Good publications, news sites, books, etc. that a young person should be reading to become more proficient in CRE job? Any other advice for learning &amp; networking?
I work in CRE Finance (working less than a year, out of college for a year) but I want to start learning more about the industry, market trends and opinions, and gain more knowledge on CRE in general. My company has given me lots of job specific training, but I often feel too deep in the details of what I do day to day. I also feel like I'm not as knowledgeable as my coworkers and I want to start improving myself!
[{"id": "crhpkua", "text": "Crash Course - Pretend someone has a gun to your head and they say \"You need to put a property under contract within 30 days.  It has to be at least $5 million, it has to be a 'no money' down deal, and it has to be at least a 10 CAP.  Now go ... time is ticking\"\n\nIf you honestly play that scenario out for 30 days, after 90-100 phone calls, you will have a grasp on the lingo that goes on between buyer and seller.  You will start to really understand which data is most important and which data is nice but not very important.  I don't care how green you are, with a background in finance you should be able to do this task within 3 weeks.", "replies": [{"id": "crhvccz", "text": "I would also like to say that I added the part about the deal needing to be 'no money' down because that will force you to get creative with the structure of the offer, as well as the structure of the financing ..... which will force you to learn more, faster.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "crj406a", "text": "I'm a big fan of google alerts. Just insert some key terms and you'll get daily news and happenings. It's an easy way for me to compare my regional market to the nations.\n\nSurprisingly, LinkedIn has some good resources too. Just start connecting with CRE peeps. There's a handful that are pretty active on social media and are consistently posting interesting/relative material.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]