Real Estate
I graduated in the May of 2022 with a double major in Business Marketing and Real Estate. If the music and marketing career path does not work out, I would love to use my Real Estate degree. I took a Real Estate class for my major called Commercial Real Estate Finance and Investment. In this class, I spoke to my professor about how I see myself using my Marketing degree more than my Real Estate degree. He told me about careers in marketing for real estate offices. If I were to be a marketer for a real estate firm, I would help to advertise the showings of properties, decorate showings, decorate lobbies, and be in charge of all marketing tasks. I think this would be a very fulfilling career because it would combine both my majors, which I did not think was an option. However, I would also be interested in pursuing solely a real estate career, without the marketing aspect.
In my real estate courses at the University of San Diego, I learned about many different aspects of real estate. My favorite aspects are how to effectively put commercial real estate properties for sale and how to find the right properties selling at the right price. In one of my classes, I had worked on a project to sell a brand new apartment complex on Lauretta Street. It is a 30-unit apartment complex built in 2021. The Lauretta Apartments are located 3 blocks from the University of San Diego. All units are two bedroom and two bathrooms, ADA approved. I built a financial package containing all the necessary information to sell this apartment complex. I was able to use my marketing skills to make the package visually appealing while using my real estate degree to include the right information. A career building financial packages and helping advertise properties for sale would be ideal with my degrees.
Right now is the perfect time to enter the job field, as many companies are hiring as things are ramping back up after the shutdown due to the pandemic. San Diego is also very over-populated and the turnaround rate for housing is less than 2%. The need for housing is crucial for San Diego, and I would love to be able to work on new projects and create more housing in the city. I can also use what I have learned as a Marketing major to help with creating the financial packages for real estate sale projects. Financial packages contain the information needed when trying to sell a property: investment disclosure, executive summary, project summary, project description, project location, market analysis, financial pro forma, tenant pro forma, and pictures. My Marketing degree would help me to make a visually appealing while still professional financial package.