Consultant in Real Estate Advisory - Newport Beach, CA

The Concord Group • Newport Beach, CA

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Concord Group (TCG) is seeking intellectually curious, analytically strong professionals to join its Consultant team and build a career in real estate consulting. Consultants advise developers, investors, public agencies, and other decision-makers by assessing markets, evaluating opportunities, and supporting development and investment decisions. The role is suited to candidates with approximately two to five years of experience; direct real estate experience is valuable but not required.

Consultants work in small teams alongside senior professionals and receive early exposure to clients and real estate decision-makers. Assignments span markets nationally and include multifamily housing, mixed-use development, for-sale residential, retail, hospitality, and master-planned communities. The work helps clients determine what to build, whom to serve, how to position projects, and what markets can support. Consultants may direct substantive portions of engagements and participate in client discussions and presentations.

The role uses proprietary tools, data capabilities, Excel, data platforms, mapping tools, and AI to support research and analysis. Site visits and market research are part of the position. The role is based in Newport Beach, California, with a hybrid work arrangement. Base salary is $85,000–$105,000, with a bonus opportunity, health coverage, pension, and paid time off.

Requirements

• Approximately two to five years of experience.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving ability, strong quantitative skills, and comfort working with data.
• Ability to synthesize substantial information and move from analysis to interpretation and recommendation.
• Clear, concise writing and confident verbal communication, with an interest in storytelling and client service.
• Intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, and willingness to test assumptions and revise a view when evidence changes.
• Initiative, resourcefulness, organization, and ownership of the quality and timeliness of work.
• Interest in real estate, development, cities, economics, consumer behavior, or related fields.

Nice To Haves

• Direct real estate experience is valuable but not required.
• Relevant backgrounds may include management or economic consulting, finance, capital markets, development, investment, brokerage research, planning, and data analytics.
• Experience demonstrating how prior work translates into thoughtful advice for real estate clients.

Responsibilities

• Structure market, economic, demographic, and competitive analyses around client decisions.
• Evaluate demand, rents, pricing, absorption, product positioning, and competitive supply, and develop defensible recommendations.
• Synthesize data, market interviews, and site observations into clear client-facing conclusions.
• Prepare client-ready presentations, memoranda, exhibits, and market studies.
• Use Excel, data platforms, mapping tools, and AI to make analysis faster, deeper, and more customized, while checking sources and results.
• Conduct site visits and interviews with developers, brokers, property managers, and other market participants.
• Direct portions of engagements, coordinate team contributions, and participate actively in client discussions and presentations.

Benefits

• Bonus opportunity
• Health coverage
• Pension
• Paid time off
• Ongoing feedback and development opportunities through close work with senior professionals
• Career progression through increasing responsibility and demonstrated judgment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed