Real Estate Portfolio Management

The focus is “macro” or top-down aspects of portfolio management, such as strategy and diversification. Topics include: • Key decisions that affect portfolio performance • Assessing alpha opportunities • Evaluating risk-return tradeoffs Buy/hold/sell decisions for an individual asset in a portfolio context are discussed, but this course does not cover deal analysis and transaction execution. After completing this course students will be familiar with issues that arise in constructing and managing a real estate portfolio, including elements of portfolio strategy, managing diversification, liquidity and risk and evaluating performance.