Real Estate Finance and Investment
Online Program

Deepen your understanding of strategic real estate investing to make informed decisions and negotiate risks.

Duration

6 weeks,
excluding orientation

Effort

7–9 hours per week,
self-paced learning online

Learning Format

Weekly modules,
flexible learning

This Online Program Is for You if You Want To:

 

  • Strengthen your knowledge of real estate finance and investment and learn how to make informed property decisions

  • Familiarize yourself with the fundamentals of real estate strategy or bolster your knowledge as a real estate professional

  • Help clients make informed real estate development decisions

On Completion of This Program, You’ll Walk Away With:

1

An advanced understanding of the concepts, principles, and analytical methods used in valuing and financing income-producing property.

2

The tools and confidence to determine if a property investment truly creates value, how it can be financed, and whether taxation will impact the returns.

3

Validation of your ability to scope a real estate investment in the form of a certificate from a leading business school.1

1U.S. News (Nd). Accessed August 23, 2021.

Program Curriculum

Over the duration of this online program, you’ll work through the following modules:

Module 1 Leases as a Source of Value
Discover how leases create value for real estate investors.

Module 2 The Valuation of an Investment Property
Discover the methods used to calculate the value of a real estate investment opportunity.

Module 3 Using Debt To Finance an Investment Property
Explore the impact of debt finance on real estate investments.

Module 4 Utilizing Equity Partnerships To Finance an Investment Property
Explore equity partnerships as a means to finance a real estate investment.

Module 5 The Taxation of Real Estate Investments
Determine the impact of taxation on a real estate investment.

Module 6 Starting Your Real Estate Investment Journey
Discover how to incorporate real estate finance and investment analysis into your decision-making process.

 

Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during program development.

Academic Director

Craig Furfine

Clinical Professor of Finance and Associate Chair of the Finance Department, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University

Professor Furfine teaches corporate finance and various other courses on real estate finance. He is the author of Practical Finance for Property Investment, a book designed for investors and students interested in learning what finance theory implies about property investment. He received a PhD in economics from Stanford University. Professor Furfine has published in scholarly journals, including the Review of Corporate Finance Studies, the Journal of Business, the Journal of Monetary Economics, and the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking. He currently serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking and treasurer of the Midwest Finance Association. Prior to joining the Kellogg School faculty, he was an economic adviser in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He previously served as a senior economist at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, where he contributed to the revision of international bank capital standards.

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