What does an average day for a broker look like? Considering a career shift.
Considering the jump. Will CRE but fucked for the next 3 years?   
IDK anything about what brokers do, I assume you call people all day? what does that phone call look like?
[{"id": "ieqtmee", "text": "I started just post GFC when it was a tough market and to be honest I would think it\u2019s a better time to learn and get a feel for it than starting a bull market and having a false sense of success/ease (I am seeing this now with some of the &lt;5 yr employees who have never seen high vacancy, price drops etc.\nYou need to think about what area of CRE interests you and the best way to start, or the best route to get you there. I.e \u2018not everyone jumps in to capital markets, they might start in leasing, investment sales, valuation, management etc. \n\nSpeaking purely on a sales/leasing front - My day is set within rotating fortnights. A typical day will be - diary planning, prospect calls, client calls, marketing, client meetings/updates, in-house strategy meetings, pipeline growth (new clients BD), providing analyst with recent transaction details and generally gathering market gossip (information is king). Towards the beginning of each week is more weighted to client meetings (so tasks can be done by the end of week, and more inspection focussed towards the back end. I am out of the office 50/50 on average, some weeks up to 75% but others not much at all. \n\nHaving a set routine helps the best for success. Canvass calling I do less if now than when I started so it\u2019s not all phones, but that\u2019s more due to time in the market and being able to manage the current workload of enquiry/transactions.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ieqwqd9", "text": "These kind of posts get old. Use the search function and you can get a way better understanding then the 5 replies to this post.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ieqzrc8", "text": "I get up at 7:30, drive my kids to school, have morning cup of coffee when I return, watch some news, Bloomberg, start work about about 10am, mostly cold call for my buyers looking for potential sellers in areas of interest and asset class, call it quits by 3pm and hit the gym or go for a run after I pick the kids up from school. In the first 2 years, it will be nothing but making introductions to buyers and cold calling trying to find sellers. After 2 years things start to take a life of their own, and the business runs you. Honestly I feel semi retired in this job but I love it.", "replies": [{"id": "ifqc4ov", "text": "Can I ask how you could possibly start calling at 10AM? :)", "replies": [{"id": "ifqceyn", "text": "I\u2019m not sure I understand the question?", "replies": [{"id": "ifqt82i", "text": "&gt; drive my kids to school, have morning cup of coffee when I return, watch some news, Bloomberg, **start work about about 10am,** mostly cold call for my buyers looking for potential sellers in areas of interest and asset class, call it quits by **3pm** and hit the gym or go for a run \n\n?", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]