Land Your First Private Equity Real Estate Role: The Foundations
This package is designed for professionals who want to break into institutional Real Estate Private Equity — whether you're coming from an adjacent real estate role (debt, brokerage, consulting) or an entirely different industry. Through five structured 1-on-1 sessions, you'll build the technical foundation, industry vocabulary, and practical toolkit that REPE recruiters and interviewers actually screen for — taught by a current Asset Manager at Greystar and Adjunct Professor of Real Estate Finance at IE Business School. Each session pairs a custom-built teaching deck with live, personalized application to your background and target firms — so you're not just absorbing concepts in the abstract, you're learning how they map onto your specific transition. By the end of this package, you'll have the technical fluency, vocabulary, and frameworks to speak confidently about real estate investing at the level institutional recruiters expect — plus five reusable reference decks you can revisit throughout your search.
What's included
My coaching is highly personalized and focused on practical outcomes rather than generic advice. Before each session, I review your background, resume, and career goals so we can spend our time addressing the areas that will have the greatest impact. Drawing on my experience as an Asset Manager at Greystar and Adjunct Professor of Real Estate Finance at IE Business School, I combine real-world industry insights with structured frameworks to help you develop the technical knowledge, positioning, and confidence needed to break into institutional real estate private equity. Every session concludes with clear action items so you leave with an actionable roadmap—not just ideas.
- Building a working knowledge of real estate asset classes, investment strategies, and career paths
- Understanding the asset manager's role and how it connects to acquisitions and portfolio management
- Learning the real estate development process end-to-end, from land acquisition to disposition
- Mastering core underwriting and financing metrics (LTV, LTC, DSCR, Debt Yield) used in every buy-side interview
- Exploring the broader industry landscape — PropTech, REITs, and entrepreneurial paths — to sharpen your point of view in interviews
Meet your expert
Salvador M.
Land Your Next Role in Private Equity Real Estate with a PERE Insider
I specialize in the strategic management of real estate assets, with a particular focus on the Living sectors. Currently, I serve as an Asset Manager at Greystar in Madrid, overseeing Be Casa, the firm’s Flex Living portfolio in Spain. In this role, I coordinate cross-functional teams across operations, finance, development and marketing to improve asset performance, optimize NOI, and build long-term value. My background spans the entire asset lifecycle. Prior to Greystar, I spent several years advising institutional investors and developers on transactions within the PBSA, Co-Living, Build-to-Rent, and Senior Housing spaces at international consulting firms including EY and Savills. This advisory background, combined with early experience in construction, allows me to bridge the gap between financial analysis and practical, on-the-ground operations. Outside of my corporate role, I am committed to education and industry development. I am an Adjunct Professor at IE Business School, where I teach Real Estate Investment & Asset Management. I also serve on the executive committee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Young Leaders and am an active member of the Nova Talent network.
