Is there a way for an apartment or condominium building developer to fully monetize an additional 5 feet in... read more →
I recently had lunch with a group of fellow adjunct graduate-level real estate faculty all senior to me, and the subject of financial calculator proficiency arose. There was a spirited... read more →
Here at REFM, we are excited by what is going on in the online world in the sense that it can empower us to be smarter, better, stronger and faster... read more →
This is the first in a series of posts regarding the most widely used and least understood real estate investment performance metric, the Internal Rate of Return, or IRR. Could... read more →
This is a guest post from Joe Stampone. Joe runs the popular blog A Student of the Real Estate Game. While running a blog can be fun, success in blogging... read more →
A popular topic in the REFM Training curriculum is that of equity joint venture partnerships. With today's increased equity capital requirements, everyone wants to know about preferred returns, promotes, and... read more →
Last week the Third Edition of Dr. Peter Linneman's Real Estate Finance and Investments: Risks and... read more →
When I was progressing through business school in the early 2000's, I was dead-set on working in real estate development. In particular, I wanted to work for someone developing hip... read more →
One of my duties when I worked for a mutual fund manager was to track a couple dozen data series and update the company on the change in these values... read more →
Since I am currently teaching at Georgetown, I have been thinking a lot about how to be a great real estate finance student. Here are some suggestions that came to... read more →