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Real estate employers are looking for people with a combination of strong deal-making and interpersonal skills. The skills involved include:

Excellent Job Opportunities

The field of real estate involves the sale, management and analysis of land and properties. This is one of the largest parts of the economy and offers excellent job opportunities.

Tough to Break In

It's relatively hard to break into investment banking. You need to be prepared to pursue firms on your own after you have thoroughly prepared yourself.

The Field is Highly Entrepreneurial

Real estate jobs tend to be more entrepreneurial and create opportunities to become wealthy if you have the right mix of analytical skills and entrepreneurial drive.

There are Many Ways to Play the Field

One of the exciting things about real estate is that it can be approached from so many different ways. You can be a white-collar worker projecting and analyzing cash flows from new developments with spreadsheets; an agent in the field with heavy contact with customers on a day to day basis; or an ent repreneurial property owner/manager looking for undervalued real estate buys and strategies for creating value.

Multiple Entry Points Available

There are a variety of ways to break into real estate. If you are interested in the sales side you need to get licensed and should go to work for a commercial or residential broker. If you would like to get involved in property acquisition and analysis you should get a higher degree with a specialization in real estate and go to work for a major property management company. There are also many other ways to enter including through corporate site selection departments, governmental entities and banks.