Where a real estate investor can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a real estate investor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Real estate investors buy and sell own real estate such as appartements, dwellings, land and non-residential buildings to make a profit. They might actively invest in these properties to increase its value by repairing, renovating or improving the facilities available. Their other tasks may include researching the real estate market prices and undertaking property research.
Also known as property investor, property entrepreneur, land investor, investor in real estate, land entrepreneur, real estate entrepreneur, real estate entrepreneurs, real estate investing expert.
Technicians and associate professionals 30 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: real estate surveyor, 66%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A real estate investor needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- examine the conditions of buildings information skills
- perform property market research information skills
- value properties information skills
- compare property values information skills
- asset management business, administration and law
- estimate profitability information skills
- collect property financial information information skills
- real estate market business, administration and law
- property law business, administration and law
- modern portfolio theory business, administration and law
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a real estate investor does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- property assistant 65% covered · difficulty 35.3
- real estate agent 63% covered · difficulty 36.6
- property acquisitions manager 51% covered · difficulty 47.3
- real estate manager 50% covered · difficulty 49.6
- real estate surveyor 50% covered · difficulty 48.5
- property appraiser 46% covered · difficulty 51.5
- letting agent 43% covered · difficulty 54
- foreclosure specialist 43% covered · difficulty 54.4
- property developer 32% covered · difficulty 64.5
- relocation officer 23% covered · difficulty 70.3
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Real estate investor is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a real estate investor’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.