How valuable is the experience I will be getting in this position?
Hey all, I'm looking for some opinions on the value of the experience I'll be getting in my new position. I recently took a role within the commercial real estate valuation and due diligence group at a Big 4 accounting firm. Most of my time will be spent on performing valuation analysis of financial all types of CRE assets, assessing the reasonableness of valuations and financial models prepared by our clients, and creating independent financial models for consulting engagements. 

My goals are to build skills to be able to invest in my own RE deals and just to build my own ability to do due diligence. Any advice and comments are welcome and thank you!
[{"id": "hlfaile", "text": "I did Big 4 Real Estate Advisory and what you\u2019re describing is valuation audit advisory which I helped out on (20-30% of the time). I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s as valuable as being on the actual valuation side (brokerage/landlord/owner) since you\u2019re just reviewing valuation assumptions essentially and not performing any modelling. Although you\u2019ll get decent exposure to different portfolios and assets which I liked. Eventually I left for a mixed use developer/landlord and now REPE investments and development.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hlfdlxa", "text": "All experience is extremely valuable.\n\n(Even that shit your math teacher tried to get you to understand in 8th grade but you insisted you'd never use it).", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hlfsbx9", "text": "It should be a very valuable experience understanding bigger projects and understand how investors reach their conclusion.  I suspect it is more like shopping center, big residential projects that most investors or developers do not always can not afford. Sounds like an interesting job.\n\nGood luck.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hlfwtgg", "text": "It will be good experience to learn how to model out the property-level cash flow of assets and generally understand how real estate is valued, but it\u2019s not going to teach you to think like an investor\n\nIt\u2019s the type of job I think would be valuable for a year or two worth of experience if you don\u2019t want to stay in the field long term. After that you need to transition to an actual buy side role if you want to learn how buyers think about deals (I.e. how to assess risk, how to mitigate that risk through deal structure, and how to maximize your returns through the capital stack and partnership terms).", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hlk1e1t", "text": "You will be able to take the experience you get in this role and be able to translate it to an acquisitions role. Do not stay too long aka - 3+ years", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]