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PRIVATE REAL ESTATE EQUITY INVESTMENT II: UNDERWRITING AND INVESTMENT PROCESSES

REALEST 851
Course Description

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.

Prerequisites

Graduate/professional standing and REALEST 550 , or declared in graduate Business Exchange program

Satisfies
Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.64

-1.68% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
46.88%

-13.92% from Historical

Class Size
32

26.73% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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