PUBLIC REAL ESTATE EQUITY INVESTMENT

REALEST 640

Thorough discussion of how public real estate investment products such as Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) are structured and how investors price them. Exploration of key strategic considerations for institutional investors in their real estate investments. Analysis of the equity side of real estate, review of mortgage math, analysis of MBS and real estate equity investments by looking at specific REITs.

REALEST 841

Focuses on investment processes, guidelines, governance, underwriting, company valuation, sector analysis and portfolio analysis. Allows selected students to function as portfolio managers by investing real money (endowment to the real estate program) in listed real estate companies, primarily real estate investment trusts (REITs).

REALEST 530

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.

REALEST 851

Focuses on the real estate private equity organization through constructing investment criteria statements, vetting investment opportunities, implementing investment processes, and presenting the opportunities to the WREAA Fund Investment Committee.

REALEST 550

Introduction to real estate private equity investment focused on the analysis, terms, return metrics, and structures used to make real estate private equity investment decisions.