Choosing a brokerage
I am currently a senior in college with offers from a couple different commercial real estate brokerages.  I'm essentially choosing between two firms: One a large national well known name that is a strong player in the marker where I would be entering  I would have the opportunity to make larger deals and in the end more money. The other is a much smaller one that does deals nationwide and focuses on much smaller deals.  I am just wondering if anyone has any input as far as what I should be looking for
[{"id": "datzjm3", "text": "If given the choice, I would always take the chance to work larger transactions.\n\nThe question that needs to be asked is, what is your role going to be in your first year? Are you going to have a hand in the actual negotiations at the larger firm or are you just going to be a research bot?\n\nWhichever firm you choose, you need an opportunity for revenue in the first 2 years.", "replies": [{"id": "dau2fjw", "text": "both firms have a solid training program and I would have the opportunity to close deals within my first year.  The smaller firm is actually the one where I would have to be the research both for a few months first.  The thing about the smaller firm is I just feel more comfortable there in a way that is impossible to quantify on paper.\n", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "db3jd3f", "text": "All else being equal, I'd agree, the bigger the deals, the better.\n\nAt some corporate gigs, a new guy is going to be about 6 brokers removed from the guy actually putting the deal together. If you could get direct access and mentorship by a senior guy and get some deal experience at a mid-size firm, that could be a better opportunity.\n\nYou aren't going to be making a lot starting out either way, so value the experience more than the income if you can.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]