Will this be good experience as a Commercial Lending Intern? When I want to get into a big real estate managment company after graduation.
Long story short I’m going for my masters degree in real estate managment, I plan on moving to the Baltimore, DC or Philadelphia area. So I applied to a bunch of internships around there. Had 4 interview last week and got 3 of them! 

1 was with a commercial real estate company that seemed super unorganized and paid minimum wage to interns. I also didn’t like the vibe. 

The other was with a capital investment firm that finances big real estate project and is the most ideal internship. BUT it would mean an 1.5 hour commute. Yikes 

The other is a regional commercial lending firm, that has an internship program that touches base on financing SMall business loans, large commercial loans over 5 million , and commercial real estate financing. 10 minutes from place of stay and paid the most. (Btw pay isn’t my only concern, just thought I’d note it) 

For the sanity of saving my self from the 3 hours daily commute in DC traffic I chose the internship that was closest to me but not as relevant .

My question is , will that still look attractive to companies hiring portfolio manager/real estate analyst when I graduate the following year? 




[{"id": "ehlpdrh", "text": "No", "replies": [{"id": "ehlsmm3", "text": "Really? Can you give a reason? ", "replies": [{"id": "ehlsypu", "text": "Your internship sounds more like regional banking not CRE. Not sure how that really fits into a commercial real estate job. \n\nAlso institutional real estate portfolio management is incredibly difficult to break into its usually senior people moving over from deal team. Usually not much in the way of \u201centry level\u201d portfolio management jobs. ", "replies": [{"id": "ehlti2n", "text": "Oh weird, gotcha, there were 5 students last semester that got portfolio managment jobs at pretty big real estate firms. It\u2019s a pretty well known real estate program. But I see what you mean about the internship.\n\n\n\n", "replies": [{"id": "ehltkpg", "text": "What type of firms / in asset management or true portfolio / fund level management ", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ehm01vs", "text": "Do the one you want that has a shitty commute. It\u2019s only 3 months and will position you for what you want long term. C\u2019mon man. Be smart about this.", "replies": [{"id": "ehmo6om", "text": "Good point, also I\u2019m a woman. I have a few more interviews at CRE firms over spring break, that are closer I\u2019m going to consider those as well. ", "replies": [{"id": "ehmp8y3", "text": "I take back the man comment. How I think about this is that internships are a means to an end of doing what it is you really want to do.  If you have a terrible commute for a couple months and it sets you up to do what you really want then that\u2019s probably worth it.", "replies": [{"id": "ehmqnwl", "text": "True! I was being a baby haha. I\u2019ll probably be kicking my self , I hope I get offers at the other CRE lending firms, that I have interviews for this week. ", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ehmbn0l", "text": "I am a commercial real estate lender, I like the sound of this\n\n&gt; large commercial loans over 5 million , and commercial real estate financing\n\nBut I do NOT like this \n\n&gt;SMall business loans\n\nIf it is mostly small business loans, it can be a typical small regional bank doing commercial banking. Also the fact that you mentioned $5MM being a large loan, makes me think its a small regional bank. Its fine, but it is not large bank commercial real estate financing. The institutional RE world hires mostly from from large banks, private equity firms and rarely hires from regional banks, credit unions. You can go through profiles of analysts from firms like Blackstone on Linkedin. Most of them would have also worked in banks like JP Morgan, Wells or firms like Starwood, Carlyle. ", "replies": [{"id": "ehmo1qs", "text": "Very true! The other CRE finance company is regional but they do some pretty large deals. I have 2 more interviews this week at CRE finance firms. Thanks for the advise! ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ehyl79m", "text": "I would have said to go with the ideal one with the longer commute but in saying that, internships are what you make them - if you have a certain direction that you\u2019d like to explore, then ask for it and network around, you never know where you can end up!", "replies": [{"id": "ehymsnp", "text": "Thanks I have two more interview that are 45 minutes away at the worse traffic next week! They are pretty ideal as well. \n\nI denied the one that was a long commute, it just wouldn\u2019t be possible. I have a son. (Unlike the other 22 year olds in my cohort lol) \nThe commute would be closer to 2 hours and possible longer. \n\n", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]