Career advice/next step
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[{"id": "g09o371", "text": "That sounds like a pretty good background to me, better than most of the folks I see here in Hawaii. \n\nYou don't say where you are located or what sector you want to specialize in. \n\nMost places have CRE professional groups, our is a roundtable; it is friendly monthly club that provides a good way to network. \n\nI'd look around for something like that in you area and start attending the meetings and making new friendships. Even if they are remote, something will turn up. \n\nAlso out here one of our title companies is sponsoring weekly CRE updates (again via Zoom statewide) but the numbers and mix of people participating are pretty good, upwards of 100 people on line and good info. You can tell by the way people present info from their sector if you'd want to be associated with them. \n\nKnow I don't need to tell you to stay away from retail and hospitality. Personally, I think all kinds of storage is hot right now from self storage, to industrial, to warehouse for cloud data storage. If I were young and starting out that's where I'd go right now.  \n\nPS - I like a real estate finance firm called Walker and Dunlop (WD) - I bought a little of their stock and it is doing well. Every week they interview some heavyweight in the commercial real estate field. They do it live on Wed. morning 8:30 am EST via Zoom, and most of the time they repost it to their WD Youtube channel. Most of these interviews have been pretty good and a couple of them have been stellar. All the guests are from a much bigger league than I'm playing, but information presented is usually timely and I haven't seen or elsewhere. Because it's for a select audience the guests seem more forthcoming and relaxed in their give and take. For details go to their website [https://www.walkerdunlop.com/](https://www.walkerdunlop.com/news-and-events/?events/)\n\nTheir Youtube channel is [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5jhzGBWOTvQku2kLbucGcw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5jhzGBWOTvQku2kLbucGcw)\n\nThey're based in Maryland, I've been impressed with them, you might see what the job opportunities are with them.", "replies": [{"id": "g0a14ng", "text": "Good to know my background isn't garbage. In hindsight, staying at the regional bank for another year or two would've been a better move. I should not have chased that salary and instead put more time in at the bank. Hindsight is always 20/20...\n\nI'm in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. I'd like to get into industrial as i see a lot of growth there in the coming years. If not industrial then definitely multi-family.\n\nThank you. I'll definitely check out their website and youtube channel. Much appreciated.", "replies": [{"id": "g0aopou", "text": "You might also want to check the job openings at WD, looked like a couple might fit - they're a national company with many offices. Here's the link to what's currently available. https://www.walkerdunlop.com/power-people/open-positions/", "replies": [{"id": "g0cn4y2", "text": "Thank you. I found a couple positions on WD that i'm interested in. Will companies even give you a shot if you're applying for a job in a city that you don't live in but would be willing and ready to move to?", "replies": [{"id": "g0eqg5v", "text": "Glad you found it of interest. Of course they will consider applicants from other locations, you just have to be sure you actually want the job and are wiling to move if a position is offered. Keep in touch, let me know how it goes. Good luck in finding the right fit.", "replies": [{"id": "g0h7hza", "text": "Will do. Thanks!", "replies": [], "depth": 6}], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g09robz", "text": "I also went through the breakinto CRE courses (from Justin Kivel). Worth every penny. I think I have like 2 or 3 left, great material, and easy to follow. I wish I had that knowledge when I graduated from Uni.", "replies": [{"id": "g0a0ouj", "text": "100% agree. I wish I had access to that coursework earlier as well. It provides a much better foundation than my coursework in school.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]