Ethics
Quality(ies) associated with good ethical performance
What is: privacy, integrity, honesty, etc.
Most common promotion for real estate financial analysts
What is: managers
Real Estate Financial Analysts have experience in _______
What is: finance, accounting, statistics, etc.
Define finance (roughly)
What is: function in a business that acquires funds for the firm and managers those funds within the firm
Ethical violations must be reported ___________
What is: immediately
Functionally distinguishes managers from analysts
What is: communication-based vs. data-driven
The average salary for Real Estate Financial Analyst
What is: about $110,000 annually
Name a type of work within the field of finance (broadly)
What is: investment banking, private equity, etc.
The interviewee's reasoning for why there can be no room for error in terms of ethics
What is: because when you are dealing with millions or even billions of dollars, there is no room for uncertainty, and if you see something that doesn’t add up, you must report it immediately.
Difference between the financial manager of a small firm vs. large firm
What is: small firm managers are focused on short-term goals such as making rent so they do not go under, whereas large firms only focus on long-run returns
Determines the success of a Real Estate Financial Analyst
What is: accuracy of their financial forecasts
Thoroughly explain how finance interacts with one of the other major business fields
What is: answers may vary
Name as many finance firms as you can from our first slide
What is: Blackrock, Blackstone Group, Evercore, Freddie Mac, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, KKR, Morgan Stanley