For the accountants out there

[Mike D.]

As someone who is about to graduate college with a degree in accounting, what path would you suggest taking with the end goal of owning/managing a real estate investment company?

One option is starting at a cpa firm and trying to specialize in the real estate department. The other option is to go wok for an accounting department in an established real estate investment company.

I can see both having advantages and disadvantages, so I would like your opinions on this. For those of you with experience, if you could go back and pick between either of these options which would you go for?