780 Advizers

Hayden

Land Acquisition Project Manager

D.R. Horton

California Polytechnic State University

Hayden, has over 4 years of experience in land acquisition, market analysis and business planning within the resale and new home industry.
Real Estate
Real Estate
Environmental & Related Sciences

Q1Career path

Internships

Project Management

Career Exploration

2:40

"I kind of figured that might be where, uh, where most of my skills would be, uh, best put to use."

Q2Main responsibilities

Data Analysis

Communication

Project Management

1:59

"I spend a lot of time in market analysis, understanding how much new homes are selling for, how much resale homes are being sold for"

Q3Day in the life

Communication

Project Management

Data Analysis

1:01

"We spend about 75% of our time in the office and about 25% of our time going out to job sites, meeting with brokers, meeting with city officials."

Q4Most important skills - role

Communication

Teamwork

Patience

1:06

"Probably the two most important are communication and teamwork. Without your other teams and being able to identify what needs to be done in a timely manner, you won't have a project."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Housing

Real Estate

Project Management

0:56

"What I love most is we are all here for one common goal. It's to provide housing."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Organization

Project Management

Time Management

0:38

"Take bits and pieces of everyone around you, figure out what somebody else does, and maybe take one small idea from them."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Professional Relationships

Collaboration

Networking

0:39

"Everyone's happy to help. Everyone's happy to give advice, um, whether it's your competitors, uh, whether it's a consultant."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Willingness to Learn

Flexibility

Adaptability

0:26

"Somebody that could adapt to change quickly. Um, you never know what's gonna be thrown at you."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Patience

Organization

Project Management

0:43

"most deals will take a very long time to do"

Q10Entry-level positions

Land Acquisition

Project Management

Data Analysis

0:48

"learn every aspect of land acquisition, um, and from in market analysis."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Problem-Solving

Project Management

Resilience

0:53

"Don't be afraid to fail and don't be afraid to ask questions."

Q12College ideas for success

Teamwork

Relationship Building

Networking

0:57

"teamwork really, really helps, um, solidify class concepts."