Does anybody have experience working at a REIT?
So I'm a freshman in college majoring in real estate, and I recently applied for a bunch of internships for the summer. I got a response back from a REIT which asked me to fill out some short answers to be considered for an interview and I've got most of them down, but I've gotten stumped on one: **What types of projects and work would you be looking for and why?** I mean, I know that I'll be working a lot with the credit and underwriting team, and the acquisitions team, but I have no idea what kind of work they actually do day to day outside of financial modeling. Anybody know what kind of projects/work I can expect from interning at a REIT?
[{"id": "dx7uuff", "text": "The question they\u2019re asking is not the question you\u2019re asking. \n\nThey want to know what types of projects you\u2019re hoping to work on, which are likely not the ones you\u2019ll be working on unfortunately. You\u2019ll be doing mostly admin work for deals, research, putting together marketing materials, that type of stuff. A REIT isn\u2019t going to trust the underwriting of an intern so you\u2019ll likely start doing very little of that unless you push to help the analysts/associates and they let you start some models for them. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dx7wh78", "text": "I work for a REIT where I started, many years ago, as an intern.     Remember that an internship is a two way street.  They are getting cheap labor to assist with whatever their needs are, but in exchange you should be getting something out of it as well.   If it's a decent organization, like my company, they are likely asking what you are hoping to be exposed to during your time with them.   This does not necessarily have to be related to the department you are working in.   If you are looking at a role with acquisitions, but are more interested in development or operations, let them know and I would expect they would seek out those opportunities for you.   Acquisitions usually interacts with most departments at a REIT, so opportunities to learn about other areas should be plentiful.", "replies": [{"id": "dx7zhkg", "text": "OP you should intern with this guy ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]