Real Estate Entrepreneurship

Catalog description

This course explores the entrepreneurial side of real estate. The course tracks the life cycle of real estate ventures and investments, looking at all aspects of the deal process, from sourcing and raising capital to property management and disposition. A special focus is placed on real-world deal making skills through the lens of an entrepreneur operating in this industry with disparate resources and an uncertain environment. Success in the real estate requires personal relationships, hard earned experience, and business savvy. New challenges emerge daily, setbacks happen, and these experiences shape the real estate entrepreneur in different ways. This course aims to help jump-start the process by focusing on deal-making and the lifecycle and stages of real estate venturing. Students will learn to understand real estate business model complexities and industry dynamics.