Just got back from London and can’t stop thinking about how badly I want to live there — anyone made this work as an American?
Just got back from a trip and I’m genuinely gutted to be home. The city clicked for me like nowhere else ever has and I left knowing that’s where I want to be.
I’m 24, recently graduated, with some real estate finance and investment analysis experience in the US. Nothing crazy, still early career. I hold American, Spanish, and Swiss passports — but post-Brexit the EU ones don’t help me in the UK, so I’m essentially in the same boat as any American needing visa sponsorship.
I know London is competitive as it is. Adding the visa requirement on top as someone without a ton of experience feels like a real wall.
Has anyone navigated something similar? Is real estate finance a realistic field to break into there as a foreign hire at a junior level? Any honest advice welcome — even if it’s “here’s what I’d do differently.”