Jefferson Duarte

This course has two primary objectives: 1) provide an overview of the fundamental frameworks commonly used in the Real Estate Industry and 2) provide a detailed understanding of the discounted cash flow (DCF) model, the primary quantitative financial decision tool used in the real estate industry. Students learn how to build robust DCF models incorporating important features and conventions for application to real estate assets.

This course describes the feasibility analysis of real estate developments. Topics covered are the development process, market studies, financial feasibility, and joint ventures for the primary real estate property types.

This course introduces students to the methods used in analyzing commercial real estate space markets. The course explores data provided by research organizations to analyze the current states of the market for each different asset type (Retail, Office , Industrial, Hospitality and Residential).