<p>I was reading about the different majors that some business schools offer, and I came across real estate. Other than being a real estate agent, what kind of jobs is this useful for?<br>
Maybe a real estate developer?</p>
<p>There are some pretty big real estate firms where you could do pretty cool things like develop, manage and sell office space in sky scrapers to big businesses. I would look for a finance major with a real estate track or specialization rather than a major in real estate, though.</p>
<p>Not to discourage you, if you’re a high school student, but the truth is it is very much a useless major. A course in real estate law, another in appraisal, another in real estate finance won’t do much good. You don’t have to major in real estate to be a property manager, or appraiser or mortgage processor. You’re better off to major in economics for those jobs, for example. In general, I am leery of real estate, marketing, management, consumer affairs… majors at undergraduate level.</p>
<p>k thankyou very much. I was already considering a major in finance, so would a double major in finance and real estate be worth it, or would i be better off sticking to finance?</p>
<p>If I were you, I’d rather focus on finance alone – getting high GPA, involving in some meaningful ECs are rather important. If you want to double/minor, I’d go with economics. Economics requires more abstract and critical thinking/reading/writing. That will server you well. Ages ago, my roomate majored in finance but took few more accounting courses than what was required. He ended up working for Arthur Andersen, big 8 at the time, for a while, and now a VP- Finance for a small business. Not bad, eh?</p>
<p>hillbillie is so wrong on so many levels. There ARE some very good RE programs out there for undergrads. There also are many large real estate firms that have little to do with home appraisal, selling houses, or being a low level mortgage broker. Usually RE majors at good schools get pref over finance majors for these jobs.<br>
The better RE firms manage billions in investments for various pension funds and other big $$$$$ investors. I worked at one (Pru Capital-RE) for about 8 years and it’s a very good and high level career.<br>
Undergrad RE majors from my school (Wisconsin) had higher salaries than finance majors in the same job (analyst). And both were well above all the business grad averages. Many were hired to be RE division analysts at major Ibanks. Places VERY hard to get into as a regular finance major.</p>
<p>The jobs are interesting and more enjoyable to me than just pure fiannce. You are working with real projects in real cities–things you can touch and feel. Every time I drive by The Trump Tower in Vegas I can say I had a hand in that when it was still just on paper.</p>
<p>what do you think would be better for someone interested in a good real estate position… a finance concentration from the university of oregon, or a real estate finance concentration with a real estate development minor for portland state university? thanks in advance everyone</p>
<p>The only reason I’ve even heard anything about Oregon is because the star running back from my high school that won 4A state in Texas carries their football team with his brother now. Today I learned Portland State exists. I’m assuming you want to work in Oregon. You probably know those two a lot better than anyone on here. If you want to work somewhere else, you might want to reach a little higher.</p>
<p>If you want to work in Oregon OU would be fine. They used to have some RE classes too. If you want to get with a major national firm you would be better off going to a higher ranked school.</p>
<p>lulz opened, you’re talking about the Quizz brothers at OSU aren’t you?</p>
<p>To the other guy, I’ve lived in Oregon all my life and all I can say is, try to avoid going to school (any of those schools) there. Unless you want to do accounting, you’ll have to be work really hard to get a good job since those schools aren’t well-respected. If you had to choose though, definitely take UO. PSU grads are usually looked at as people who couldn’t get into the state schools (not that getting into the state schools here are anything to brag about).</p>
<p>Cornell’s Hotel School has a commercial real estate minor. As barron mentioned it could be very lucrative. I did commercial mortgage securitization in my previous life. It’s quite complicated in doing evaluation of value and credit, which is very different than residential mortgage.</p>
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