RecordMove

Property developer to real estate investor

A property developer already meets 32% of what the real estate investor role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From property developer

Distant match

To real estate investor

9 You already bring

10 Still to learn

30 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.5/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a real estate investor is expected to do is already part of a property developer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the real estate investor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A real estate investor role treats 5 of its required skills as things a property developer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

compare property values
estimate profitability
provide cost benefit analysis reports
real estate market
value properties

What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A real estate investor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a property developer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held value properties information skills
already held provide information on properties communication, collaboration and creativity
already held compare property values information skills
already held estimate profitability information skills
already held attend trade fairs communication, collaboration and creativity
already held real estate market business, administration and law

All 9 carried skills, including the 5 the real estate investor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 information skills 5 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn collect property financial information required
still to learn perform property market research required
still to learn examine the conditions of buildings required
still to learn maintain records of financial transactions required
still to learn obtain financial information required

optional, not held prepare inventory of properties optional
optional, not held trace financial transactions optional

02 business, administration and law 4 required, 4 supplementary

still to learn asset management required
still to learn banking activities required
still to learn modern portfolio theory required
still to learn property law required

optional, not held project management optional
optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
optional, not held concurrent estate optional
optional, not held tax legislation optional

03 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn handle financial transactions required

optional, not held plan buildings maintenance work optional
optional, not held supervise property development projects optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary

optional, not held communicate with banking professionals optional
optional, not held negotiate with property owners optional

05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary

optional, not held actuarial science optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a real estate investor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 9 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held compare property values skill
already held estimate profitability skill
already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
already held real estate market knowledge
already held value properties skill
already held attend trade fairs skill
already held building codes knowledge
already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
already held provide information on properties skill

11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held actuarial science optional
optional, not held prepare inventory of properties optional
optional, not held project management optional
optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
optional, not held communicate with banking professionals optional
optional, not held concurrent estate optional
optional, not held negotiate with property owners optional
optional, not held plan buildings maintenance work optional
optional, not held supervise property development projects optional
optional, not held tax legislation optional
optional, not held trace financial transactions optional

32 held skills the real estate investor role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role architecture regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
not needed by the target role audit contractors skill
not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
not needed by the target role building systems monitoring technology knowledge
not needed by the target role business management principles knowledge
not needed by the target role contract law knowledge
not needed by the target role coordinate marketing plan actions skill
not needed by the target role create a financial plan skill
not needed by the target role develop energy saving concepts skill
not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
not needed by the target role follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
not needed by the target role investment analysis knowledge
not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
not needed by the target role leasing process knowledge
not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
not needed by the target role liaise with quality assurance skill
not needed by the target role liaise with shareholders skill
not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
not needed by the target role manage maintenance operations skill
not needed by the target role manage staff skill
not needed by the target role market research knowledge
not needed by the target role monitor contractor performance skill
not needed by the target role monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects skill
not needed by the target role negotiate land access skill
not needed by the target role negotiate land acquisition skill
not needed by the target role oversee planning of security systems skill
not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
not needed by the target role use safety equipment in construction skill

9 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier

still to learn asset management required
still to learn banking activities required
still to learn modern portfolio theory required
still to learn property law required
optional, not held actuarial science optional
optional, not held project management optional
optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
optional, not held concurrent estate optional
optional, not held tax legislation optional

Index

Other moves recorded from property developer

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a property developer become a real estate investor?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A property developer already covers 32% of what a real estate investor is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 5 of which the real estate investor role treats as required.

What skills does a property developer need to become a real estate investor?

10 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is collect property financial information.

How hard is the move from property developer to real estate investor?

Its learning distance is 64.5 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.