Summer Analyst – Debt Strategies

Bridge Investment Group is a leading alternative investment manager focused on real estate, credit, and private equity strategies. The Debt Strategies team originates, underwrites, and manages real estate credit investments across a variety of asset classes.

Bridge Debt Strategies is seeking a Summer Analyst to join the team for Summer 2027. This role provides hands-on exposure to real estate lending, underwriting, and portfolio management in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. The Summer Analyst will work closely with investment professionals across the deal lifecycle and gain direct exposure to live transactions and investment decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Assist with deal sizing and structuring, including analysis of proceeds, leverage, DSCR, debt yield, and sensitivity scenarios across capital structures
• Conduct market research and asset class analysis across multifamily, industrial, retail, and hospitality sectors using sources such as CoStar, RCA, Trepp, and broker materials
• Review borrower financial statements, rent rolls, leases, and third-party reports, including appraisals, engineering, environmental, legal, and market studies, and identify key risks and considerations
• Support broader due diligence efforts and maintain internal deal pipeline tracking
• Partner with Asset Management to monitor portfolio investments and property-level performance
• Contribute to process improvements and workflow efficiencies, including the use of data tools and AI-driven solutions within underwriting and portfolio management processes
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Capital Markets, and Asset Management, teams

Qualifications

• Current undergraduate student (Class of 2028) pursuing a degree in Finance, Real Estate, Economics, or related field
• Strong interest in real estate credit and lending
• Proficiency in Excel; experience with financial modeling preferred
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment
• Detail-oriented with a high level of professionalism

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior internship experience in real estate, investment banking, private equity, or credit
• Familiarity with real estate financial concepts (NOI, cap rates, DSCR, IRR, etc.)

What You’ll Gain

• Direct exposure to live deals and investment decision-making
• Mentorship from experienced investment professionals
• A comprehensive understanding of real estate debt strategies
• Opportunity to be considered for a full-time role

Bridge is a leading, vertically-integrated real estate investment manager, diversified across specialized asset classes. Bridge combines its nationwide operating platform with dedicated teams of investment professionals focused on select U.S. real estate verticals across residential, industrial, net lease and real-estate backed credit.

On February 24th, 2025, Bridge announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Apollo. Bridge will provide Apollo with immediate scale to its real estate equity platform and enhance Apollo’s origination capabilities in both real estate equity and credit, which is expected to benefit Apollo’s growing suite of hybrid and real estate product offerings. The firms share a culture of collaborative leadership that rewards both individual thinking and team decision-making. Bridge, powered by Apollo, will seek to continue to deliver high-quality results through creativity and innovation.