Associate - Real Estate
About The Position
Hankey Capital is seeking an Associate to Senior Associate for its growing real estate bridge-lending team. The position is based in the Las Vegas office, with periodic paid visits to the Los Angeles headquarters. Hankey Capital is a privately held direct lender focused on senior bridge loans for commercial real estate in several U.S. markets. Its lending platform finances properties in transitional and value-add stages across major property types. The Associate will support loan originations, underwriting, loan management, and asset management. The role includes evaluating bridge-loan opportunities, analyzing property values and markets, building financial models, developing plans for foreclosed properties, identifying lending and borrower opportunities, monitoring capital markets, and assisting with marketing initiatives. The job is performed in person, five days a week, and requires 45 or more hours per week.
Requirements
- Proactive, positive, can-do attitude and a natural drive for curiosity and learning.
- Two to five years of experience in similar analyst or senior analyst roles, ideally in real estate investment, CRE banking, debt funds, or mortgage brokering.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, meet tight timelines, and manage multiple responsibilities.
- Working knowledge of available AI tools to supplement workflows and support critical thinking.
Nice To Haves
- Deep understanding of California’s metro and coastal submarkets.
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Real Estate, Business Management, or a related field.
- Experience underwriting or directly investing in multifamily development, single-family development, hotels, industrial, office, and/or retail properties.
- Experience with entitlements, ground-up development, and value-add investment across various property types.
- Experience with ground-up multifamily or single-family housing development and value-add hotels.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the team to support loan originations, underwriting, loan management, and asset management activities.
- Evaluate inbound bridge-loan opportunities by reviewing business plans, underwriting property-level valuations, researching sales and rent comparables, understanding demand drivers, and coordinating diligence.
- Generate financial pro forma projections, cash-flow models, and discounted cash-flow analyses in Microsoft Excel for various commercial real estate property types.
- Work with the underwriting team to incorporate underwriting workflows into the Hub and improve loan-management processes.
- Develop business plans for foreclosed real estate properties, including development sites and existing value-add assets.
- Research and develop origination outreach strategies, including identifying maturing debt and potential new borrowers.
- Monitor commercial real estate capital-market activity to inform the originations team about market conditions.
- Assist in promoting the platform through digital, social, and print media initiatives.
- Undertake ad hoc initiatives and projects on behalf of the firm’s President.
- Work in the office five days per week and put in 45 or more hours per week.
- Travel periodically to the Los Angeles headquarters; visits are paid.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, supplemental life insurance, long-term disability, and flexible spending account.
- 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Program with employer matching.
- Career path opportunities.
- UKG Wallet access to pay before payday.
- Onsite gym with group yoga and Pilates classes at the Los Angeles office.
- Tickets at Work discounts on entertainment, travel, and more.
- AT&T wireless discounts.
- Midway Rent a Car discount in California.
- Dell Member Purchase Program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
