Question for Analysts
Hey all, first time poster :).

I'm currently working for an RE investment manager as a trainee asset manager. My primary roles is assisting in the management of a REIT and helping with the financial modelling for the private equity side of the business.
In an ideal world I want to become an analyst full time (lease reading makes my eyes bleed tbh). 

I would say I'm an intermediate at Excel due to not being well versed at VBA. I'm currently teaching myself R which I've used a couple of times for some adhoc analysis and the rest of the Microsoft Office Suite. 

My question is what sort of skills do I need to adopt before going for those junior analyst roles? 

Tl;dr: What do to become analyst?

Super thanks in advance!!!
[{"id": "dxdd3ru", "text": "Learn a software package such as Argus. Will make you more advanced than the majority of people applying for the same job.", "replies": [{"id": "dxei9hp", "text": "The question is how. It\u2019s very expensive on its own.", "replies": [{"id": "dxf77gm", "text": "Go to an appraisal office that uses Argus in your market. Email Argus they will advise you  of offices.\n\nLet them know you are interested in learning Argus. Pretty sure they will gladly let you work as a short term intern. Who knows it could work out as a reference. Always looking for people to input Argus data. ", "replies": [{"id": "dxfddmo", "text": "Thank you for the advice. I'll see if I can work something up as a part-time contractor. Unfortunately(?) I'm already employed full time in the commercial-real estate field and would like to learn Argus to help qualify for other positions in the future should I choose to jump ship.\n\n", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dxdk0mi", "text": "REFM", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dxdk7zf", "text": "Excel skills along with a desire to do what ever is asked of you.  Also, always ask questions of those above you that pertain to the job, and have a good disposition.  ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dxfnxk8", "text": "Do you do lease extracts as part of your job right now?\n\nI have been looking for examples of lease abstracts particularly for office and retail, do you have any templates or examples that you can share? Thank you!", "replies": [{"id": "dxfyrgv", "text": "Hey mate,\n\nI do yes. They're UK leases though, I'll PM you this evening I'll have to blur out tenant names and addresses ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dxqkfmx", "text": "It sounds like you are working within asset management right now, but analyst is a broad terms and you can find yourself in a lot of different places for that role. At my firm on the private equity side we have acquisitions/dispositions, asset management (they also deal with developments), and portfolio management. \n\nI would first decide which role you want to move into, and then focus on building the skills around the role. Experience is paramount in this industry and it sounds like you\u2019re off to a great start already.\n\nAs for some more general skills, excel is always important, but you can easily get by without VBA knowledge, so I wouldn\u2019t worry about that. R is good, but coding can depend entirely on your team. For example, I work in CRE research and my teammates use R and Stata, but I have always preferred Python. Long story short, I had to learn their languages in order to fit into the team - so I wouldn\u2019t rush into learning R since you might not use it in your role.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]