Commercial Real Estate Intern
About the job
- A high school diploma or General Educational Development equivalent is required.
- The candidate must be an active-duty United States Armed Forces member authorized by their command to participate in the DoD Skillbridge program.
- The candidate should be approaching the last six months to one year of military service.
- The candidate must demonstrate customer service focus, organizational skills, time management skills, oral and written communication proficiency, and multitasking ability.
- The candidate must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
- The candidate must demonstrate initiative and a sense of urgency by meeting or improving upon deadlines.
- Participate in a learning program designed around training into a potential full-time commercial real estate role.
- Gain hands-on experience in a commercial real estate brokerage firm.
- Learn about brokerage, development, and investment.
- Build networks of people and interact with customers and colleagues.
- Support outreach, marketing listings, and the escrow and contract process as part of the brokerage team.
- A bachelor's degree is preferred.
- Willingness to obtain a California real estate salesperson or broker license is preferred as an eligibility qualification.
About the company
NAI Northern California is a full-service commercial real estate firm serving the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose and a team of over 70 professionals. It handles buyers and sellers, leasing, property management, real estate investments, and advisory services, using technology-enabled tools to deliver value. It guides clients through the CRE lifecycle—from market analysis and negotiations to closing, leasing management, property operations, and investment planning— with revenue coming from commissions and advisory/property-management fees. Its local, multi-office footprint and combined transactional, management, investment, and advisory offerings differentiate it from competitors, and its goal is to help clients buy, sell, lease, manage, and invest in Northern California CRE by delivering end-to-end services and local market knowledge to maximize value.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2004
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- NAI NorCal won 2025 Top Sales Firm in the East Bay in March 2026.
- James Kilpatrick and Seth Hubbert closed San Francisco's largest Q2 2025 retail lease.
- Hayward multifamily sale recognition shows continued transaction momentum outside core office markets.
What critics are saying
- San Francisco office vacancy stayed 27.2% in Q2 2026, crushing landlord demand.
- Office vacancy normalization slows leasing commissions and property-management renewals across 2026.
- If Bay Area recovery stalls, smaller brokerages lose mandates to larger national firms.
What makes NAI unique
- NAI NorCal spans San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose with one Bay Area platform.
- NAI's global network extends local brokerage reach beyond Northern California markets.
- 2025 CoStar awards validate specialized retail and East Bay transaction execution.
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Nainorcal is excited to announce that NAI Northern California received the 2021 CoStar Power Broker Award for both Top Sales Firm and Top Leasing Firm.