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Real Estate Investment Certificate

Develop practical, real-world knowledge and skills for investing in real estate. Through this professional graduate certificate, you become familiar with a wide range of real estate asset types while learning how to analyze markets, value assets, raise capital through debt and equity financing, and gaining other essential skills for a real estate investment career.

Key learning outcomes

  • Insight on various investment opportunities through an understanding of land uses; the forces that drive property values; the life cycles of buildings and neighborhoods; how cities develop and change over time, and the real estate cycle.
  • Hands-on experience creating financial models, analyzing cash flows, determining values, and measuring economic returns of real estate investments.
  • Understanding of investment capital through a variety of debt and equity partnership structures.
  • Knowledge of the tools of investment strategy, decision-making, risk mitigation, and enterprise management.
     

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Getting started

No application is required. You simply register for graduate courses during our fall, spring, or summer registration periods. 

Earning the Certificate

To meet the requirements for the certificate, you must:

  • Complete four certificate courses for graduate credit.
  • Earn at least a B grade in each course.
  • Complete the courses within three years.

Learn more about pursuing a certificate and the process of requesting your certificate.

Certificate Courses

The professional graduate certificate in Real Estate Investment requires four courses:

  • Principles of Real Estate (required course)
  • Real Estate Finance and Investment (required course) 
  • Real Estate Enterprise Management (required course)
  • Electives (choose one course from select group)

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Registration

Summer 2021 registration opens March 1. Fall 2021 registration opens in July. Start planning now by browsing the course catalog: 

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Certificate at a Glance

Required Courses

4

Number of courses for this certificate.

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Average Cost

$11,600

Cost of completing the certificate courses, at current tuition rates.

Time Investment

1.5

Number of years, on average, it takes to complete this certificate. You may take up to three years.

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