Resources

ONLINE COURSES

• Adventures in CRE (most comprehensive, industry standard)

• Real Estate Financial Modeling (several offerings, choose intensity)

• Leveraged Breakdowns (least expensive, great starting point)

NEWS

• Bisnow Media

• Globe Street

• National Real Estate Investor

• The Real Deal

• Collegiate Real Estate Network

• The Wall Street Journal

• Commercial Observer

• Los Angeles Business Journal

• Curbed LA

• Select Leaders (Job Board)

BOOKS

• The Inside Track to Careers in Real Estate by Stan Ross

• What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence by Stephen Schwarzman

• What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow by Frank Gallinelli

• Real Estate Finance and Investment Risk and Opportunities by PhD Peter Linneman, Bruce Kirsch, et. al.

• Real Estate Finance and Investments by Jeffrey D Fisher and William B Brueggerman

PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS

• Urban Land Institute (ULI)

• National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP)

USC REAL ESTATE COURSES

• FBE 391 - Real Estate Finance and Investments (fundamentals of real estate investing)

• FBE 400x - Introduction to Real Estate Finance and Development (non-business majors)

• FBE 427 - Real Estate Law

• FBE 465 - Real Estate Analysis and Computer Modeling (Fall Only - 1st half, 8 Week Argus/Excel Course)

• FBE 467 - Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Analysis

• FBE 470 - Advanced Real Estate Analysis (case studies and guest speakers)

• FBE 489 - Real Estate Capital Markets (Fall Only)

• FBE 491 - Real Estate Finance Colloquium (Fall Only - 2nd half, 8 Week Guest Speaker Series Course)