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REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

REALEST 530
Course Description

A capstone focused on comprehensively underwriting commercial real estate. Investment analysis will be performed for a variety of real estate property types from the perspective of various real estate professionals, such as the property/asset manager, finance professional, leasing broker, acquisitions specialist, portfolio manager, and investment legal/risk team. The investment analysis will emphasize the importance of value-creation through capital investment and effective income and expense management.

Prerequisites

REALEST 415 and (REALEST 425 or current enrollment), or graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.51

-1.95% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
38.1%

-13.86% from Historical

Class Size
126

151% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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