Course Catalog Information (24-25)
REST 61
Real Estate Investments
Course Description
This real estate investments course explores investments in apartments and commercial and industrial buildings. Topics include capital gains calculations, tax implications, installment sale methods, tax-deferred exchange, appraisal methods, financing, leases, and land development and syndication. This course may not be applied toward the DRE Salesperson license.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Identify, analyze and evaluate real estate investments and construct cash flow models utilizing discounted cash flows for analysis of economic viability of investment property.
- Evaluate the risks and returns of real estate investment in residential, commercial, industrial properties as well as land development.
- Explain and evaluate the taxation and financing issues in the acquisition, ownership and sale of real estate investments.
Course Details
- Units
- 4 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
- Weekly Lab Hours: 0
- Gen Ed
- Non-GE Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to CSU only
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Advisory(ies)
- ESL 272 and ESL 273, or ESL 472 and ESL 473, or eligibility for EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
- Elementary algebra or equivalent or higher, or appropriate placement beyond elementary algebra
- Prerequisite(s)
- Corequisite(s)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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