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Samuel B alay

555-‐756-‐1435, s abalay@davidson.edu, B altimore, M D

April 1 , 2 0XX

Henry R eed

Director o f R esearch

National A ssociation o f R eal E state I nvestment T rusts

1875 I S treet, N .W., S uite 6 00

Washington, D istrict o f C olumbia 2 0006-‐5413

Dear M r. R eed:

I a m w riting t o e xpress m y i nterest i n t he N ational A ssociation o f R eal E state I nvestment T rusts

Research A ctivities M anager p osition, a s a dvertised o n L inkedIn. I b elieve t hat I h ave t he s kills t o

collect, c ompile a nd c ommunicate i ndustry i nformation a nd p erform t he c ommercial r eal e state

data a nalysis n ecessary f or t his p osition.

My r esearch e xperience i ncludes w orking i n a c ollaborative e nvironment a s a n i ntern f or A merican

Action F orum t wo s ummers i n a r ow. W hile t here, I w orked w ith t he D irector o f E conomic P olicy

and t he D irector o f F iscal P olicy t o c onduct i n-‐depth r esearch, a nalyze d ata, a nd w rite a rticles

about p revalent e conomic p olicy i ssues i n A merica, p ublishing o ne i n T he W eekly S tandard a nd

two o n A . A fter r eturning f or a s econd s ummer, m y s upervisors

recognized m y g rowth a nd g ave m e t he o pportunity t o s peak w ith s everal p rominent f ormer

Congressional a nd W hite H ouse e conomists a bout t heir w ork a nd s olutions t o t he d ebt c risis. T his

experience m ade m e a m ore c apable a nd c onfident r esearcher a nd c ommunicator.

Performing r esearch a nd a nalysis f or t he N ational A ssociation o f R eal E state I nvestment T rusts

would a lso a llow m e t o d irectly d raw f rom m y y ear s tudying e conomics i n t he h ighly u nique

tutorial s ystem a t U niversity o f O xford. M y c ourse p erformance i n E ngland w as b ased n ot o nly o n

how w ell I u nderstood t he m aterial, b ut a lso o n h ow w ell I c ommunicated i t i n p apers a nd o rally

during w eekly h our-‐long t utorials. A fter o ver 5 0,000 w ords a nd 5 2 h ours d iscussing c omplicated

material w ith e conomic e xperts, I h ave h oned b oth m y a nalytical p roblem s olving s kills a nd m y

ability t o c ommunicate i ntricate i nformation i n a n u nderstandable w ay. I b elieve m y i nternship

experiences c oupled w ith m y f ormal a cademic w ork a t D avidson a nd O xford h ave p repared m e f or

a f uture o f m aking e ffective c ontributions t o y our o rganization.

Attached t o t his a pplication y ou w ill f ind m y r ésumé a nd D avidson t ranscript. I l ook f orward t o

meeting y ou a nd f urther d iscussing m y c andidacy f or t his p osition. T hank y ou f or y our

consideration.

Sincerely,

Samuel B alay

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