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It's no longer cool being a banker—at least as far as real estate developers are concerned. While Wall Streeters might be reluctant to spend big on an apartment during this economic downtown, doctors don't seem to share their concerns—"people are always getting sick"—and so now developers and brokers are focusing their attention on physicians. A bunch of MDs aren't going to be able to save the entire Manhattan real estate market on their own, of course, especially since many of them are "quite a bit more conservative" than the young Wall Street turks who used to plunk down eight-figure sums for sprawling lofts about as quickly as they'd drop $500 on a $29 bottle of vodka at a Marquee. But newly-unemployed bankers who miss the old days needn't dispair. Just ace the MCATs, go through four years of medical school and another four years of residency, and your broker may start returning your calls again.