Favorite Parts of Working in the Real Estate Industry as a Managing Broker
Anthony, CEO/Managing Broker at Buckingham Investments, finds the real estate industry's "sheer variety and options" most appealing, allowing for diverse approaches like "apartment buildings or retail, or brokerage, or financing." The transformation of "stuff that we look at on paper" into physical reality, impacting investment returns and the built environment, is also a source of fascination for him.
Real Estate, Investment Strategies, Financial Analysis, Property Development, Entrepreneurship
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Anthony Walker
CEO/Managing Broker
Buckingham Investments
University of Southern California
Loyola Marymount University - MBA
Spanish & Other Languages, International Relations & Affairs
Real Estate
Real Estate
Honors Student
Video Highlights
1. The real estate industry offers a wide variety of opportunities and approaches to building a career. There are many different specializations to choose from, such as apartment buildings, retail, brokerage, or financing, allowing for diverse career paths.
2. The industry's dynamic nature allows for creative problem-solving and strategic thinking, as there are numerous ways to approach the business and find success.
3. Real estate uniquely blends theoretical investment knowledge with the tangible reality of constructing and developing physical spaces. This combination of financial analysis and physical development offers a unique career experience.
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your industry?
The best thing about real estate is it can be whatever you make of it. It's such a huge field, full of opportunity for different creative ways to approach it. I think that's what makes it so cool.
There are a million different strategies you can take to the business, and each one can work for whoever decides to make it work. Whether you want to do apartment buildings, retail, brokerage, or financing, or focus on one area versus another, the sheer variety and options in the industry are fascinating.
I always thought it was really cool to see how all this stuff we look at on paper becomes a physical reality. Whether you're building a property or buying an existing one, renovating it, and turning it around, it's really cool to learn about our physical environment and how that relates to investment returns and what people do with buildings. It's truly interesting.