FIN/467
Real Estate Investment
Online
Format
$1194
Estimated Tuition
3 credits
Total credits
5 weeks
Course length
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Course level: Undergraduate
This course explores the techniques of real estate investment analysis, including financing, taxes, and decision-making criteria in today's real estate investment environment.
Prerequisites
None
What you'll learn
Course skills and outcomes
Week 1
- Differentiate between real estate and other asset types.
- Describe the impact of the real estate market on households, businesses, and the overall economy.
- Compare the forms of real estate ownership.
- Describe the investors in commercial real estate.
Week 2
- Differentiate between primary and secondary residential mortgage markets.
- Compare residential and commercial loan structures.
- Critique the calculations, terminology, and legal elements of mortgages and financial documentation.
Week 3
- Apply time value of money calculations.
- Detect factors that influence market value, risk, and return.
- Explain the professional appraisers’ valuation process.
- Prepare an estimate of value using the income valuation approach.
Week 4
- Assess investments using ratios and discounted cash flow analysis.
- Determine income tax considerations impacting real estate investments.
- Outline the functions performed by property managers.
- Compare the leasing of various property types.
Week 5
- Outline the development process.
- Assess the impact of laws and regulations in real estate development and value.
- Critique the role of real estate brokerage.
- Determine key elements of a real estate sales contract and the process of closing a transaction.