Rice Business
Real Estate Investment and Development
Identify and analyze the commercial viability of real estate investments and developments.
Start date
26 February 2025
Course duration
8 weeks
Excluding orientation
Language
English
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Effort
7–10 hours per week
Self-paced learning online
Course overview
The amount that U.S. commercial real estate transaction volumes are estimated to reach in 2021.
Urban Land Institute (May, 2021).
The share of GDP accounted for by commercial and residential construction in the U.S., equal to $1.11 trillion.
The Balance (Jun, 2020).
Duration: 8 weeks (excluding orientation)
Despite the economic turbulence of the past decade, the real estate industry in the U.S. has only gone from strength to strength in recent years. In this online short course from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, gain an introduction to the current commercial real estate and property development market. By examining the real estate ecosystem from a holistic perspective, you’ll unpack the fundamental skills necessary to facilitate informed commercial real estate investment and development decisions.
Over the course of eight short weeks online, you’ll learn to assess the feasibility of property investments, explore the concepts and techniques used to analyze commercial real estate assets and discover the instruments commonly used to finance these assets. You’ll also learn to personally analyze and identify commercially viable real estate for development.
Is this course for you?
This online short course is designed for both property developers and entrepreneurs who want to identify and analyze the viability of real estate investments and developments. It is beneficial for real estate agents, brokers and property managers who want to deepen their knowledge of the commercial real estate ecosystem. Finance professionals will gain a holistic understanding of the specific financial tools and techniques required to assess the feasibility of an investment.
Course overview
Introduction
Duration: 8 weeks (excluding orientation)
Despite the economic turbulence of the past decade, the real estate industry in the U.S. has only gone from strength to strength in recent years. In this online short course from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, gain an introduction to the current commercial real estate and property development market. By examining the real estate ecosystem from a holistic perspective, you’ll unpack the fundamental skills necessary to facilitate informed commercial real estate investment and development decisions.
Over the course of eight short weeks online, you’ll learn to assess the feasibility of property investments, explore the concepts and techniques used to analyze commercial real estate assets and discover the instruments commonly used to finance these assets. You’ll also learn to personally analyze and identify commercially viable real estate for development.
Is this course for you?
This online short course is designed for both property developers and entrepreneurs who want to identify and analyze the viability of real estate investments and developments. It is beneficial for real estate agents, brokers and property managers who want to deepen their knowledge of the commercial real estate ecosystem. Finance professionals will gain a holistic understanding of the specific financial tools and techniques required to assess the feasibility of an investment.
What will set you apart
The ability to identify and analyze the commercial viability of real estate investments and developments.
An understanding of the commercial real estate ecosystem as a whole.
Knowledge of the financial tools and techniques required to assess the feasibility of an investment.
Unlimited access to 2U’s Career Engagement Network, offering you exclusive resources and events to support your professional journey and drive your career forward.Course curriculum
Orientation module
Welcome to your Online Campus
Module 1
The logic behind real estate investment decisions
Module 2
The factors affecting real estate value
Module 3
The real estate system and the developer
Module 4
Property level evaluation
Module 5
Leverage and the impact on risk and return
Module 6
Economic feasibility of a development project
Module 7
Equity partners
Module 8
Making investment decisions
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Academic Director
Jefferson Duarte
Gerald D. Hines Associate Professor of Real Estate Finance, Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business
About the certificate
Learn about real estate investment and development and earn an official executive education digital certificate from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.
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