All Forum Posts by: Mitch Rusten
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Post: I want to get an entry-level CRE job. Wondering where to start.
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Originally posted by @Alexander Felice:
what do you want to do in the industry?
Sales - call brokerages and see who will take you
Lending - starting in processing or service shouldn't be too hard, some places might take you in to sell small loans
you don't need a degree to do anything in real estate. Degrees are good at teaching complex theory but real estate is an industry reliant on competency, where experience is most valuable. Something college doesn't provide very well
Thank you for your response. I would like to work as something like an analyst or junior associate for an investment firm on the principal side. I think it would be great experience and would help me towards making my own investments in the future.
Post: I want to get an entry-level CRE job. Wondering where to start.
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I want to start cutting my teeth in CRE. Whether that be full-time, part-time, an internship, you name it, I just want to get started. I studied Biology in college in the hopes of going to med school. I even got as far as taking the MCAT, which I scored well on, but after experiencing a tragedy I had a paradigm shift and decided I didn't want to be a doctor anymore. Fast forward a couple years and I have a decent job working in the medical device industry, but what I really want to pursue is a career in CRE. I have passed REFM level 1, and plan to pass the next 2 over the coming month. Outside of this, the only thing I've done in the business/finance/RE space is a business 101 class and a handful of books I've read.
My question is, what would I need to do to get my first CRE job and get a chance to prove myself while learning the business? I don't want to invest the time and money in another 2-3 years of school to get a degree in finance like some things I have read online suggest if I don't have to. Is there any type of training I can receive that I can power through on my own schedule that would prepare me to land a job in CRE without getting another degree? Or perhaps, is there a role I can start in that my background would be enough to qualify for? I am very confident in my ability to learn the necessary material and start proving myself, but I am lost as to what the most reasonable/efficient next step is for me. I'd love to work as an analyst or something similar.