Course Description
While it may not seem important on a day to day basis, understanding financial concepts can help you build value and increase income for your business holdings. Let’s be honest. Fluctuations in the financial and real estate market are inevitable. But with this course, you’ll learn to produce higher revenue for your portfolio – despite the turbulence of the market.
Register and learn the ins and outs of financing and leverage:
- Financing and Where to Get it. Public and private lenders, lender perceptions and requirements.
- Loan Structure and Fees. You’ll learn about common loan types and detail the elements of a loan package used to secure financing.
- Loan Calculation. Compare financial calculation tools, calculate principal and interest, and understand effective interest rate.
- Here’s the Important Part: Loan Analysis. Your value to clients and employers will multiply exponentially when you can determine leverage position and conduct a break-even analysis.
- Key Financial Concepts. Explore the concept of time value of money to set the foundation for investment real estate principles.
Take this course on its own or together with Performance and Valuation of Investment Real Estate (ASM604) and Asset Analysis of Investment Real Estate (ASM605) with the Asset Management Track.
Financial Calculator or App Required: The HP10bII or HP10bII+ financial calculator or similar financial calculator app is required. Course materials illustrate keystrokes for the HP10bII+ calculator. Students are encouraged to download the HP10bII Financial Calculator Quick Reference Guide and review it prior to taking this course.
Laptop Computer Required : In addition to the financial calculator, course materials extensively use the IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet to facilitate hands-on learning in the classroom. With your registration confirmation, you will receive a link to the IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet. It is strongly recommended that you download the spreadsheet to your laptop prior to attending the class.
Review the learning objectives of this course.
Please note: taking FIN402, ASM603, ASM604, ASM605, and MPSAXM in consecutive order is strongly recommended.
Classroom: The classroom course is 2 days, including lunch and breaks. Typical course timeframe is 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. Select a specific offering of the course from the dropdown menu above for exact dates and times. The course exam is taken online and must be completed within 30 days; instructions to access the exam are provided during the course.
Online: The self-paced online course takes approximately 3-5 hours to complete, followed by the online course exam, which must be completed within one year from the date of registration.
Accelerators: Live Webinars
Accelerators: On-Demand
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