Elan's 340 Blog

Business Development Representative (BDR) Last year, I had the realization that I want to work in the real estate field when I grow up. So, I knew I needed to land an internship at a real estate company that upcoming summer. As I searched through different employment websites, I came across a job posting to be a Business Development Representative (BDR) at a private real estate investment company in Los Angeles called ESI Ventures. By only looking at the title of the job, it sounded intimidating, so I decided to do a quick Google search. But after finding out what a BDR actually did, it seemed way simpler than I thought.  A BDR is a sales representative in charge of finding new business opportunities for a company. This involves doing research on prospects that may be good to target, tracking down the contact information of the decision-makers of those prospects, and reaching out to them via cold calling or cold emailing. The end goal of my job was to find potential tenants for a v...

Where do I come from? I come from a nice, loving Persian Jewish family that currently lives in Los Angeles.  Where am I going? I’m going to law school! My dream is to go to a prestigious law school that is close to home so hopefully I get into USC Gould School of Law. How do I plan to get there? I plan to get there by being disciplined, working hard, and believing in myself. I’m a strong believer in manifesting your aspirations so I constantly picture myself achieving this goal. How am I LIKE my parents? I'm like my mom in that we are both perfectionists and need everything to be organized, and I'm like my dad in that we are both very logical and let our brains guide our decisions rather than our emotions. How am I UNLIKE my parents? I'm unlike my parents in that I'm adventurous. My parents are both very laid back and like relaxing whereas I love traveling, hiking, and am always on my toes. Have you developed your own expectations for yourself? I feel like when I was in...