| Course ID: | REAL 7600. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Real Estate Investment Analysis |
Course
Description: | Designed for graduate students with an interest in real estate
decision making, and more specifically in analyzing an equity
investment in commercial real estate. Students will learn about
space and asset markets, investment returns, discount and cap
rates, cash flows, debt leverage and income taxes. These core
competencies will be used to develop models of actual investment
properties. |
| Oasis Title: | Real Estate Invest Analysis |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in REAL 7800, REAL 7810 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. Students will learn how to analyze an investment
opportunity, including the technical aspects that impact the
performance and risk of the investment.
2. Students will gain an understanding of how real estate
fits into an investment portfolio.
3. Through class projects, students will have the opportunity
to develop their skills working with others on teams with
common goals.
4. Students will enhance their skills in critical and
quantitative thinking as well as their ability to write a
persuasive and convincing document. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Real estate system
2. Investment returns
3. Net present value
4. Cash flows and discount rates
5. Leverage
6. Income taxes
7. Investment models
8. REITs
9. Portfolio theory |