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.

Prerequisties

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

Satisfies

REALEST 852

Credits

Offered

Not Applicable

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

26.73% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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