Looking to go into REPE
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[{"id": "fznlet0", "text": "Network. Coffee. Reach out to people leverage your alumni network and personal professional network. Don't have one? Make one.", "replies": [{"id": "fzotuni", "text": "Coffee is great advice, but it's hard as hell to do right now in many areas. The rest holds true.", "replies": [{"id": "fzowkkm", "text": "Agree but honestly not sure what else I would do in their shoes today. I'd probably offer coffee and then suggest open to a call/zoom whatever if they would prefer", "replies": [{"id": "fzoy2md", "text": "Agreed. It sucks. It's much harder to build rapport with someone if you can't meet them in person.", "replies": [], "depth": 4}, {"id": "fzq2nwi", "text": "Rising senior here. I\u2019ve been cold emailing and saying \u201cnormally I\u2019d ask you to meet up for coffee, but...\u201d and then asking to get on the phone. Pretty good success rate so far", "replies": [{"id": "fzrgs5q", "text": "Glad to hear you're having good success with it, that's what I'd do if I were you. At the end of the day, most people like to help others out, we all want to see people succeed, and hell we all like to talk about ourselves too.\n\nAsk good questions, show some initiative and foresight, do your due diligence. And for the love of Dog leave the finance bro/douche/hardo BS at the door!\n\nP.s. if anyone asks why you're interested in real estate do not say \"b/c it's tangible\", you better have a better answer than that.", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fznlpjm", "text": "message associates/analysts on linked in... ask them if theyre hiring or ask them about job postings online and setup a time to talk on the phone or meet for a drink.\n\ndont reach out cold either make sure you know about the firms history and investment criteria - this will help show them you care\n\nalso, in my experience gpa has not been big for jobs ive had since college. I had a sub 3 GPA and got a job as an analyst at a REPE firm out of college before switching to another\n\nAlso if youre looking to network on reddit go to r/financialcareers . theyre all douchebags but i dont really see a lot of these posts in this sub so you might not get what youre looking for here", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fzoard5", "text": "Ok I did it, here\u2019s the drill. Get hired by an investment bank. Full stop. That\u2019s the way in - if you\u2019re at a target get in with the finance club as soon as you get back and figure out how to prep / get into rotation for fall hiring. You missed the boat on summer internship (not that there was one at any of the Wall Street shops...) but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t get hired. Recruit exclusively for the Gaming Lodging Hosputality teams or Commercial Real Estate or LevFin groups. levFin is more competitive than the other because they also do corporate. Once you land job recruiters will start calling you before you\u2019re done with your training program, you tell them that you want RE PE not traditional PE. \n\nNow baring that, if you can\u2019t get in it\u2019s OK! I didn\u2019t go that route, but it was a GRIND to get to where I am. I started my career out of college doing like real estate consulting but used that as a way to pitch myself and get a job with a well respected regional owner/operator of a niche product type. I did that for a few years and wanted to go REPE - found its impossible to lateral unless you\u2019re already in it (which means you went the IB route). Sooooo I applied to business school and got an MBA from one of the 7 top 5 schools or 5 top 3 or whatever they call them these days. Anyways I used that as a way to network my ass off for a career reset into a mega fund CRE firm (and that was a brutal grind even coming out of H/S/W/K/B). \n\nLong story short it\u2019s really tough, in your shoes easiest way is to go IB now. Don\u2019t fuck around with brokerage or any of that nonsense and don\u2019t fuck around with direct hire jobs (which don\u2019t exist now anyways unless it\u2019s a family office thing which you\u2019re gonna realize you don\u2019t want to work for OR you\u2019re graduating from Princeton and BX/Starwood/Brookfield will hire you direct and grind your soul into dirt)", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fzobsyj", "text": "Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary? Where you are makes a big difference. PM if you\u2019re in Vancouver.", "replies": [{"id": "fzognuv", "text": "Toronto.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fzoo6ku", "text": "As a follow-up, when you say REPE what do you mean? There is a significant difference in the barriers to entry between Blackstone or a $1-10B AUM shop?\n\nHell there are a ton of sub $10B credit and development shops that pick up guys from state schools. \n\nThat said my answer in my last post doesn't change.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fzp9l1c", "text": "Become amazing at proformas and market analysis. Learn to dial in your numbers and any cre firm needs someone with those skill sets.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fzq2pxq", "text": "Interning at an REPE shop currently. Find some sort of connection to where you want to be and leverage it as early and often as possible", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]