Typical commercial real estate analyst career path?
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[{"id": "fr286cc", "text": "Just my 2\u00a2, but I always thought it would be easier to switch from an analytical role to a brokerage role than it would be to switch from a brokerage role to an analytical role. Also starting out in an analytical role leaves the door open for other things like REPE, lending, development, etc. brokerage doesn\u2019t completely close those doors but in my own experience I have never met a former broker that currently works in REPE.", "replies": [{"id": "fskbiwv", "text": "This is great advice with one caveat. My shop (&gt;10b AUM) hired an analyst from HFF but the general view is you have to re-train all the bad underwriting habits from a brokerage candidate. Luckily we got this analyst early in her career. \n\nAlso, brokers salivate at getting REPE analysts over to brokerage. They love having buy-side experience in bios.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fr2b4lv", "text": "I went MSRE --&gt; REIT summer intern development team --&gt; development analyst for 1000 unit/year multifamily developer. Principal/owner/developer/PE side is the highest spot in the food chain. If you can avoid brokerage quality of life and career upside is better on the other side.", "replies": [{"id": "fr7h6q0", "text": "Do you mind if I PM you for a little advice?", "replies": [{"id": "fr8ng1x", "text": "sure", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]