Introduction This series on interview prep exists to help you excel during interviews and crush any real estate investment case study. To make this the best real estate private equity course possible, respond to these questions as if you’re actually being interviewed. That means look away from your computer, don’t read or memorize the answer, […]
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Introduction Leveraged Breakdowns teaches real estate private equity for beginners. That’s why we provide materials such as our flagship course Breaking Down REPE and even our free real estate private equity case study. This particular series focuses on the types of questions you might face during a real estate private equity interview. Today’s lesson focuses
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This series serves as a real estate private equity guide for live interviews. The response to each question is phrased exactly how we would recommend you respond during a live interview. After reading this article, you will have a high-level understanding of two concepts that are likely to appear on any real estate private equity
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Accounting is the language of finance. Though you do not need an advanced CPA skill set, you must be familiar with GAAP and IFRS accounting. Certain real estate investment case studies may require you to tease out crucial information from financial statements. If you do not understand the information below, you are not prepared to
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Understanding real estate pro formas is critical for any real estate private equity interview case study. The revenue and expense items for each major asset class should be in your muscle memory. Even if you haven’t made it to an repe case study round, the questions below will likely arise in your screener interviews. Make
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There are five primary tax incentives in real estate private equity that can boost returns in your real estate equity investment. Analysts should understand the mechanics of each so they can build effective real estate LBO models. Two of these incentives have been covered already: Property Tax Incentives and Sales Tax Incentives. Federal and State
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As a real estate private equity analyst, you will build complex LBO models and be responsible for their completeness and accuracy. Depending on your employer or the specific fund, your model may take into account the effects of taxes on investment returns. If so, you may want to consider a cost segregation study for acquisitions.
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We often receive requests for real estate investment case studies. Students want to prepare for job interviews as well as practice their skills for personal growth. In either event, case studies are a fantastic way to better your skills and launch into a career in real estate private equity. This case study will simulate a
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Real estate assets are divided into three major types: Residential, commercial, and industrial. NAREIT (National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts) tracks a dozen main property types in investment real estate and provides data on the returns realized in those property types (and several sub-types). Most REPE funds, however, focus on one of the five
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This final installment in our series on commercial leases (unless we decide to bring you Commercial Leases: Hobbs and Shaw) will focus on co-tenancy clauses and ground leases. Again, these topics are getting deep into the weeds, but if you are hunting for your first private equity real estate job, this info can really help
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