# Real Estate Investment and Development

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##### Have a Question?

### [Michael Koenig](https://business.rice.edu/person/michael-koenig)

Associate Dean for Innovation Initiatives & Executive Director of Executive Education

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## Gain an Introduction to the Real Estate Market with Our Online Short Course

Analyze the commercial viability of real estate investments and developments with this online short course.

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### Upcoming start dates

- February 25, 2026
- September 9, 2026

### Length

### 8 weeks, excluding orientation

### Effort

### 7-10 hours per week, self-paced learning online

### Tuition

### $3,234

### Course Overview

### Despite the economic turbulence of the past decade, the real estate industry in the US has only gone from strength to strength in recent years. In this online short course from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, gain an introduction to the current commercial real estate and development market. By examining the real estate ecosystem from a holistic perspective, you’ll unpack the fundamental skills necessary to facilitate informed commercial real estate investment and development decisions.

### Over the course of eight weeks, you’ll explore the concepts and techniques used to analyze commercial real estate assets, and the instruments commonly used to finance these assets. You’ll also learn to personally analyze and identify commercially viable real estate for development.

### Who Should Attend

- Real estate developers and entrepreneurs who want to identify and analyze the viability of real estate investments and developments
- Real estate agents, brokers and property managers who want to deepen their knowledge of the commercial real estate ecosystem
- Finance professionals wanting to gain a holistic understanding of the specific financial tools and techniques required to assess the feasibility of an investment

### Course Takeaways

- The ability to identify and analyze the commercial viability of real estate investments and developments
- An understanding of the commercial real estate ecosystem as a whole
- Knowledge of the financial tools and techniques required to assess the feasibility of an investment

### Course Curriculum

Unpack the concepts that inform commercial real estate investment and development decisions as you work through the weekly modules of this online short course.

Orientation Module: Welcome to your Online Campus\
Module 1: The logic behind real estate investment decisions\
Module 2: The factors affecting real estate value\
Module 3: The real estate system and the developer\
Module 4: Property level evaluation\
Module 5: Leverage and the impact on risk and return\
Module 6: Economic feasibility of a development project\
Module 7: Equity partners\
Module 8: Making investment decisions

## Meet Your Instructor

### [Jefferson Duarte](https://business.rice.edu/person/jefferson-duarte)

Gerald D. Hines Associate Professor of Real Estate Finance\
Director of Real Estate Initiatives

Department
[Faculty](https://business.rice.edu/directory?field_departments_target_id=1926)

Office

McNair Hall 321

Contact
[713-348-6137](tel:713-348-6137)
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##### Have a Question?

### [Michael Koenig](https://business.rice.edu/person/michael-koenig)

Associate Dean for Innovation Initiatives & Executive Director of Executive Education

[713-348-5876](tel:713-348-5876)
[Email](#)