Educational background is less important than actual commercial real estate industry experience.
Market Resarch analysts, financial analysts and appraisers from Commercial real estate firms are good candidates.
People with business, legal, para-legal, and financial degrees tend to be hired by commercial real estate services firms.
Skills required:
eye for detail
ability to summarize legal clauses to the least amount of words but that retain the vital information
Technology: must be able to learn various lease administration platforms used by clients and assimilate client protocol with lease abstration protocol