Introduction Knowing the structure of a typical interview will help you prepare when hunting for real estate private equity jobs. Each individual interviewer will bring their own style. That said, there is a general framework you can expect. This article will cover the course of a typical interview so you can better understand what you’re […]
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One of the more common questions I get from students is: “what questions should I ask at the end of a real estate private equity interview?” Right off the bat, that question implies there is a set list of best-to-ask real estate private equity interview questions at the end of each round. But if there
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Introduction Brain teasers are an important topic in our coverage of real estate private equity for beginners. They show up quite often during interviews, though they may not always touch upon real estate-specific concepts. Categorically, they’re not the same as the other technical questions in our comprehensive guide. In fact, I consider brain teasers to
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Behavioral interviews are a fundamental component of the real estate private equity interview process. In a way, they give you the opportunity to really sell yourself. For instance, you might be asked one of the explicit behavioral interview questions that we listed in the first post of this series. However, the behavioral component of REPE
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If you’re looking for a technical real estate private equity guide, look no further than this link. Yet if you’re looking to study behaviorals, you’re in the right place. The first installment of this series can be found here, detailing (i) the differences in preparing for technical vs. behavioral questions, and (ii) the specific questions
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Introduction To the casual observer, “real estate” may seem to be one single asset class. Perhaps your personal account is exposed to some tech, some healthcare, and maybe some REIT stocks. After all, within real estate, the gist is that landlords charge their tenants rent. How much variance can there be? But when you pry
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Behavioral vs. Technical Questions Real estate private equity interview questions can be generally categorized as technical or behavioral. Broadly, behavioral questions ask who you are (subjective/qualitative) and technical questions ask what you know (objective/quantitative). As with Liberal Arts versus STEM, the ways in which you are tested vary. Technical questions probe your mastery of a
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Your Big Bet on Last-Mile Industrial Let’s imagine a scenario where a real estate equity investment doesn’t go quite as planned. Let’s say you’re two years into an investment you made in 2020, committing fund equity into a 30-property last-mile industrial portfolio. Back then, industrial real estate was hot and cap rates were only going
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Welcome back to the real estate private equity case study series where we focus on the public REIT valuation of Aimco. Right now we’re building a net asset value (NAV) analysis, and in the last posts we knocked out gross asset value (GAV) and spoke to consolidation. This post will shift to focus on the
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Introducing Consolidation Welcome back to the Aimco public REIT valuation series. Here, we’re going to unpack consolidation, which has already reared its head in the figures we pulled for the previous post on GAV. When building public company net asset value (NAV) analyses, it’s important to handle consolidation consistently and back out minority interests as
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