MGMT 170Real Estate Finance and Investments
Management · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Exploration of fundamentals of residential and commercial real estate finance, investment, and development. Study of qualitative concepts and quantitative tools necessary to develop real estate decision-making skills. Analysis of variety of case studies of finance, investment, and development projects from U.S., Europe, China, and Japan that highlight opportunities, risks, challenges, and solutions that were unique to each situation. Use of specially prepared Excel models to understand and evaluate financial aspects of transactions, consideration of macroeconomic context, and discussion of its potential impact on real estate finance and investment decisions.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.