Commercial real estate appraising
I’m about to graduate college and i have an opportunity to become a commercial real estate appraiser with a large local boutique firm. What are some of the pros and cons of the industry? How long are typical Work weeks? And what can i expect to make?  I know that there is a three year trainee period and during the first year income is expected to be about 30-40k. However i was told that after the first year even though I’m still a trainee i can take on more appraisals and make as much as i Work. I’m hoping to hear from anyone who is in the business. 

Thank you
[{"id": "dtkn8df", "text": "If you are currently appraising and like it, the sky is the limit! It is exactly the same thing your doing except as a moa you can make real money if u can get three to four out a week. I dod it for a while and it burnt me out, as a person who cannot focus when writing it go to me pretty fast. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dtkqzro", "text": "My first job out of college was in a real estate advisory group as part of a larger valuation advisory services team for a big, international financial services firm. All of the big 4 have roles similar to what I was doing. It makes double what you mentioned in your post. About 75% of the work I did there was appraisals, they paid for all of my AI courses, and I just had to be working toward state certification, ultimately an MAI just signed off on all of the appraisals. \nIn addition to the appraisal work i also got to work on purchase price allocations and real estate consulting projects. \nI came into the role excited to learn more about real estate to build on some of my RE internships, and I got a lot of really good experience, worked 40-50 hours a week, and landed my dream job out of that position.\nAppraisals were my least favorite part of the job though, they\u2019re just not very sexy, but they do lay a really solid foundation for a career in real estate. Maybe you\u2019ll love appraisal work though, that was just my experience.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dtm7jrg", "text": "You'll work harder than many industries, but you'll be rewarded equally as much. Very fun and sexy business. An... wait. Did you just say large boutique firm? ", "replies": [{"id": "dtmssws", "text": "Yes?", "replies": [{"id": "dtn875u", "text": "Sounds like a scam. Isn't the reason they're \"boutique\" because they're specialized and therefore not doing all types and in turn smaller for it?\n\nRegardless, the best opportunity for anyone starting out in the business is an international corporate giant imo. You'll have access to so many business lines, technology and property types. All things that would be less frequent at smaller firms. You can anyways specialize later.", "replies": [{"id": "dtnpmql", "text": "No it\u2019s boutique because it\u2019s not national. They are local appraisers that only deal in a certain region ", "replies": [], "depth": 4}, {"id": "dtz5l1i", "text": "There are plenty of large boutique firms. When I hear boutique I think small team and exclusive investor participation. Boutique can manage billions of $$$.", "replies": [{"id": "du0va9d", "text": "Right. I think we're getting into semantics. The general hierarchy in these things are simple: everything else, Marcus &amp; Millichap, Lee and Associates, the tenant rep exclusives, Cushman and Wakefield, Colliers, JLL, Lincoln Property, CBRE and finally, Eastdil. Worst to best. \n\nAll of them manage billions and most have the benefit of a globally diverse, melting pot of divisions/people. \n\nSo I don't burn us both out trying to teach something in this tiny chat window, just ask someone in the business about these companies or call up someone random that works there, finally, someone you look up to. No one can make these decisions for you, I'm just the type to try and share my perspective because it might be useful for you. The more good people in the business the better!", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]