u/Acceptable-Soil-9552

Looking for honest input from people in the industry or who have been in a similar position.

My background: I'm 24 and a current community college transfer student finishing my Associate's degree. I'm currently a Property Administrator at a private equity real estate firm in the Bay Area managing a $220M+ institutional commercial portfolio. Before that I managed 400+ single-family homes as a residential Property Manager. I also co-founded my own real estate investment company and completed my first multifamily (duplex) acquisition out of state. I hold a California real estate license.

My goals: I want to move into real estate development, real estate private equity, institutional acquisitions, or real estate IB. I'm done with operations and property management, I want to be on the finance and deal-making side.

The choice:

• NYU — College of Arts and Science, Economics major. Located in NYC. Total out of pocket cost approximately $200K for two years. I haven't received my aid package yet, so this is the worst case scenario.
• UCSD — Real Estate and Development program, Rady School of Management, Finance minor. Located in San Diego. Total out of pocket cost approximately $62K for two years as a California resident.

For people in real estate PE, development, acquisitions, or IB, which do you choose and why?

Looking for honest input from people in the industry or who have been in a similar position.

My background: I'm 24 and a current community college transfer student finishing my Associate's degree. I'm currently a Property Administrator at a private equity real estate firm in the Bay Area managing a $220M+ institutional commercial portfolio. Before that I managed 400+ single-family homes as a residential Property Manager. I also co-founded my own real estate investment company and completed my first multifamily (duplex) acquisition out of state. I hold a California real estate license.

My goals: I want to move into real estate development, real estate private equity, institutional acquisitions, or real estate IB. I'm done with operations and property management, I want to be on the finance and deal-making side.

The choice:

• NYU — College of Arts and Science, Economics major. Located in NYC. Total out of pocket cost approximately $200K for two years. I haven't received my aid package yet, so this is the worst case scenario.
• UCSD — Real Estate and Development program, Rady School of Management, Finance minor. Located in San Diego. Total out of pocket cost approximately $62K for two years as a California resident.

For people in real estate PE, development, acquisitions, or IB, which do you choose and why?

Looking for honest input from people in the industry or who have been in a similar position.

My background: I'm 24 and a current community college transfer student finishing my Associate's degree. I'm currently a Property Administrator at a private equity real estate firm in the Bay Area managing a $220M+ institutional commercial portfolio. Before that I managed 400+ single-family homes as a residential Property Manager. I also co-founded my own real estate investment company and completed my first multifamily (duplex) acquisition out of state. I hold a California real estate license.

My goals: I want to move into real estate development, real estate private equity, institutional acquisitions, or real estate IB. I'm done with operations and property management, I want to be on the finance and deal-making side.

The choice:

• NYU — College of Arts and Science, Economics major. Located in NYC. Total out of pocket cost approximately $200K for two years. I haven't received my aid package yet, so this is the worst case scenario.
• UCSD — Real Estate and Development program, Rady School of Management, Finance minor. Located in San Diego. Total out of pocket cost approximately $62K for two years as a California resident.

For people in real estate PE, development, acquisitions, or IB, which do you choose and why?