Real Estate Fundamentals Course Overview

This Real Estate Fundamentals course examines the core concepts of real estate lending. We will look at the different commercial real estate loan types and the factors real estate lenders must consider when lending for different properties.

This Real Estate Fundamentals course will also explore the timeline and process of real estate transactions and give you a practical demonstration of real estate credit analysis.

Real Estate Fundamentals Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

• Identify differences and similarities between commercial real estate loan types
• Interpret key underwriting parameters for commercial real estate lending
• Compare equity lending and cash flow lending
• Calculate lending ratios and appropriate loan amounts
• Explain the timeline and end-to-end process of a commercial real estate transaction

Real Estate Fundamentals is an Elective Course of CFI's CBCA™ Program

CFI's Certified Banking & Credit Analyst (CBCA)™ Program offers skills including credit evaluation, documentation, and review procedures. From beginners to advanced users, the CBCA™ program is designed to help you become a world-class credit analyst. 

Who Should Take This CBCA™ Course?

This Real Estate Fundamentals course is perfect for any aspiring credit analyst that would like to make a career for themselves in the real estate lending sector. This course explores concepts that will be useful for beginner and intermediate level banking and real estate professionals, or business and finance students seeking to better understand commercial real estate financing.

The exercises and tools explored in this course will also be useful for any financial analyst that wishes to work in credit analysis, business banking, commercial banking and lending and other areas of credit evaluation as well as relationship management and risk management.