Help with Building a Commercial Real Estate Resume
Hi everyone, I am a recent graduate from a public state school university with a major in Real Estate. However, I am having a tough time improving my resume for potential future employers. Right now, I work in Real Estate as a supporting, operational role for a technology company (portfolio management), but I would like to move into an analyst position at a different company soon. My question is, without direct employment from a different company, what ways can I work to build my CRE resume? For example, what certificates, training, community service, etc. would be a solid item to add? As of now, I have a project list with some high-level real estate Excel models that I have put together (is this a good idea/something employers want to see?).

I always look to network, but I am planning on moving soon, so my network in the area will become smaller. Any suggestions/help is greatly appreciated.
[{"id": "iu72lwd", "text": "Modeling is great. Look up top broker lists in your city and ask them to send you their offering memorandums. No need to go into detail on your financial situation, just say you\u2019re a potential investor or something. Look at the deals, try to model them on your own. Aim for an analyst job or any way to get your foot in at one of the big shops and go from there. I started out in property management and spent 5 years there before moving into an acquisition and development role. Easier ways to do it, probably, but it was great experience for me to understand how an investment operates from soup to nuts. I think (humbly) I can run circles around brokers when modeling base years, NNNs, etc. because of my background. Modeling revenues are pretty easy.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "iurjm63", "text": "There are some courses out there for modeling and there are threads dedicated to those, look around, if you can't find PM me. That said modeling is only a portion of the job, and you don't know what you don't know. Speaking with people to figure out what skill sets you have that are transferable and ones you don't have, and need to acquire, would be a good place to start. I would meet with as many people as possible that are in the role you want or work parallel to the role you want and ask what their day to day is like, what skills they use... etc. not only will it give you skill set ideas, but it may lead to interviews and more meetings.  Best, of luck!", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]