Real Estate Investment

Catalog description

This course offers a thorough study of the fields of real estate investment and finance. It covers the basics of real estate investment analysis, mortgage concepts, and the financing of residential and commercial properties. The topics include an overview of the major types of valuation models and approaches used for analyzing the primary categories of real properties. Alternative types of mortgages are also discussed. The course emphasizes the ways in which financing and investments in real properties are similar to a range of financial assets. It integrates real estate finance topics and builds its methodology on a modern corporate finance and investment framework. Prerequisite: FIN 301 .