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REAL ESTATE EXCEL MODELING

REALEST 411
Course Description

Introduction to real estate modeling. Building a real estate model for acquisition and development transactions for residential and commercial real estate using Excel. How to source market data, draw assumptions from market data, input assumptions, make decisions using reports, perform sensitivity analysis on model inputs, and explain terminology used in residential and commercial real estate.

Prerequisties

REALEST 410 or (REALEST 710 or concurrent enrollment)

Satisfies
Credits

1

Offered

Not Applicable

Grade Point Average
3.55

2.65% from Historical

Completion Rate
99.53%

0.23% from Historical

A Rate
47.17%

18.48% from Historical

Class Size
212

48.95% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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