this helped a lot", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]