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The power and success of Real Capital Solutions lies in our people. Throughout our history, our success has been built upon the efforts of our uniquely capable and dedicated people. In our view, real estate is not about buildings or capital, it’s about the right people. To optimize this critical talent, we are constantly on the lookout for individuals showing exceptional ability to create and add value through their talents and experience. RCS employs and attracts people with an impressive work ethic and dedication to teamwork that creates a high performance culture where excellence at all levels is acknowledged and rewarded. Our mission is to create exceptional value in real estate and to do that we employ top-notch employees with extraordinary dedication and willingness to work hard. If you are passionate and ambitious, then we want you on our team!
Career Opportunities
Senior Analyst - Hospitality
Job Title: Senior Analyst – Hotel Acquisitions
Job Type: Full-Time; Exempt
Reports To: Project Manager – Acquisitions
Date: January 2021
COMPANY BACKGROUND:
Real Capital Solutions is a highly entrepreneurial Real Estate Investment Company pairing active capital with an emphasis on street level solutions. As an active investment management company, its sources deals in value-add, opportunistic and high barrier to entry markets. RCS is a solution oriented real estate company that focuses on Acquisitions, Development and Management for highly complex and structured real estate opportunities. RCS has over 30 years of operational and real estate expertise with returns that are in the top 5% of private equity real estate firms in the US.
SUMMARY:
The Senior Analyst position will assist in the Acquisition of Commercial properties or projects, which will primarily be hospitality but may include industrial warehouses and suburban office. It is expected that most of the immediate deal flow will be for Distressed Hotel Investments. This individual will have strong financial and written communication skills and prior Hospitality Acquisitions experience as a Real Estate Investment Analyst. Experience with Upscale, Upper-Midscale, Midscale and Economy properties and market analysis. MUST HAVE FIVE YEARS OF HOSPITALITY ACQUISITION EXPERIENCE.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Creating proformas
- Drafting offers
- Reviewing legal agreements
- Collect and analyze due diligence information
- Market research and analysis
- Research and identify new investment opportunities
- Create loan request packages
- Create equity request packages
- Draft investment memos and update reports
- Business analysis
- Creating contract exhibits
- Assist in the periodic reforecasting of investments
- Perform asset management analysis, including business plan modifications, market analysis updates, budgets, etc.
- Assisting and supporting the Asset Management of Hospitality and Commercial assets.
QUALIFICATIONS:
We anticipate this position will be demanding; therefore, we seek candidates who are:
- Driven and ambitious;
- Self‐motivated
- Creative and highly analytic problem solvers.
- Undergraduate degree in Real Estate, Finance, Accounting or Economics (or related work experience)
- Excellent MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, communication, and writing skills
- Strong Argus valuation software skills
- Interest and/or experience in commercial investments
- 3 – 5 years of real estate underwriting and investment experience in hospitality
- Strong research skills
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit when doing paperwork or answering emails; use hands or fingers to utilize computer. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
TO APPLY
Please apply by sending a cover letter, detailing your experience and salary requirements, and resume to: jobs@realcapitalsolutions.com .
Please enter “Senior Analyst – Hospitality” in the subject line of your email.
Associate General Counsel
Job Title: Associate General Counsel
Job Type: Full-Time; Exempt
Reports To: Vice President/General Counsel
Date: February 1st, 2021
COMPANY BACKGROUND:
Real Capital Solutions is a highly entrepreneurial Real Estate Investment Company pairing active capital with an emphasis on street level solutions. As an active investment management company, its sources deals in value-add, opportunistic and high barrier to entry markets. RCS is a solution oriented real estate company that focuses on Acquisitions, Development and Management for highly complex and structured real estate opportunities. RCS has over 30 years of operational and real estate expertise with returns that are in the top 5% of private equity real estate firms in the US.
SUMMARY:
Under the management and direction of the General Counsel, the incumbent will be responsible for advising on general real estate and finance matters, entity formation and tax matters and reviewing, drafting and negotiating a wide variety of contracts and agreements to support Real Capital Solutions (RCS) in its commercial real estate business. Work will be transactional and will involve preparation, review and negotiation of purchase and sale agreements, operating agreements, 1031 exchanges, as well as closing documents with regard to all acquisitions and dispositions. No litigation work will be required; however, the incumbent will participate in the management of outside litigation counsel in connection with RCS-related disputes and litigation. This leader will become a trusted advisor to senior leadership and work with diverse groups of investors to get results in a challenging and fast paced environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- All aspects of commercial real estate acquisitions, sales and development, including preparation and negotiation of contracts and all aspects of due diligence and closing.
- Familiarity with and drafting of organizational documents related to joint ventures and limited liability companies. Familiarity with tax laws and regulations is necessary.
- All aspects of 1031 exchanges, including forward, reverse and improvement exchanges.
- Real estate finance, including loan document review and negotiation, as well as loan closings.
- Anticipate and mitigate potential legal problems within the RCS organization, providing relevant advice to senior leadership.
- Assist in the management of legal issues concerning ongoing ventures, entity structures and investor relationships.
- Familiarity with commercial leases, ground leases and common community formation documents a plus.
- Manage outside counsel related to real estate transactions, balancing cost and effectiveness in the delivery of legal services.
- Manage outside litigation counsel and act as a legal consultant for RCS in any legal matters, mediations, arbitrations, and hearings.
- Provide full support of all other RCS departments and employees regarding company and legal matters.
- Collaborate and communicate effectively with General Counsel regarding issues that impact the development and operations of the business.
- Assist in the management of the RCS Legal Department and supervision paralegals and legal assistants regarding responsibilities related to RCS acquisitions, dispositions and financing.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Strong academic credentials with a J.D. from an accredited law school; attorney’s license must be current, active and in good standing.
Minimum 8 years of practice in a law firm or in-house with a practice concentration in real estate, finance, entity formation and other commercial areas. - Minimum 5 years of supervisory/management experience.
Demonstrated strategic approach to legal problem solving; Detail-oriented, organized, efficient and resourceful with strong follow-through skills. - Strong negotiation skills and ability to interact with legal and business leaders internally and externally.
- Acumen to effectively balance compliance with the law against business goals and initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience supervising other attorneys, paralegals and legal staff.
- Excellent written, verbal and analytical skills, with an ability to communicate complex issues in a simple way and to orchestrate plans to resolve issues and mitigate risks.
- Creative problem solver with the ability to quickly and accurately assess legal risks.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects with a customer service attitude.
- Hard-working and a self-starter with the ability to operate independently with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines.
- Process-oriented with desire for constant improvement and development of best practices.
- Strong integrity and commitment to ethics.
- Must be able to communicate and function in an interdisciplinary team.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Ability to comply with company rules and regulations.
- Ability to communicate effectively and courteously with internal and external representatives through two-way verbal and written communication (speech, hearing, and writing).
- Very proficient in Word, experience in Excel and ability to operate various office equipment including computer, telephone, scanner, copier and calculator. Willingness to work long hours.
- Ability to work independently and refer appropriate matters to supervisor when necessary.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit when doing paperwork or answering emails; use hands or fingers to utilize computer. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
TO APPLY
Please apply by sending a cover letter, detailing your experience and salary requirements, and resume to: jobs@realcapitalsolutions.com .
Please enter “Senior Analyst – Hospitality” in the subject line of your email.
Executive Assistant to the CEO
Job Title: Executive Assistant to the CEO
Job Type: Full-Time; Exempt
Reports To: CEO
Date: February, 2021
COMPANY BACKGROUND:
Real Capital Solutions is a real estate investment company with a track record of successful investment in every aspect of real estate. Over its 30-year history, the Company has acquired over $1.5 billion of investment real estate. The key to the firm’s success has been a thorough understanding of the dynamics that affect the real estate cycle.
SUMMARY:
This position reports to the CEO/owner/founder of the company. Performs project coordination and administrative duties for a busy, high level Executive. Incumbent works closely with the senior management team to support the CEO. Responsibilities include maintaining calendars, coordinating meetings, screening calls and email correspondence, making detailed international and US based travel for business as well as personal travel, preparing reports and correspondence and other administrative duties.
RESPONSIBILITIES & ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Manages the CEO’s calendars, email, and schedules appointments.
- Screens incoming calls and correspondence and responds independently when possible.
- Organizes programs, events, meetings, or conferences by arranging facilities and caterers and issuing information or invitations.
- Prepares agendas, notices, minutes, and resolutions for corporate meetings.
- Performs complex and confidential administrative functions including developing and typing written correspondence. Responds to routine external correspondence. Prepares memos, reports, presentations payment requests, and other documents.
- Transcribe documents via voice recording system
- Schedule personal appointments and follow up on items related
- Arranges complex and detailed international and US based travel plans and itineraries, and compiles documents for travel-related meetings. This activity is for work related travel, personal travel, and non-profit foundation travel.
- Prepares the CEO’s expense reports.
- Maintains confidentiality of all corporate, personnel and research matters.
- Other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Must have high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations. Position continually requires demonstrated poise, tact, and diplomacy.
- Must have a minimum of three years’ experience working for a privately owned company top owner/executive as an Administrative Assistant to an executive.
- Bachelor’s Degree, MBA preferred.
- Three years of experience arranging complex travel.
- Must be able to interact and communicate with individuals at all levels of the organization.
- Must have intermediate knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets, database, and presentation software (MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Work requires continual attention to detail in composing, keyboarding, and proofing materials, establishing priorities and meeting deadlines. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Must have a valid driver license and have own reliable transportation.
- Has access or ability to have access to internet from home.
COMPETENCIES:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Problem solving: the individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, gathers and analyzes information skillfully and maintains strict confidentiality.
- Interpersonal skills: the individual maintains confidentiality, remains open to others’ ideas, and exhibits willingness to take on new and unfamiliar tasks.
- Oral communication: the individual speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations and demonstrates group presentation skills.
- Written communication: the individual creates first draft of reports and memos for CEO, edits work for spelling and grammar, presents numerical data effectively and can read and interpret written and oral information and then prepares final drafts.
- Strong research skills with the ability to compile data into concise written reports, graphs and/or charts.
- Planning/organizing: the individual prioritizes and plans work activities and uses time efficiently.
- Quality control: the individual demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and monitors own work to ensure quality.
- Adaptability: the individual adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands, and can deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
- Dependability: the individual is consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction, and solicits feedback to improve performance.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit when doing paperwork or answering emails; use hands or fingers to utilize computer. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
TO APPLY
Please apply by sending a cover letter, detailing your experience and salary requirements, and resume to: jobs@realcapitalsolutions.com .
Please enter “Executive Assistant-CEO” in the subject line of your email.
Benefits & Rewards
RCS recognizes the importance of providing a comprehensive benefits program to our full-time eligible employees. These benefits will help provide employees and their family member’s opportunities to maintain their health and welfare.
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Life & AD&D
- Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending
- Time Off: Competitive Vacation, Holiday & Sick Time
- Perks: Holiday and summer parties, Fruit Tuesdays, Office & Team activities, etc.