Real estate development entrepreneurs at all levels of experience; design, engineering, construction, legal, permitting, financing, marketing, or property management professionals who are members of a real estate development team; real estate investors and other participants in the real estate investing ecosystem.

This is an open enrollment program with content suitable for a diverse group of professionals. For experienced executives seeking advanced learning and networking opportunities, please consider the Advanced Management Development Program or our Real Estate Management program.

• Secular trends driving demand in housing- age, marital trends, education, job formation, domestic and international immigration- and where to source the data to demonstrate it.
• Market and Asset Identification strategies leveraging commercially available datasets
  o What makes a Regional/Local economy “tick” and where is activity concentrated?
  o What is the source of wealth creation in a society & which type of “places” increase in value
  o Local Demand/Supply balances- leveraging future supply pipeline data vs. est. demand
  o Leveraging data on market fundamentals- rent, occupancy, supply, sales, expenses, cap rates, capital expenditures
  o Societal trends in the disposition of purchasing power
  o Which assets & locations are best positioned to take advantage of these drivers?
• Speeding up Underwriting Cycle times- the hidden cost of inflexibility
  o Explicitly evaluating the trade-off between purchased data costs and time
  o Financial Underwriting of Investment Candidates in 30 minutes or less
• Understanding the Macroeconomic & cost of capital context, including inflation/deflation