Introduction This is part four in a series where we underwrite a live investment opportunity exactly as we would in our real estate private equity jobs. Part one introduced our subject: LSI’s $350M 2029 4.0% Senior Notes. Part two showed you where to find live bond pricing data and explained key terms. Part three demonstrated […]
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Introduction There are three real estate private equity skills you need to master when looking for a job: networking, developing market opinions, and technical skills. This series focuses on #2, the market knowledge. The last post in this series explained high-level that you need to conduct your market research in four steps: (1) sector-level research,
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Introduction to this Series on Developing Market Knowledge Leveraged Breakdowns helps you prepare for a real estate private equity career path in every way possible. On the technical side, we teach you how to build an extremely detailed asset-level model via Breaking Down REPE. We show you how to tear through a case study in
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Every Interview is a Learning Experience The interview game is a learning process, and you can really only gain your sixth sense through live practice. There is nothing that compares to actually practicing with real life interviews for firms you want to work at. With that said, it’s natural to stumble on your first few
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To an outsider, recruiting for a career in real estate private equity recruiting can seem opaque and confusing. I know because I’ve been there. Fast forward several years comprising tens of billions of dollars of acquisitions experience, and I’m here now to help you shortcut the initial confusion. Leveraged Breakdowns provides the head start I
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Introduction Real estate private equity firms expect you to walk into your first interview with substantial industry knowledge. Yet how could a complete outsider ever know what to expect from such a technical ordeal? Enter Leveraged Breakdowns, the premier resource to prepare you for real estate private equity jobs. In this article, you should read
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Part one of this series covered the basics of accounting: (i) the three most common financial statements, (ii) major line items on each financial statement, and (iii) how the three statements flow together. This article extends those lessons to focus on: (i) the nuances of the direct and indirect method of the cash flow statement,
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Leveraged Breakdowns exists to prepare you for a career in real estate private equity. To that end, this series covers interview questions you’ll likely face when searching for real estate private equity jobs. Make sure you check out our courses, Breaking Down REPE and the REPE Starter Kit, to get the hard technical skills you
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This is a collection of repe interview questions to help you prepare for a career in REPE. These particular repe interview questions focus on two common questions. First, why invest in real estate? Second, what are the main real estate sectors, and how do they differ? You need to have the answers to these questions
We’ve all seen movies that depict the frantic activity on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. When the market is on a huge bull run for the day, or in absolute freefall, staying calm and focused is critical to success. The Real Estate Private Equity day-to-day is not nearly as intense as one
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