Possible to a job as an analyst with an Economics degree?
I’m on the verge of graduating University and was looking at the role of real estate analyst and it really interests me. I see that everyone on this sub has a degree in either finance or real estate and was wondering if it’s worth it to apply to analyst positions with an economics degree. 

I worked as a research assistant on a project that tracked predatory loaning in 2006-2007 and I’ve had two internships. One was not related at all to the real estate industry and the other was at an economic development council where I worked on building GIS databases for industrial property.

 I unfortunately haven’t taken many finance related courses but I have built DCF models and used RIIMS multipliers in some of my economics classes. Im quite proficient in excel, stata and R and can find my way around any GIS software.

I basically want to know if it at all looks unattractive to employers if I have a degree in economics and if with my skill set there’s any type of positions I’d make a decent fit for.
[{"id": "fn2kw5h", "text": "Hey, sorry I am not offering any advice but I am in the same boat, sort of. I double majored in Econ and Finance and was wondering if that Econ degree would be an advantage. Hope some other people hop in this thread.", "replies": [{"id": "fn362by", "text": "It definitely is an advantage. I have both Econ and Finance degree and I am going just fine", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fn2v2dl", "text": "I studied political science, now I\u2019m leading acquisitions for a mid market firm. It\u2019s not about your degree, more about experience and building a network.", "replies": [{"id": "fn35z1h", "text": "Agree. I have Econ and Corp finance degree and I lead AI program in large tech. One of my data scientist has a degree in political science and she is one of the best on my team.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fn3dnei", "text": "Facts. Graduated with a poli sci degree. My first job outta college was an internship with one of the biggest private real estate investment groups in the country. It\u2019s all about who you know, not what you know.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fngbb6z", "text": "PoliSci represent!  (though I was also a double with econ.)", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fn2xmzq", "text": "I am a commercial real estate analyst with an economics degree.  It is definitely possible.  It will definitely be challenging in the beginning, but possible.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fn2y3ll", "text": "Currently an analyst, and I\u2019ve got a degrees in public heath and agricultural economics. It\u2019s just a piece of paper. If you feel lacking in any specific skills, just do some research and self teach.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fn30vtf", "text": "You can learn models with relative ease if you put your mind to it. Wouldn\u2019t worry about it. Anything is possible. I\u2019m an Econ major who worked as a financial analyst in commodities trading for a few years, hated it, quit, got my real estate license and became a retail broker. Very happy with my decision.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fn32oo7", "text": "Learn everything you can about excel and the main financial metrics. IRR, YOC,COC, NPV, discounted cash flow, cap rates, and others.\n\nThe math isn\u2019t very difficult and you will pick it up pretty quickly.\n\nFor me the hardest part was learning all the lingo. Made it very difficult to get up to speed not knowing what someone was talking about when we rolled though a construction budget.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fn35p2e", "text": "You can do better than real estate analyst or any sort of analyst with econ degree. I have one and I am in AI. Your degree had enough statistics in it to get you into data science in no time. You need to pick up a python course and do a few projects on your own or as a part of a bootcamp. I'd recommend a solid 5 day bootcamp, pick up some wellknown DS certificate and get yourself a data science internship.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fn37s8d", "text": "I have a masters of economics. It is useful but not critical. There is a field of economic geography that is neat. \nEconometrics can be useful, not too many people understand statistics in this field. \nHonestly, I would focus on being a data analyst, understanding SQL and a really strong understanding of excel and either power bi or tableau. \n\nPeople don\u2019t really care about degrees too much. It is real estate at the end of the day and who you know is more important than what you know. \n\nNow is a good time to stay in school FYI, it is going to suck for a couple of years here.", "replies": [{"id": "fn3bc5a", "text": "Thanks ,\nGreat username btw", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fn3c8a3", "text": "Economics is prob the best degree for a real estate career. Besides a real estate degree.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fn3hnvg", "text": "It\u2019s definitely possible. It\u2019s just learning an excel model and what inputs to plug and play with. You might want to find an internship doing it first because I found an internship with a fantastic company but found out I don\u2019t really like sitting at the same cubicle all day. It wasn\u2019t for me but I thought I\u2019d love a career in it at first", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fn3qixq", "text": "I have a degree in economics and I am now a commercial real estate analyst, I also have my brokers license. I got the license after working for a few months. An econ degree is a strong degree for working in real estate.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fn56h8b", "text": "I'm an analyst with two associate degrees, and a certificate in design. I'm shy a few credits for a BA but had stopped going. \n\nI do have hands on experience, being a son of multi-family landlord and grew up in one of them. Which was more impressive than a econ degree to my bosses.  \n\nAs long as you know Excel, some simple modelling I think you should be fine with a econ degree.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]