Excel exams are often one of the last steps of the commercial real estate interview process before you receive an offer, since most firms will actually want to see the technical skills that you said you had throughout the interview process. Coming in prepared for an exam is a huge part of ultimately landing […]
Real estate private equity can be a very lucrative industry to work in or start a company in, and a huge reason for that is the existence of promoted interest. Promoted interest allows an individual investor or investment firm raising capital to earn an outsized percentage of the profits of a deal over and […]
As the commercial real estate industry continues to become more and more institutionalized, if you want to break into the business today, you need to bring your A-game when heading into an interview. And as far as interview prep is concerned, there’s a lot of standard, cookie-cutter advice out there that most people follow, […]
In commercial real estate, the discounted cash flow analysis is at the core of property valuations, which ultimately shapes investment decisions made by real estate firms. But because of how real estate deals are typically financed (especially by major private equity firms), the way this is applied in practice isn’t all that straightforward. So […]
We have a lot of videos on the Break Into CRE YouTube channel that talk through what to do before, during, and after a real estate interview (in detail), but sometimes, what you don’t do is just as important as what you do. And in my experience both interviewing for roles myself and talking […]
Commercial real estate loan payments have a lot of moving pieces that can all have an impact on the economics of a deal. And while changes in interest rates tend to make all the headlines, this is only one piece of the puzzle when it comes to calculating loan payments and their impacts on […]
If you’ve landed on this website, I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that you probably have a goal to get into commercial real estate investing, and potentially even own and operate commercial properties in the future. However, for many people (even real estate professionals already in the industry), buying […]
Commercial real estate investors value their deals based on the investment returns those properties can generate at a given purchase price. And with that, most investors usually base their valuations around a target IRR, equity multiple, or cash-on-cash return, or a mixture of all three of these metrics. However, while each of these metrics tells an important story, each of these […]
For people looking to break into the commercial real estate industry for the first time (or looking to land a new job in the industry), looking good on paper is more important than ever right now. As commercial real estate becomes more and more institutionalized, the expectations of incoming analysts and associates have risen […]
If you’re trying to make a career move within commercial real estate or trying to land your first job in the industry, this can prove to be a pretty tricky task. Commercial real estate hiring managers are often looking for what they refer to as “No Risk Hires”, essentially those people who have done […]
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