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Active vs. Passive Real Estate Investing – Which One Is Right For You?

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 […]

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The MOST Important Return Metric in Commercial Real Estate

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 […]

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What Should (and Shouldn’t) Be on Your Commercial Real Estate Resume

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 […]

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How To Craft a Winning Commercial Real Estate Cover Letter

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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Masters in Real Estate or MBA – Right For You Right Now?

With the commercial real estate industry becoming more and more institutionalized every year, I’m starting to see more and more people considering a Master’s in Real Estate or an MBA to kickstart their efforts to break into the business. Although this is a highly personalized choice, this is also a major decision, and I […]

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How (and When) To Negotiate a Real Estate Job Offer

So, I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that you’ve just received an offer for your dream job in commercial real estate that you’ve been pursuing for months, finally putting an end to the stress and uncertainty of the job search process. The bad news is that this […]

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How To Find a Commercial Real Estate Mentor

When I first got into the real estate industry, I knew pretty much…nothing. But what I did know is that there were people out there that knew a lot more than me that I could learn from, and because of this, I spent a lot of time and effort trying to meet these people […]

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When (& Why) To Turn Down a Real Estate Job Offer

It’s good news for the job market to be talking about turning down offers, but with what seems to be an economic recovery well underway, multiple-offer scenarios are starting to become a reality for many people looking to break into the real estate industry today. But while having multiple options is an ideal situation, […]

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How To Know If You’re Overpaying For a Real Estate Deal (3 Checks)

Coming up with a reliable valuation for a real estate deal isn’t easy. Between the market research that goes into knowing what comparable properties are trading for, what rents are in the market, what expenses should be, the debt terms that you’re likely to get, and an estimate of construction costs to renovate the […]

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The Best (& Worst) Jobs For Aspiring Real Estate Entrepreneurs

Real estate is an extremely entrepreneurial industry, and for many people who break into a career path in the business working for someone else, the end goal is to ultimately build their own investment firm or portfolio in the future. As part of that, a main goal for these people in the beginning of […]

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