Real Estate Entrepreneurship

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Juris Doctor

Real Estate Entrepreneurship is a course designed to explain and explore entrepreneurship in the context of the business of real estate. Utilizing the dynamic Washington, DC market as a backdrop, the course will use case studies, share experiences from accomplished guest speakers, and draw from the instructors’ first-hand understanding to immerse students in the when, where, how, and why of undertaking entrepreneurial endeavors. It discusses the theory and practice of entrepreneurship generally, the motives of entrepreneurs as compared with other business people, and the specific application of entrepreneurship to the real estate sector. The coursework will focus on the mechanics of putting together deals, creating real estate businesses, the constant need to “sell” as an entrepreneur, and paths to becoming an entrepreneur, with emphasis on the constant balancing act required in a start-up operation. At the conclusion of the course, students will have enhanced insight and skills to undertake an entrepreneurial real estate venture either now or at some future point in their careers.