Time travel back to college when you were figuring out career

[Ethan McRae]

So I'm a college student going into my final year. I'm in a finance oriented major that focuses on commercial real estate finance, and so I have had a chance to get my feet wet in the commercial real estate industry through internships, extra curricular activities, and of course the school work. 

However, I have always been interested in getting involved in rental property investing on the residential level.

Now that my college career will be coming to an end in a year, I am really trying to figure out exactly what I want to look for in a career for the first few years out of school. I will likely end up following the commercial RE path to get a job in that industry right out of school but ideally, I want to find a job in commercial RE where I can learn some skills that can be applied to residential RE investing as well.

What I want to know is, what could that job potentially be? For instance, I have considered trying to take up an analyst role at a REIT another RE company that ideally looks at large apartment complexes so that I can see how those deals come together on a large scale.

For kicks and gigs, if there were other careers more specific to residential RE investing where I can learn more about the business I would love to hear ideas about those jobs as well.

Thanks a bunch!