2026 Real Estate Analyst

Analyst Job Opportunity

MetLife Investment Management (MIM) offers the chance to be part of a team driving impact in global markets. With about $600 billion in assets under management, we apply expertise in Fixed Income, Equities, Private Credit, and Real Estate to create thoughtful, risk-managed investment solutions for institutional clients. At MIM, experience meets impact, and your contributions will help build a legacy spanning over 150 years. You'll turn ideas into action, collaborate with industry professionals, and build a career with lasting influence. If you're seeking a dynamic environment where your work matters, MIM is the place to be.

Global Real Estate and Agricultural offers an opportunity to shape thriving markets and drive meaningful impact. With one of the world's largest portfolios - spanning real estate, debt and equity, and agricultural mortgages - we connect expertise with discipline, investing across the risk spectrum - from core to opportunistic. Here, you'll collaborate with top professionals, navigate evolving markets and contribute to investments that drive performance through value creation and above-market returns. If you're looking for a role that combines strategic thinking with real-world impact, MetLife Investment Management is where you will make a difference.

Analysts at investment headquarters will be placed into the Real Estate Debt Strategies Group (DSG), Equity Strategies Group (ESG), Research, Valuations & Analytics (RVA). Placements will be determined based on candidate interests and business unit matching.

Debt Strategies Group

The Real Estate Debt Strategies Group (DSG) placement will provide an excellent introduction to the various aspects of institutional real estate investment, focusing on commercial mortgages. DSG focuses on the origination and management of commercial mortgages and the portfolio management of MIM's clients. The analyst will gain hands-on exposure to commercial mortgage underwriting, portfolio management, risk management, and asset and client management for our third-party investors.

Equity Strategies Group

The Real Estate Equity Strategies Group (ESG) placement will provide an excellent introduction to the various aspects of institutional real estate investment, focusing on real estate equity. ESG focuses on real estate equity investment, asset management, and portfolio management. The analyst will gain hands-on exposure to commercial real estate underwriting, portfolio management, risk management, and asset and client management for our third-party investors.

Research, Valuations & Analytics

The Real Estate Research, Valuations & Analytics placement will provide an excellent introduction to the various aspects of institutional real estate investment management, focusing on risk management, valuations, research & strategy, and portfolio performance analytics. The analyst will gain hands-on exposure to various support functions in a leading commercial real estate debt and equity platform.

The Analyst placement will provide an excellent introduction to the various aspects of institutional real estate investment management with a mix of boots-on-the-ground and portfolio management perspectives. The Analyst will gain hands-on exposure to the various aspects of real estate debt or equity investments, such as the regional offices commercial mortgage origination, acquisitions, development, and asset management efforts by completing property and market analyses and assisting in the internal investment committee approval processes and closings. Additionally, the Analyst will gain exposure to commercial underwriting, asset management, and risk management on a decentralized, regional level and work with portfolio managers to support our third-party investors. The analyst will be placed either in a debt or equity focused role.

Specific responsibilities may include some of the following :

• Real estate valuation and underwriting of new commercial mortgage transactions
• Financial modeling and scenario analysis of development projects and existing equity properties
• Equity and commercial mortgage portfolio risk analysis, rating, and surveillance reporting
• Tracking Mortgage and Equity transaction pipelines
• Assisting with marketing strategy, including prospecting and implementation
• Equity property valuation, lease analysis, and capital budget planning / implementation
• Collection, compilation, and reporting of real estate market, economic and demographic information
• Credit analysis of existing or prospective tenants and / or borrowing entities
• Reviewing and identifying risks within property condition reports
• Conduct property tours for assets in the existing portfolio as well as prospective new investments
• Portfolio (mortgage and equity) surveillance and asset management activities may include lease review and abstracts, ARGUS modeling, investment valuation, property tours / inspections, capital and operating budget preparation, investment committee presentations
• Participate in ad-hoc assignments as determined by the team's needs and requirements at that time

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