Why choose a career in commercial real estate?

Chances are, there are countless roles in real estate that aren’t on your radar and SEO Career wants to help you land them. The real estate industry is more than just your local real estate agent. It’s a wide-ranging group of well-educated professionals designing, developing, investing in, and managing the places where you live, work, shop, and play.

Roles available in real estate include:

Capital raising & capital markets, acquisitions, asset & portfolio management, corporate and business services, non-investing roles (e.g. property management), development and investor relations.

What sets us apart

The PREA Foundation (Pension Real Estate Association) is the leading real estate global trade association for real estate investment professionals. Their exclusive partnership with SEO Career means our participants get priority access and opportunity with PREA firms across the industry.

PREA’s mission is to create a robust pipeline for young people to access careers in the commercial real estate industry. Together we deliver a dynamic, multi-layered, and engaging training program to help you land an internship (avg. summer salary $10K+)  and secure a full-time offer.

SEO Real Estate by the numbers

~149
Interns
~30
Cities
90%
of interns get a FT offer
$10K+
Avg. salary for paid summer internship

How we prepare you

Our program offers industry-specific virtual training — valued at over $4,000 — and 100’s of courses/webinars for advanced learning to set you up for internship success including: real estate fundamentals, understanding the real estate landscape, technical tools, professional development and more.

Additional resources:

  • One-on-one coaching with industry professionals
  • Access to senior management
  • Partner-hosted training and trends seminars
  • Alumni sessions, events, panels, resources, networking
  • Office hours with advisors
  • Site visits

Our partners

  • REITS (Real Estate Investment Trusts)
  • REIBS (RE Investment Banking)
  • REPE’s (RE Private Equity)
  • Insurance Firms
  • Public & Corporate Pension Funds
  • Developers
  • Endowments
  • Brokerage Firms

Program components and qualifications

All who meet the following criteria are welcome to apply:  

  • Remote, hybrid and on site opportunities
  • Open to first years, sophomores and juniors (externship access for first years and sophomores)
  • 3.2 GPA 
  • Majors include but not limited to: Business, Real Estate, Finance, Civil Engineering, Economics, Architecture, Urban Planning

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