I am really confused about what I should major in at college. I love cities, real estate and people and want to major in either finance (real estate emphasis), urban planning, urban studies or sociology. I would like to be a real estate developer, real estate attorney,city planner or, just a highly successful individual in real estate. I believe that the finance major is a must because I will be dealing with large amounts of money no matter what. However, what other major should a choose to get a good background about people and cities. If I work for a city I would like to focus on housing, zoning and development. Moreover, if I get my J.D. I would also like to have knowledge in areas other than urbanization and money. I can not get an undergrad in four majors because that is way to much time and money. I really need advice. Currently, my career goal is leaning more towards Real Estate Attorney/City Planner. What should I do? Your Advice would be greatly appricated.
High School Senior
Answers:
Depends on what state your are in or intend to live in after you finish college. If you are willing to move (and need to), I recommend Real Estate Attorney. The reason I mentioned moving is that you want to be in a state that is considered an "Attorney State". NY, NJ and IL are a few I know of off the top of my head that are atty states. Real Estate agents are not at all supportive of the use of attorneys in transactions in non-atty states and unfortunately have a lot of influence over their clients where this is concerned. Regarding zoning and development, there are a small number of jobs in this field so the positions are scarce. One other thing to consider as a RE Atty, you may want to focus heavily on corporate relocation - no matter how bad the market, the corporate moves are always happening.
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