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10Real Estate Investment and Development
11Gain an Introduction to the Real Estate Market with Our Online Short
 > Course
12Analyze the commercial viability of real estate investments and deve
 >lopments with this online short course.
13Learn More
14Upcoming start dates
15September 9, 2026
16Length
178 weeks, excluding orientation
18Effort
197-10 hours per week, self-paced learning online
20Tuition
21$3,234
22Course Overview
23Despite 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 Gra
 >duate School of Business, gain an introduction to the current commer
 >cial real estate and development market. By examining the real estat
 >e ecosystem from a holistic perspective, you’ll unpack the fundament
 >al skills necessary to facilitate informed commercial real estate in
 >vestment and development decisions.
24Over the course of eight weeks, you’ll explore the concepts and tech
 >niques used to analyze commercial real estate assets, and the instru
 >ments commonly used to finance these assets. You’ll also learn to pe
 >rsonally analyze and identify commercially viable real estate for de
 >velopment.
25Who Should Attend
26Real estate developers and entrepreneurs who want to identify and an
 >alyze the viability of real estate investments and developments
27Real estate agents, brokers and property managers who want to deepen
 > their knowledge of the commercial real estate ecosystem
28Finance professionals wanting to gain a holistic understanding of th
 >e specific financial tools and techniques required to assess the fea
 >sibility of an investment
29Course Takeaways
30The ability to identify and analyze the commercial viability of real
 > estate investments and developments
31An understanding of the commercial real estate ecosystem as a whole
32Knowledge of the financial tools and techniques required to assess t
 >he feasibility of an investment
33Course Curriculum
34Unpack the concepts that inform commercial real estate investment an
 >d development decisions as you work through the weekly modules of th
 >is online short course.
35Orientation Module: Welcome to your Online Campus
36Module 1: The logic behind real estate investment decisions
37Module 2: The factors affecting real estate value
38Module 3: The real estate system and the developer
39Module 4: Property level evaluation
40Module 5: Leverage and the impact on risk and return
41Module 6: Economic feasibility of a development project
42Module 7: Equity partners
43Module 8: Making investment decisions
44Meet Your Instructor
45Jefferson Duarte
46Gerald D. Hines Professor of Real Estate Finance
47Director of Real Estate Initiatives
48Finance Area Coordinator
49Department
50Faculty
51Office
52McNair Hall 321
53Contact
54713-348-6137
55jd10@rice.edu
56Rice Business Wisdom
57Rice Business Wisdom is our online ideas magazine that features facu
 >lty research.
58Regulation | Peer-Reviewed Research
59Rules Of The Game
60How Does A U.S. Fraud Prevention Measure Affect Foreign Firms?
61Based on research by Professor Jefferson Duarte
62Lending | Peer-Reviewed Research
63Trust Me On This
64In Peer-to-Peer Lending, Appearances Can Tell The Truth
65Based on research by Professor Jefferson Duarte
66After Harvey | Expert Opinion
67Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
68How To Decide Whether To Stay And Rebuild Or Sell And Move Away If F
 >looding Has Damaged Your Home
69Based on research by Professor James P. Weston
70See All
71Have a Question?
72Kelcie Wold
73Associate Director for Online Innovation Initiatives, Executive Educ
 >ation
74713-348-2811
75kelcie.wold@rice.edu

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+ 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.
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