Would a BU certificate in real estate studies be worth it?
It would cost less than $10k. It's only a certificate however and there is no career services. It would purely be networking and a nice stamp to put on a resume. I'd like to become an acquisition analyst in Boston. But a master's several states would be very costly time wise and money wise. 
[{"id": "cs9q7bd", "text": "I'd like to add that I've done research on alumni on Linkedin. They're not really career changers. Most of them were already working in the industry and just wanted more knowledge.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "csa5lzx", "text": "What is a BU?", "replies": [{"id": "csacrpz", "text": "Boston University", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "csaoywx", "text": "One of my coworkers when I worked at CoStsr was getting a real estate certificate from NYU. Shortly after completing her program she started applying all over the place, she got a lot of interviews and ended up getting a job as a real estate analyst (this is her position according to her LinkedIn) for a small private investment firm. ", "replies": [{"id": "csatpef", "text": "Very interesting! Was it a firm in her area or NYC or was it across the nation? Did she do the cert online? \n\nSo you're basically saying she succeeded by getting the cert and not benefiting from networking?", "replies": [{"id": "cse5ff0", "text": "We worked out of the San Diego office. She is now working in Los Angeles. She did the cert online. \n\nShe made it sound like most people asked her about NYU when she was interviewing. I would say that the name of the school was the biggest thing. ", "replies": [{"id": "csehzhl", "text": "i might consider this option...i just find it weird that an online certificate held any value. ", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "csbh4bd", "text": "was she a researcher at Costar? Because, thats kinda what I plan on doing. When i take night classes to do my masters in RE finance in georgetown, I want to work at Costar just to save some money so that I dont have to really on loans too much. And my end goal is also be in the analysis/financial side of CRE. I know it might be hard for you to guess, but in your opinion, do u think she is earning more now than what she was earning at Costar? I am not able to find out whats the average salary for analysts in development/investment firms. I know in brokerages that they are not paid that well as brokers are the top dogs there, but in dev/investment firms do u think analysts are a little more respected and paid more?", "replies": [{"id": "cse5im9", "text": "Yes, we both were researchers there. We made 40k a year at CoStar and she makes more now. We actual discussed this not too long ago as I left CoStar as well. She is making around 55k a year now, but she said she's working a lot more hours where CoStar was a straight 40 hours a week. ", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "csb4f00", "text": "If your employer foots the bill... Yes. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]