Course Catalog
time value of money
CI 101 serves as your introduction to the CCIM Cash Flow Model. Learn to apply the CCIM Cash Flow Model to make your investment decisions based on wise investment fundamentals. Some of the concepts you will explore include IRR, NPV, Cap Rate, Capital Accumulation, and the Annual Growth Rate of Capital.
This class will also introduce you to two other important tools—the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, the fundamentals behind the numbers, and the CCIM Decision-Making Model, a process for analyzing and making real estate decisions.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Make better investment decisions by using the CCIM Cash Flow Model as a framework for real estate analysis.
- Apply state-of-the-art real estate analysis tools to quantify investment return.
- Measure the impact of federal taxation and financial leverage on the cash flow from acquisition, ownership and disposition phases of real estate investment.
Prerequisite: None
Course Length: Online, Self-paced — Up to 90 days from start date
CCIM’s introductory course teaches you the fundamentals of the commercial investment real estate industry and demonstrates how to apply these skills using real-world case studies. You will have the self-confidence to answer your clients’ questions, anticipate their concerns and plan for their needs when you have a solid commercial foundation from which to start.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Solve investment problems using a financial calculator.
- Perform basic mortgage calculations using compounding and discounting techniques.
- Understand basic real estate investment analysis tools, estimate net operating income and estimate cash flows before tax.
- Calculate the internal rate of return.
- Evaluate similar properties, project vacancy rates and estimate absorption figures.
cash flow analysis
CI 101 serves as your introduction to the CCIM Cash Flow Model. Learn to apply the CCIM Cash Flow Model to make your investment decisions based on wise investment fundamentals. Some of the concepts you will explore include IRR, NPV, Cap Rate, Capital Accumulation, and the Annual Growth Rate of Capital.
This class will also introduce you to two other important tools—the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, the fundamentals behind the numbers, and the CCIM Decision-Making Model, a process for analyzing and making real estate decisions.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Make better investment decisions by using the CCIM Cash Flow Model as a framework for real estate analysis.
- Apply state-of-the-art real estate analysis tools to quantify investment return.
- Measure the impact of federal taxation and financial leverage on the cash flow from acquisition, ownership and disposition phases of real estate investment.
Prerequisite: None
Course Length: Online, Self-paced — Up to 90 days from start date
CCIM’s introductory course teaches you the fundamentals of the commercial investment real estate industry and demonstrates how to apply these skills using real-world case studies. You will have the self-confidence to answer your clients’ questions, anticipate their concerns and plan for their needs when you have a solid commercial foundation from which to start.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Solve investment problems using a financial calculator.
- Perform basic mortgage calculations using compounding and discounting techniques.
- Understand basic real estate investment analysis tools, estimate net operating income and estimate cash flows before tax.
- Calculate the internal rate of return.
- Evaluate similar properties, project vacancy rates and estimate absorption figures.
financing
CI 101 serves as your introduction to the CCIM Cash Flow Model. Learn to apply the CCIM Cash Flow Model to make your investment decisions based on wise investment fundamentals. Some of the concepts you will explore include IRR, NPV, Cap Rate, Capital Accumulation, and the Annual Growth Rate of Capital.
This class will also introduce you to two other important tools—the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, the fundamentals behind the numbers, and the CCIM Decision-Making Model, a process for analyzing and making real estate decisions.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Make better investment decisions by using the CCIM Cash Flow Model as a framework for real estate analysis.
- Apply state-of-the-art real estate analysis tools to quantify investment return.
- Measure the impact of federal taxation and financial leverage on the cash flow from acquisition, ownership and disposition phases of real estate investment.
Prerequisite: None
Course Length: Online, Self-paced — Up to 90 days from start date
Similar to other courses, CI 104 is case-study driven. Within each case study, you will encounter a key investor decision: Should a non-taxable investor acquire an investment with or without debt financing? What if the investor is taxable? During the holding period of an investment, should an investor make a discretionary capital expenditure or not? How does an investor evaluate disposition alternatives? Gain knowledge, tools, and resources needed to make these decisions.
Begin to develop the practice of integrating the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model into all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in presentations.
With today’s challenging real estate market, we will also take a comprehensive look into approaching risk analysis by exploring the types of risk associated with real estate investment, and the ways to mitigate and manage those risks.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key investor decision-making analyses to optimize investment returns.
- More effectively forecast investment performance by quantifying real estate risk.
- Leverage CCIM analytical tools to improve decision-making.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
CCIM’s introductory course teaches you the fundamentals of the commercial investment real estate industry and demonstrates how to apply these skills using real-world case studies. You will have the self-confidence to answer your clients’ questions, anticipate their concerns and plan for their needs when you have a solid commercial foundation from which to start.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Solve investment problems using a financial calculator.
- Perform basic mortgage calculations using compounding and discounting techniques.
- Understand basic real estate investment analysis tools, estimate net operating income and estimate cash flows before tax.
- Calculate the internal rate of return.
- Evaluate similar properties, project vacancy rates and estimate absorption figures.
investment measures
CI 101 serves as your introduction to the CCIM Cash Flow Model. Learn to apply the CCIM Cash Flow Model to make your investment decisions based on wise investment fundamentals. Some of the concepts you will explore include IRR, NPV, Cap Rate, Capital Accumulation, and the Annual Growth Rate of Capital.
This class will also introduce you to two other important tools—the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, the fundamentals behind the numbers, and the CCIM Decision-Making Model, a process for analyzing and making real estate decisions.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Make better investment decisions by using the CCIM Cash Flow Model as a framework for real estate analysis.
- Apply state-of-the-art real estate analysis tools to quantify investment return.
- Measure the impact of federal taxation and financial leverage on the cash flow from acquisition, ownership and disposition phases of real estate investment.
Prerequisite: None
Course Length: Online, Self-paced — Up to 90 days from start date
Similar to other courses, CI 104 is case-study driven. Within each case study, you will encounter a key investor decision: Should a non-taxable investor acquire an investment with or without debt financing? What if the investor is taxable? During the holding period of an investment, should an investor make a discretionary capital expenditure or not? How does an investor evaluate disposition alternatives? Gain knowledge, tools, and resources needed to make these decisions.
Begin to develop the practice of integrating the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model into all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in presentations.
With today’s challenging real estate market, we will also take a comprehensive look into approaching risk analysis by exploring the types of risk associated with real estate investment, and the ways to mitigate and manage those risks.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key investor decision-making analyses to optimize investment returns.
- More effectively forecast investment performance by quantifying real estate risk.
- Leverage CCIM analytical tools to improve decision-making.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
CCIM’s introductory course teaches you the fundamentals of the commercial investment real estate industry and demonstrates how to apply these skills using real-world case studies. You will have the self-confidence to answer your clients’ questions, anticipate their concerns and plan for their needs when you have a solid commercial foundation from which to start.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Solve investment problems using a financial calculator.
- Perform basic mortgage calculations using compounding and discounting techniques.
- Understand basic real estate investment analysis tools, estimate net operating income and estimate cash flows before tax.
- Calculate the internal rate of return.
- Evaluate similar properties, project vacancy rates and estimate absorption figures.
asset management
Similar to other courses, CI 104 is case-study driven. Within each case study, you will encounter a key investor decision: Should a non-taxable investor acquire an investment with or without debt financing? What if the investor is taxable? During the holding period of an investment, should an investor make a discretionary capital expenditure or not? How does an investor evaluate disposition alternatives? Gain knowledge, tools, and resources needed to make these decisions.
Begin to develop the practice of integrating the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model into all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in presentations.
With today’s challenging real estate market, we will also take a comprehensive look into approaching risk analysis by exploring the types of risk associated with real estate investment, and the ways to mitigate and manage those risks.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key investor decision-making analyses to optimize investment returns.
- More effectively forecast investment performance by quantifying real estate risk.
- Leverage CCIM analytical tools to improve decision-making.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
This one-day workshop assists you in recognizing and finding solutions to manage troubled real estate assets resulting from the current economy. Learn what brought the market to its current state and the life cycle of a troubled asset. From there, you can recognize where business opportunities exist.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify lender and owner objectives.
- Find solutions to deal with troubled assets, including developing an Asset Management Disposition Plan (AMDP).
- Test disposition alternatives with appropriate metrics.
risk management
Similar to other courses, CI 104 is case-study driven. Within each case study, you will encounter a key investor decision: Should a non-taxable investor acquire an investment with or without debt financing? What if the investor is taxable? During the holding period of an investment, should an investor make a discretionary capital expenditure or not? How does an investor evaluate disposition alternatives? Gain knowledge, tools, and resources needed to make these decisions.
Begin to develop the practice of integrating the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model into all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in presentations.
With today’s challenging real estate market, we will also take a comprehensive look into approaching risk analysis by exploring the types of risk associated with real estate investment, and the ways to mitigate and manage those risks.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key investor decision-making analyses to optimize investment returns.
- More effectively forecast investment performance by quantifying real estate risk.
- Leverage CCIM analytical tools to improve decision-making.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
direct capitalization
This one-day workshop assists you in recognizing and finding solutions to manage troubled real estate assets resulting from the current economy. Learn what brought the market to its current state and the life cycle of a troubled asset. From there, you can recognize where business opportunities exist.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify lender and owner objectives.
- Find solutions to deal with troubled assets, including developing an Asset Management Disposition Plan (AMDP).
- Test disposition alternatives with appropriate metrics.
disposition
This one-day workshop assists you in recognizing and finding solutions to manage troubled real estate assets resulting from the current economy. Learn what brought the market to its current state and the life cycle of a troubled asset. From there, you can recognize where business opportunities exist.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify lender and owner objectives.
- Find solutions to deal with troubled assets, including developing an Asset Management Disposition Plan (AMDP).
- Test disposition alternatives with appropriate metrics.
distressed property
This one-day workshop assists you in recognizing and finding solutions to manage troubled real estate assets resulting from the current economy. Learn what brought the market to its current state and the life cycle of a troubled asset. From there, you can recognize where business opportunities exist.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify lender and owner objectives.
- Find solutions to deal with troubled assets, including developing an Asset Management Disposition Plan (AMDP).
- Test disposition alternatives with appropriate metrics.
troubled assets
This one-day workshop assists you in recognizing and finding solutions to manage troubled real estate assets resulting from the current economy. Learn what brought the market to its current state and the life cycle of a troubled asset. From there, you can recognize where business opportunities exist.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify lender and owner objectives.
- Find solutions to deal with troubled assets, including developing an Asset Management Disposition Plan (AMDP).
- Test disposition alternatives with appropriate metrics.
commercial real estate syndications
This one-day workshop is designed for investors frustrated with the stock market and looking for asset strategies they can believe in. While the single-family investment game is over, the group investment business presents new opportunities in a new economy.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Cite security rules and entity structures involved with forming an investment group.
- Learn what is in offering documents and learn steps to create your investment group.
- Avoid commonly made legal mistakes when forming investment entities.
Unable to Attend the Workshop?
You can still learn about group investing by purchasing Mr. Trowbridge's book, It's a Whole New Business, offered at a discounted rate through the CCIM Institute. Get details.
securities laws
This one-day workshop is designed for investors frustrated with the stock market and looking for asset strategies they can believe in. While the single-family investment game is over, the group investment business presents new opportunities in a new economy.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Cite security rules and entity structures involved with forming an investment group.
- Learn what is in offering documents and learn steps to create your investment group.
- Avoid commonly made legal mistakes when forming investment entities.
Unable to Attend the Workshop?
You can still learn about group investing by purchasing Mr. Trowbridge's book, It's a Whole New Business, offered at a discounted rate through the CCIM Institute. Get details.
ownership entities
This one-day workshop is designed for investors frustrated with the stock market and looking for asset strategies they can believe in. While the single-family investment game is over, the group investment business presents new opportunities in a new economy.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Cite security rules and entity structures involved with forming an investment group.
- Learn what is in offering documents and learn steps to create your investment group.
- Avoid commonly made legal mistakes when forming investment entities.
Unable to Attend the Workshop?
You can still learn about group investing by purchasing Mr. Trowbridge's book, It's a Whole New Business, offered at a discounted rate through the CCIM Institute. Get details.
investment analysis
sale leaseback analysis
In CI 103, you'll incorporate the CCIM Decision-Making Model into all case studies. Begin to develop the practice of applying the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model to all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in interest-based negotiations.
Whether an investor or a user, you will approach real estate problems from the perspective of the user/occupant of real estate and thereby be in a position to understand unique issues. Learn to use market and financial analysis skills for user space decisions, and apply the cost of occupancy models for ownership and leasing.
Explore new concepts regarding user discount rate selection such as using multiple rates for some occupancy decisions based on perception of risk related to the various occupancy cash flows.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key occupancy decision-making skills such as comparative lease analysis, lease versus purchase analysis, lease buyout analysis, and sale-leaseback analysis to optimize user space decisions.
- Determine how financial reporting requirements for real estate influences the user decisions.
- Integrate negotiation skills with financial analysis skills to maximize user outcomes.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
lease/own analysis
In CI 103, you'll incorporate the CCIM Decision-Making Model into all case studies. Begin to develop the practice of applying the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model to all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in interest-based negotiations.
Whether an investor or a user, you will approach real estate problems from the perspective of the user/occupant of real estate and thereby be in a position to understand unique issues. Learn to use market and financial analysis skills for user space decisions, and apply the cost of occupancy models for ownership and leasing.
Explore new concepts regarding user discount rate selection such as using multiple rates for some occupancy decisions based on perception of risk related to the various occupancy cash flows.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key occupancy decision-making skills such as comparative lease analysis, lease versus purchase analysis, lease buyout analysis, and sale-leaseback analysis to optimize user space decisions.
- Determine how financial reporting requirements for real estate influences the user decisions.
- Integrate negotiation skills with financial analysis skills to maximize user outcomes.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
Excel analysis
supply and demand
You can’t make intelligent real estate decisions without learning about the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model for investors, lenders, developers, brokers and other real estate professionals. Learn how financial analysis and market analysis are two separate, yet completely interrelated components of the strategic analysis process.
Work with four case studies covering each of the major property types: office, industrial, multi-family, and retail. Each case study will build around the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, which contains four components: Market and Competitive Analysis, Political and Legal Analysis, Location and Site Analysis, and Financial Analysis.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply the CCIM Strategic Model to make a "go" or "no-go" investment decision.
- Use state-of-the-art geospatial technology for analyses.
- Examine real-world case studies of comprehensive analyses for each of the four major property types: office, industrial, residential, and retail.
Prerequisite: CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
Course Length: Classroom – 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Advanced Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate teaches market timing by showing where our economy is positioned in the current business cycle. You will then identify the indicators showing where the economy is headed next and how long it will take to get there.
Knowing the economic cycle will allow you to forecast future demand for property types in your specific market area. Using sophisticated market analysis tools, including STDBonline, we will explore markets, sub-markets, and sites to identify the best locations for specific types of properties.
Advanced Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate is designed to improve your understanding of timing and location, and increase your success in today's market. Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
- Use supply and demand data to identify property sectors and geographic submarkets that offer the greatest commercial real estate investment opportunity – now and over the next 2-3 years.
- Conduct hands-on analyses of your market and submarket using STDBonline and the latest CCIM Market Analysis software tools.
- Identify the greatest areas for growth—office, retail, industrial and multifamily sectors—in your market.
You also go home with a complimentary copy of a custom Excel spreadsheet you can use for future analyses.
“The course exceeded my expectations on all levels. I have not been that excited about learning in a long time.” Jeffery Potter, CEO, Tigre Investment Company, Dallas, TX
“Mark Cypert, a CCIM from Dallas, TX and a CCIM instructor, has run several large funds that invested heavily in office buildings all over the country. His application of the tools he teaches in this class has made him and his investors a pile of money. I’ve known Mark for a few years, and I’ve been actively recruiting the class and the instructor to come to Albuquerque and offer it. We had our course, and it was a gigantic success. The classroom sold out, the students loved the new tools and market insight, and we had some fabulous comments like ‘best class I’ve taken all year’.” Todd Clarke, CCIM; Owner, NM Apartment Advisors Inc., Albuquerque, NM
“Thank you for the wonderful course. Mark, you are awesome! I enjoyed every minute of the course. It is so informative and valuable – there is not one minute of ‘fluff’!” Carmela Ma, CCIM; President, CJM Associates, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA
location and site analysis
You can’t make intelligent real estate decisions without learning about the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model for investors, lenders, developers, brokers and other real estate professionals. Learn how financial analysis and market analysis are two separate, yet completely interrelated components of the strategic analysis process.
Work with four case studies covering each of the major property types: office, industrial, multi-family, and retail. Each case study will build around the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, which contains four components: Market and Competitive Analysis, Political and Legal Analysis, Location and Site Analysis, and Financial Analysis.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply the CCIM Strategic Model to make a "go" or "no-go" investment decision.
- Use state-of-the-art geospatial technology for analyses.
- Examine real-world case studies of comprehensive analyses for each of the four major property types: office, industrial, residential, and retail.
Prerequisite: CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
Course Length: Classroom – 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
market research
You can’t make intelligent real estate decisions without learning about the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model for investors, lenders, developers, brokers and other real estate professionals. Learn how financial analysis and market analysis are two separate, yet completely interrelated components of the strategic analysis process.
Work with four case studies covering each of the major property types: office, industrial, multi-family, and retail. Each case study will build around the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, which contains four components: Market and Competitive Analysis, Political and Legal Analysis, Location and Site Analysis, and Financial Analysis.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply the CCIM Strategic Model to make a "go" or "no-go" investment decision.
- Use state-of-the-art geospatial technology for analyses.
- Examine real-world case studies of comprehensive analyses for each of the four major property types: office, industrial, residential, and retail.
Prerequisite: CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
Course Length: Classroom – 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Advanced Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate teaches market timing by showing where our economy is positioned in the current business cycle. You will then identify the indicators showing where the economy is headed next and how long it will take to get there.
Knowing the economic cycle will allow you to forecast future demand for property types in your specific market area. Using sophisticated market analysis tools, including STDBonline, we will explore markets, sub-markets, and sites to identify the best locations for specific types of properties.
Advanced Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate is designed to improve your understanding of timing and location, and increase your success in today's market. Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
- Use supply and demand data to identify property sectors and geographic submarkets that offer the greatest commercial real estate investment opportunity – now and over the next 2-3 years.
- Conduct hands-on analyses of your market and submarket using STDBonline and the latest CCIM Market Analysis software tools.
- Identify the greatest areas for growth—office, retail, industrial and multifamily sectors—in your market.
You also go home with a complimentary copy of a custom Excel spreadsheet you can use for future analyses.
“The course exceeded my expectations on all levels. I have not been that excited about learning in a long time.” Jeffery Potter, CEO, Tigre Investment Company, Dallas, TX
“Mark Cypert, a CCIM from Dallas, TX and a CCIM instructor, has run several large funds that invested heavily in office buildings all over the country. His application of the tools he teaches in this class has made him and his investors a pile of money. I’ve known Mark for a few years, and I’ve been actively recruiting the class and the instructor to come to Albuquerque and offer it. We had our course, and it was a gigantic success. The classroom sold out, the students loved the new tools and market insight, and we had some fabulous comments like ‘best class I’ve taken all year’.” Todd Clarke, CCIM; Owner, NM Apartment Advisors Inc., Albuquerque, NM
“Thank you for the wonderful course. Mark, you are awesome! I enjoyed every minute of the course. It is so informative and valuable – there is not one minute of ‘fluff’!” Carmela Ma, CCIM; President, CJM Associates, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA
property types
You can’t make intelligent real estate decisions without learning about the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model for investors, lenders, developers, brokers and other real estate professionals. Learn how financial analysis and market analysis are two separate, yet completely interrelated components of the strategic analysis process.
Work with four case studies covering each of the major property types: office, industrial, multi-family, and retail. Each case study will build around the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, which contains four components: Market and Competitive Analysis, Political and Legal Analysis, Location and Site Analysis, and Financial Analysis.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply the CCIM Strategic Model to make a "go" or "no-go" investment decision.
- Use state-of-the-art geospatial technology for analyses.
- Examine real-world case studies of comprehensive analyses for each of the four major property types: office, industrial, residential, and retail.
Prerequisite: CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
Course Length: Classroom – 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Advanced Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate teaches market timing by showing where our economy is positioned in the current business cycle. You will then identify the indicators showing where the economy is headed next and how long it will take to get there.
Knowing the economic cycle will allow you to forecast future demand for property types in your specific market area. Using sophisticated market analysis tools, including STDBonline, we will explore markets, sub-markets, and sites to identify the best locations for specific types of properties.
Advanced Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate is designed to improve your understanding of timing and location, and increase your success in today's market. Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
- Use supply and demand data to identify property sectors and geographic submarkets that offer the greatest commercial real estate investment opportunity – now and over the next 2-3 years.
- Conduct hands-on analyses of your market and submarket using STDBonline and the latest CCIM Market Analysis software tools.
- Identify the greatest areas for growth—office, retail, industrial and multifamily sectors—in your market.
You also go home with a complimentary copy of a custom Excel spreadsheet you can use for future analyses.
“The course exceeded my expectations on all levels. I have not been that excited about learning in a long time.” Jeffery Potter, CEO, Tigre Investment Company, Dallas, TX
“Mark Cypert, a CCIM from Dallas, TX and a CCIM instructor, has run several large funds that invested heavily in office buildings all over the country. His application of the tools he teaches in this class has made him and his investors a pile of money. I’ve known Mark for a few years, and I’ve been actively recruiting the class and the instructor to come to Albuquerque and offer it. We had our course, and it was a gigantic success. The classroom sold out, the students loved the new tools and market insight, and we had some fabulous comments like ‘best class I’ve taken all year’.” Todd Clarke, CCIM; Owner, NM Apartment Advisors Inc., Albuquerque, NM
“Thank you for the wonderful course. Mark, you are awesome! I enjoyed every minute of the course. It is so informative and valuable – there is not one minute of ‘fluff’!” Carmela Ma, CCIM; President, CJM Associates, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA
economic base analysis
You can’t make intelligent real estate decisions without learning about the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model for investors, lenders, developers, brokers and other real estate professionals. Learn how financial analysis and market analysis are two separate, yet completely interrelated components of the strategic analysis process.
Work with four case studies covering each of the major property types: office, industrial, multi-family, and retail. Each case study will build around the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, which contains four components: Market and Competitive Analysis, Political and Legal Analysis, Location and Site Analysis, and Financial Analysis.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply the CCIM Strategic Model to make a "go" or "no-go" investment decision.
- Use state-of-the-art geospatial technology for analyses.
- Examine real-world case studies of comprehensive analyses for each of the four major property types: office, industrial, residential, and retail.
Prerequisite: CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
Course Length: Classroom – 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Advanced Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate teaches market timing by showing where our economy is positioned in the current business cycle. You will then identify the indicators showing where the economy is headed next and how long it will take to get there.
Knowing the economic cycle will allow you to forecast future demand for property types in your specific market area. Using sophisticated market analysis tools, including STDBonline, we will explore markets, sub-markets, and sites to identify the best locations for specific types of properties.
Advanced Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate is designed to improve your understanding of timing and location, and increase your success in today's market. Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
- Use supply and demand data to identify property sectors and geographic submarkets that offer the greatest commercial real estate investment opportunity – now and over the next 2-3 years.
- Conduct hands-on analyses of your market and submarket using STDBonline and the latest CCIM Market Analysis software tools.
- Identify the greatest areas for growth—office, retail, industrial and multifamily sectors—in your market.
You also go home with a complimentary copy of a custom Excel spreadsheet you can use for future analyses.
“The course exceeded my expectations on all levels. I have not been that excited about learning in a long time.” Jeffery Potter, CEO, Tigre Investment Company, Dallas, TX
“Mark Cypert, a CCIM from Dallas, TX and a CCIM instructor, has run several large funds that invested heavily in office buildings all over the country. His application of the tools he teaches in this class has made him and his investors a pile of money. I’ve known Mark for a few years, and I’ve been actively recruiting the class and the instructor to come to Albuquerque and offer it. We had our course, and it was a gigantic success. The classroom sold out, the students loved the new tools and market insight, and we had some fabulous comments like ‘best class I’ve taken all year’.” Todd Clarke, CCIM; Owner, NM Apartment Advisors Inc., Albuquerque, NM
“Thank you for the wonderful course. Mark, you are awesome! I enjoyed every minute of the course. It is so informative and valuable – there is not one minute of ‘fluff’!” Carmela Ma, CCIM; President, CJM Associates, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA
employment data
Advanced Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate teaches market timing by showing where our economy is positioned in the current business cycle. You will then identify the indicators showing where the economy is headed next and how long it will take to get there.
Knowing the economic cycle will allow you to forecast future demand for property types in your specific market area. Using sophisticated market analysis tools, including STDBonline, we will explore markets, sub-markets, and sites to identify the best locations for specific types of properties.
Advanced Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate is designed to improve your understanding of timing and location, and increase your success in today's market. Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
- Use supply and demand data to identify property sectors and geographic submarkets that offer the greatest commercial real estate investment opportunity – now and over the next 2-3 years.
- Conduct hands-on analyses of your market and submarket using STDBonline and the latest CCIM Market Analysis software tools.
- Identify the greatest areas for growth—office, retail, industrial and multifamily sectors—in your market.
You also go home with a complimentary copy of a custom Excel spreadsheet you can use for future analyses.
“The course exceeded my expectations on all levels. I have not been that excited about learning in a long time.” Jeffery Potter, CEO, Tigre Investment Company, Dallas, TX
“Mark Cypert, a CCIM from Dallas, TX and a CCIM instructor, has run several large funds that invested heavily in office buildings all over the country. His application of the tools he teaches in this class has made him and his investors a pile of money. I’ve known Mark for a few years, and I’ve been actively recruiting the class and the instructor to come to Albuquerque and offer it. We had our course, and it was a gigantic success. The classroom sold out, the students loved the new tools and market insight, and we had some fabulous comments like ‘best class I’ve taken all year’.” Todd Clarke, CCIM; Owner, NM Apartment Advisors Inc., Albuquerque, NM
“Thank you for the wonderful course. Mark, you are awesome! I enjoyed every minute of the course. It is so informative and valuable – there is not one minute of ‘fluff’!” Carmela Ma, CCIM; President, CJM Associates, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA
lease/own analysis
In CI 103, you'll incorporate the CCIM Decision-Making Model into all case studies. Begin to develop the practice of applying the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model to all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in interest-based negotiations.
Whether an investor or a user, you will approach real estate problems from the perspective of the user/occupant of real estate and thereby be in a position to understand unique issues. Learn to use market and financial analysis skills for user space decisions, and apply the cost of occupancy models for ownership and leasing.
Explore new concepts regarding user discount rate selection such as using multiple rates for some occupancy decisions based on perception of risk related to the various occupancy cash flows.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key occupancy decision-making skills such as comparative lease analysis, lease versus purchase analysis, lease buyout analysis, and sale-leaseback analysis to optimize user space decisions.
- Determine how financial reporting requirements for real estate influences the user decisions.
- Integrate negotiation skills with financial analysis skills to maximize user outcomes.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
interest-based negotiation
In CI 103, you'll incorporate the CCIM Decision-Making Model into all case studies. Begin to develop the practice of applying the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model to all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in interest-based negotiations.
Whether an investor or a user, you will approach real estate problems from the perspective of the user/occupant of real estate and thereby be in a position to understand unique issues. Learn to use market and financial analysis skills for user space decisions, and apply the cost of occupancy models for ownership and leasing.
Explore new concepts regarding user discount rate selection such as using multiple rates for some occupancy decisions based on perception of risk related to the various occupancy cash flows.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key occupancy decision-making skills such as comparative lease analysis, lease versus purchase analysis, lease buyout analysis, and sale-leaseback analysis to optimize user space decisions.
- Determine how financial reporting requirements for real estate influences the user decisions.
- Integrate negotiation skills with financial analysis skills to maximize user outcomes.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
CCIM Institute's 2-day, interactive Advanced Negotiation Workshop provides proven techniques using customized real estate case studies, exercises and simulations. Practitioners from all areas of the real estate industry are attending to master the skills that have helped numerous CCIMs:
- Turn around deals that were written off as lost
- Overcome difficult people and situations
- Close deals that were dragging on
- Implement the Interest-Based Communications/Negotiations Model for client acceptance
Participants receive a one-year subscription ($150 value) to the CCIM Workbook negotiation software, an online, interactive program that assists users in achieving their negotiation goals.
"I found CCIM's Advanced Negotiation Workshop to be one of the best courses I have taken in 30 years in the real estate business. As a matter of fact, I used some of the basic principles on my first day back to work after the class. I really feel that I was able to use the information learned to solidify my position, while better understanding and identifying the needs of all parties."
Jerry A. Jackson, CCIM
Jerry A. Jackson Real Estate Services
Havelock, NC
comparative lease analysis
In CI 103, you'll incorporate the CCIM Decision-Making Model into all case studies. Begin to develop the practice of applying the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model to all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in interest-based negotiations.
Whether an investor or a user, you will approach real estate problems from the perspective of the user/occupant of real estate and thereby be in a position to understand unique issues. Learn to use market and financial analysis skills for user space decisions, and apply the cost of occupancy models for ownership and leasing.
Explore new concepts regarding user discount rate selection such as using multiple rates for some occupancy decisions based on perception of risk related to the various occupancy cash flows.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key occupancy decision-making skills such as comparative lease analysis, lease versus purchase analysis, lease buyout analysis, and sale-leaseback analysis to optimize user space decisions.
- Determine how financial reporting requirements for real estate influences the user decisions.
- Integrate negotiation skills with financial analysis skills to maximize user outcomes.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
lease buyout analysis
In CI 103, you'll incorporate the CCIM Decision-Making Model into all case studies. Begin to develop the practice of applying the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model to all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in interest-based negotiations.
Whether an investor or a user, you will approach real estate problems from the perspective of the user/occupant of real estate and thereby be in a position to understand unique issues. Learn to use market and financial analysis skills for user space decisions, and apply the cost of occupancy models for ownership and leasing.
Explore new concepts regarding user discount rate selection such as using multiple rates for some occupancy decisions based on perception of risk related to the various occupancy cash flows.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key occupancy decision-making skills such as comparative lease analysis, lease versus purchase analysis, lease buyout analysis, and sale-leaseback analysis to optimize user space decisions.
- Determine how financial reporting requirements for real estate influences the user decisions.
- Integrate negotiation skills with financial analysis skills to maximize user outcomes.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
sale leaseback analysis
In CI 103, you'll incorporate the CCIM Decision-Making Model into all case studies. Begin to develop the practice of applying the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model to all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in interest-based negotiations.
Whether an investor or a user, you will approach real estate problems from the perspective of the user/occupant of real estate and thereby be in a position to understand unique issues. Learn to use market and financial analysis skills for user space decisions, and apply the cost of occupancy models for ownership and leasing.
Explore new concepts regarding user discount rate selection such as using multiple rates for some occupancy decisions based on perception of risk related to the various occupancy cash flows.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key occupancy decision-making skills such as comparative lease analysis, lease versus purchase analysis, lease buyout analysis, and sale-leaseback analysis to optimize user space decisions.
- Determine how financial reporting requirements for real estate influences the user decisions.
- Integrate negotiation skills with financial analysis skills to maximize user outcomes.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
interest-based negotiation
In CI 103, you'll incorporate the CCIM Decision-Making Model into all case studies. Begin to develop the practice of applying the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model to all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in interest-based negotiations.
Whether an investor or a user, you will approach real estate problems from the perspective of the user/occupant of real estate and thereby be in a position to understand unique issues. Learn to use market and financial analysis skills for user space decisions, and apply the cost of occupancy models for ownership and leasing.
Explore new concepts regarding user discount rate selection such as using multiple rates for some occupancy decisions based on perception of risk related to the various occupancy cash flows.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key occupancy decision-making skills such as comparative lease analysis, lease versus purchase analysis, lease buyout analysis, and sale-leaseback analysis to optimize user space decisions.
- Determine how financial reporting requirements for real estate influences the user decisions.
- Integrate negotiation skills with financial analysis skills to maximize user outcomes.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
CCIM Institute's 2-day, interactive Advanced Negotiation Workshop provides proven techniques using customized real estate case studies, exercises and simulations. Practitioners from all areas of the real estate industry are attending to master the skills that have helped numerous CCIMs:
- Turn around deals that were written off as lost
- Overcome difficult people and situations
- Close deals that were dragging on
- Implement the Interest-Based Communications/Negotiations Model for client acceptance
Participants receive a one-year subscription ($150 value) to the CCIM Workbook negotiation software, an online, interactive program that assists users in achieving their negotiation goals.
"I found CCIM's Advanced Negotiation Workshop to be one of the best courses I have taken in 30 years in the real estate business. As a matter of fact, I used some of the basic principles on my first day back to work after the class. I really feel that I was able to use the information learned to solidify my position, while better understanding and identifying the needs of all parties."
Jerry A. Jackson, CCIM
Jerry A. Jackson Real Estate Services
Havelock, NC
economic base analysis
You can’t make intelligent real estate decisions without learning about the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model for investors, lenders, developers, brokers and other real estate professionals. Learn how financial analysis and market analysis are two separate, yet completely interrelated components of the strategic analysis process.
Work with four case studies covering each of the major property types: office, industrial, multi-family, and retail. Each case study will build around the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, which contains four components: Market and Competitive Analysis, Political and Legal Analysis, Location and Site Analysis, and Financial Analysis.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply the CCIM Strategic Model to make a "go" or "no-go" investment decision.
- Use state-of-the-art geospatial technology for analyses.
- Examine real-world case studies of comprehensive analyses for each of the four major property types: office, industrial, residential, and retail.
Prerequisite: CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
Course Length: Classroom – 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Advanced Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate teaches market timing by showing where our economy is positioned in the current business cycle. You will then identify the indicators showing where the economy is headed next and how long it will take to get there.
Knowing the economic cycle will allow you to forecast future demand for property types in your specific market area. Using sophisticated market analysis tools, including STDBonline, we will explore markets, sub-markets, and sites to identify the best locations for specific types of properties.
Advanced Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate is designed to improve your understanding of timing and location, and increase your success in today's market. Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
- Use supply and demand data to identify property sectors and geographic submarkets that offer the greatest commercial real estate investment opportunity – now and over the next 2-3 years.
- Conduct hands-on analyses of your market and submarket using STDBonline and the latest CCIM Market Analysis software tools.
- Identify the greatest areas for growth—office, retail, industrial and multifamily sectors—in your market.
You also go home with a complimentary copy of a custom Excel spreadsheet you can use for future analyses.
“The course exceeded my expectations on all levels. I have not been that excited about learning in a long time.” Jeffery Potter, CEO, Tigre Investment Company, Dallas, TX
“Mark Cypert, a CCIM from Dallas, TX and a CCIM instructor, has run several large funds that invested heavily in office buildings all over the country. His application of the tools he teaches in this class has made him and his investors a pile of money. I’ve known Mark for a few years, and I’ve been actively recruiting the class and the instructor to come to Albuquerque and offer it. We had our course, and it was a gigantic success. The classroom sold out, the students loved the new tools and market insight, and we had some fabulous comments like ‘best class I’ve taken all year’.” Todd Clarke, CCIM; Owner, NM Apartment Advisors Inc., Albuquerque, NM
“Thank you for the wonderful course. Mark, you are awesome! I enjoyed every minute of the course. It is so informative and valuable – there is not one minute of ‘fluff’!” Carmela Ma, CCIM; President, CJM Associates, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA
economic indicators
distressed property
This one-day workshop assists you in recognizing and finding solutions to manage troubled real estate assets resulting from the current economy. Learn what brought the market to its current state and the life cycle of a troubled asset. From there, you can recognize where business opportunities exist.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify lender and owner objectives.
- Find solutions to deal with troubled assets, including developing an Asset Management Disposition Plan (AMDP).
- Test disposition alternatives with appropriate metrics.
disposition
This one-day workshop assists you in recognizing and finding solutions to manage troubled real estate assets resulting from the current economy. Learn what brought the market to its current state and the life cycle of a troubled asset. From there, you can recognize where business opportunities exist.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify lender and owner objectives.
- Find solutions to deal with troubled assets, including developing an Asset Management Disposition Plan (AMDP).
- Test disposition alternatives with appropriate metrics.
passive loss rule
cost recovery
reverse starker
installment sale
outright sale
exchanges
All Courses
CCIM Institute's 2-day, interactive Advanced Negotiation Workshop provides proven techniques using customized real estate case studies, exercises and simulations. Practitioners from all areas of the real estate industry are attending to master the skills that have helped numerous CCIMs:
- Turn around deals that were written off as lost
- Overcome difficult people and situations
- Close deals that were dragging on
- Implement the Interest-Based Communications/Negotiations Model for client acceptance
Participants receive a one-year subscription ($150 value) to the CCIM Workbook negotiation software, an online, interactive program that assists users in achieving their negotiation goals.
"I found CCIM's Advanced Negotiation Workshop to be one of the best courses I have taken in 30 years in the real estate business. As a matter of fact, I used some of the basic principles on my first day back to work after the class. I really feel that I was able to use the information learned to solidify my position, while better understanding and identifying the needs of all parties."
Jerry A. Jackson, CCIM
Jerry A. Jackson Real Estate Services
Havelock, NC
CI 101 serves as your introduction to the CCIM Cash Flow Model. Learn to apply the CCIM Cash Flow Model to make your investment decisions based on wise investment fundamentals. Some of the concepts you will explore include IRR, NPV, Cap Rate, Capital Accumulation, and the Annual Growth Rate of Capital.
This class will also introduce you to two other important tools—the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, the fundamentals behind the numbers, and the CCIM Decision-Making Model, a process for analyzing and making real estate decisions.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Make better investment decisions by using the CCIM Cash Flow Model as a framework for real estate analysis.
- Apply state-of-the-art real estate analysis tools to quantify investment return.
- Measure the impact of federal taxation and financial leverage on the cash flow from acquisition, ownership and disposition phases of real estate investment.
Prerequisite: None
Course Length: Online, Self-paced — Up to 90 days from start date
You can’t make intelligent real estate decisions without learning about the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model for investors, lenders, developers, brokers and other real estate professionals. Learn how financial analysis and market analysis are two separate, yet completely interrelated components of the strategic analysis process.
Work with four case studies covering each of the major property types: office, industrial, multi-family, and retail. Each case study will build around the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, which contains four components: Market and Competitive Analysis, Political and Legal Analysis, Location and Site Analysis, and Financial Analysis.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply the CCIM Strategic Model to make a "go" or "no-go" investment decision.
- Use state-of-the-art geospatial technology for analyses.
- Examine real-world case studies of comprehensive analyses for each of the four major property types: office, industrial, residential, and retail.
Prerequisite: CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
Course Length: Online, Self-paced — Up to 90 days from start date
In CI 103, you'll incorporate the CCIM Decision-Making Model into all case studies. Begin to develop the practice of applying the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model to all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in interest-based negotiations.
Whether an investor or a user, you will approach real estate problems from the perspective of the user/occupant of real estate and thereby be in a position to understand unique issues. Learn to use market and financial analysis skills for user space decisions, and apply the cost of occupancy models for ownership and leasing.
Explore new concepts regarding user discount rate selection such as using multiple rates for some occupancy decisions based on perception of risk related to the various occupancy cash flows.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key occupancy decision-making skills such as comparative lease analysis, lease versus purchase analysis, lease buyout analysis, and sale-leaseback analysis to optimize user space decisions.
- Determine how financial reporting requirements for real estate influences the user decisions.
- Integrate negotiation skills with financial analysis skills to maximize user outcomes.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
Similar to other courses, CI 104 is case-study driven. Within each case study, you will encounter a key investor decision: Should a non-taxable investor acquire an investment with or without debt financing? What if the investor is taxable? During the holding period of an investment, should an investor make a discretionary capital expenditure or not? How does an investor evaluate disposition alternatives? Gain knowledge, tools, and resources needed to make these decisions.
Begin to develop the practice of integrating the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model into all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in presentations.
With today’s challenging real estate market, we will also take a comprehensive look into approaching risk analysis by exploring the types of risk associated with real estate investment, and the ways to mitigate and manage those risks.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key investor decision-making analyses to optimize investment returns.
- More effectively forecast investment performance by quantifying real estate risk.
- Leverage CCIM analytical tools to improve decision-making.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
You can’t make intelligent real estate decisions without learning about the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model for investors, lenders, developers, brokers and other real estate professionals. Learn how financial analysis and market analysis are two separate, yet completely interrelated components of the strategic analysis process.
Work with four case studies covering each of the major property types: office, industrial, multi-family, and retail. Each case study will build around the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, which contains four components: Market and Competitive Analysis, Political and Legal Analysis, Location and Site Analysis, and Financial Analysis.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply the CCIM Strategic Model to make a "go" or "no-go" investment decision.
- Use state-of-the-art geospatial technology for analyses.
- Examine real-world case studies of comprehensive analyses for each of the four major property types: office, industrial, residential, and retail.
Prerequisite: CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
Course Length: Classroom – 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
You can’t make intelligent real estate decisions without learning about the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model for investors, lenders, developers, brokers and other real estate professionals. Learn how financial analysis and market analysis are two separate, yet completely interrelated components of the strategic analysis process.
Work with four case studies covering each of the major property types: office, industrial, multi-family, and retail. Each case study will build around the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, which contains four components: Market and Competitive Analysis, Political and Legal Analysis, Location and Site Analysis, and Financial Analysis.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply the CCIM Strategic Model to make a "go" or "no-go" investment decision.
- Use state-of-the-art geospatial technology for analyses.
- Examine real-world case studies of comprehensive analyses for each of the four major property types: office, industrial, residential, and retail.
Prerequisite: CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
Course Length: Online Instructor-Led – 5 weeks, 8 - 10 hours per week
Similar to other courses, CI 104 is case-study driven. Within each case study, you will encounter a key investor decision: Should a non-taxable investor acquire an investment with or without debt financing? What if the investor is taxable? During the holding period of an investment, should an investor make a discretionary capital expenditure or not? How does an investor evaluate disposition alternatives? Gain knowledge, tools, and resources needed to make these decisions.
Begin to develop the practice of integrating the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model into all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in presentations.
With today’s challenging real estate market, we will also take a comprehensive look into approaching risk analysis by exploring the types of risk associated with real estate investment, and the ways to mitigate and manage those risks.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key investor decision-making analyses to optimize investment returns.
- More effectively forecast investment performance by quantifying real estate risk.
- Leverage CCIM analytical tools to improve decision-making.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
Similar to other courses, CI 104 is case-study driven. Within each case study, you will encounter a key investor decision: Should a non-taxable investor acquire an investment with or without debt financing? What if the investor is taxable? During the holding period of an investment, should an investor make a discretionary capital expenditure or not? How does an investor evaluate disposition alternatives? Gain knowledge, tools, and resources needed to make these decisions.
Begin to develop the practice of integrating the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model into all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in presentations.
With today’s challenging real estate market, we will also take a comprehensive look into approaching risk analysis by exploring the types of risk associated with real estate investment, and the ways to mitigate and manage those risks.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key investor decision-making analyses to optimize investment returns.
- More effectively forecast investment performance by quantifying real estate risk.
- Leverage CCIM analytical tools to improve decision-making.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
Similar to other courses, CI 104 is case-study driven. Within each case study, you will encounter a key investor decision: Should a non-taxable investor acquire an investment with or without debt financing? What if the investor is taxable? During the holding period of an investment, should an investor make a discretionary capital expenditure or not? How does an investor evaluate disposition alternatives? Gain knowledge, tools, and resources needed to make these decisions.
Begin to develop the practice of integrating the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model into all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in presentations.
With today’s challenging real estate market, we will also take a comprehensive look into approaching risk analysis by exploring the types of risk associated with real estate investment, and the ways to mitigate and manage those risks.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key investor decision-making analyses to optimize investment returns.
- More effectively forecast investment performance by quantifying real estate risk.
- Leverage CCIM analytical tools to improve decision-making.
Similar to other courses, CI 104 is case-study driven. Within each case study, you will encounter a key investor decision: Should a non-taxable investor acquire an investment with or without debt financing? What if the investor is taxable? During the holding period of an investment, should an investor make a discretionary capital expenditure or not? How does an investor evaluate disposition alternatives? Gain knowledge, tools, and resources needed to make these decisions.
Begin to develop the practice of integrating the CCIM Communications/Negotiations Model into all real estate decisions with a focus on using this Model in presentations.
With today’s challenging real estate market, we will also take a comprehensive look into approaching risk analysis by exploring the types of risk associated with real estate investment, and the ways to mitigate and manage those risks.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply key investor decision-making analyses to optimize investment returns.
- More effectively forecast investment performance by quantifying real estate risk.
- Leverage CCIM analytical tools to improve decision-making.
Prerequisites:
- CI 101 - Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Preparing to Negotiate or Advanced Negotiation Workshop
CCIM’s introductory course teaches you the fundamentals of the commercial investment real estate industry and demonstrates how to apply these skills using real-world case studies. You will have the self-confidence to answer your clients’ questions, anticipate their concerns and plan for their needs when you have a solid commercial foundation from which to start.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Solve investment problems using a financial calculator.
- Perform basic mortgage calculations using compounding and discounting techniques.
- Understand basic real estate investment analysis tools, estimate net operating income and estimate cash flows before tax.
- Calculate the internal rate of return.
- Evaluate similar properties, project vacancy rates and estimate absorption figures.
Is there a way to deliver good valuation analysis in a world void of comps?
Creating Reliable Valuations in a Sluggish Market provides practitioners with effective valuation methodologies in markets with no comparable sales data to rely on.
The commercial real estate market has been stagnant since the last quarter of 2007. This has created a void of comparable sales, particularly in small markets and with properties valued less than $10,000,000; and yet, most all valuation methodologies rely on an active marketplace providing comparable sales to approximate current value.
Investors, brokers, lenders, appraisers, servicers, receivers, lawyers and the courts are consistently in need of opinions of value.
This course explains 10 valuation methodologies and ranks their effectiveness in markets with no comparable sales data to rely on. Each method is explained and demonstrated through examples and case studies.
Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:
- Create more reliable valuations
- Gain more business
- Increase valuation capabilities
- Better understand creating valuations without comparables
This course, which is required for all candidates pursuing the CCIM designation, provides relevant information about the CCIM Code and Standards of Practice of the CCIM Institute. The ethics program is a free online course; candidates must review the course content, then complete and pass the online lesson quizzes and Final Exam.
After completing this course, you will be able to:- Apply the process followed in enforcing the Code and Standards of Practice.
- Respond to the types of ethical dilemmas that you might encounter in your practice.
Building an accurate proforma is a crucial first step in every real estate investment or development venture. Mastering Microsoft Excel’s financial analysis capabilities can make proforma models more accurate and bring enhanced meaning to sensitivity analyses. In this class, students learn step-by-step instructions for creating an accurate proforma for analyzing the financial performance of commercial and investment real estate.
The class is designed specifically for real estate professionals interested in expanding their knowledge of financial concepts and Excel tools. Students learn Excel’s advanced tools financial analysis functions and then apply them to their own investment and development models.
During the course, students develop their own spreadsheets that allow them to quickly and effectively model a variety of real estate investment scenarios. The course concludes with students building a complex financial investment model using Excel. Financial concepts such as compounding and discounting, internal rate of return (IRR), and net present value (NPV) are explained in detail. Excel applications covered include:
- Logic functions
- Absolute and relative references
- Midpoint discounting and XIRR
- Reinvestment and MIRR
- Goal seek
- Hyperlink, Data Validation, Group and Ungroup
- And many more
Students are expected to have a basic knowledge of Excel and a firm grasp of basic real estate finance concepts such as time value of money, IRR, and NPV.
This one-day workshop is designed for investors frustrated with the stock market and looking for asset strategies they can believe in. While the single-family investment game is over, the group investment business presents new opportunities in a new economy.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Cite security rules and entity structures involved with forming an investment group.
- Learn what is in offering documents and learn steps to create your investment group.
- Avoid commonly made legal mistakes when forming investment entities.
Unable to Attend the Workshop?
You can still learn about group investing by purchasing Mr. Trowbridge's book, It's a Whole New Business, offered at a discounted rate through the CCIM Institute. Get details.
Advanced Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate teaches market timing by showing where our economy is positioned in the current business cycle. You will then identify the indicators showing where the economy is headed next and how long it will take to get there.
Knowing the economic cycle will allow you to forecast future demand for property types in your specific market area. Using sophisticated market analysis tools, including STDBonline, we will explore markets, sub-markets, and sites to identify the best locations for specific types of properties.
Advanced Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate is designed to improve your understanding of timing and location, and increase your success in today's market. Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
- Use supply and demand data to identify property sectors and geographic submarkets that offer the greatest commercial real estate investment opportunity – now and over the next 2-3 years.
- Conduct hands-on analyses of your market and submarket using STDBonline and the latest CCIM Market Analysis software tools.
- Identify the greatest areas for growth—office, retail, industrial and multifamily sectors—in your market.
You also go home with a complimentary copy of a custom Excel spreadsheet you can use for future analyses.
“The course exceeded my expectations on all levels. I have not been that excited about learning in a long time.” Jeffery Potter, CEO, Tigre Investment Company, Dallas, TX
“Mark Cypert, a CCIM from Dallas, TX and a CCIM instructor, has run several large funds that invested heavily in office buildings all over the country. His application of the tools he teaches in this class has made him and his investors a pile of money. I’ve known Mark for a few years, and I’ve been actively recruiting the class and the instructor to come to Albuquerque and offer it. We had our course, and it was a gigantic success. The classroom sold out, the students loved the new tools and market insight, and we had some fabulous comments like ‘best class I’ve taken all year’.” Todd Clarke, CCIM; Owner, NM Apartment Advisors Inc., Albuquerque, NM
“Thank you for the wonderful course. Mark, you are awesome! I enjoyed every minute of the course. It is so informative and valuable – there is not one minute of ‘fluff’!” Carmela Ma, CCIM; President, CJM Associates, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA
Residential Real Estate Financial Analysis is designed for residential agents who want to expand their business to include selling single-family homes, condos, duplexes, four-plexes, or small commercial properties to investors. This course is for residential agents interested in the commercial arena, new commercial agents looking to enhance their basic financial analysis skills, and private investors who want to learn basic financial analysis skills to apply to their investment portfolio.
Using custom Excel spreadsheets, students learn time value of money (TVM) and the measures of investment performance regularly used to analyze investment properties. Residential Real Estate Financial Analysis serves as your introduction to the CCIM Cash Flow Model and its applications to make decisions based on wise investment fundamentals.
The course explains the impact of leverage on an investment and concludes with a case study involving a couple looking to purchase a single-family home as a rental property. Students use the case study to calculate the investment property’s projected revenues and expenses and provide clients with a detailed financial pro forma to make an informed decision on whether to move forward with the purchase.
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
- Explain the impact of loan to value (LTV) on equity yield
- Calculate investment performance using gross rent multiplier; capitalization rate; before tax cash-on-cash; internal rate of return (IRR); and net present value (NPV)
Participants receive custom Excel spreadsheets that can be used for future analyses, and earn one (1) elective credit toward the CCIM designation.
"This class was by far the most useful and best class I've ever taken. I have read at least a dozen books on investment property and own several properties personally. Every book recommends using the same formulas to determine IRR, NPV, cap rates, etc. I have always wanted to somehow put them on a spreadsheet to simplify the process but could never figure out a way to do it and simplify it. You guys have given us an invaluable tool to use to help clients make a sound financial decision with their purchases."
—Steve Ehlinger, NAI Latter & Blum Inc. Realtors, New Orleans, La.
"I thoroughly enjoyed the class … it gave me tools to use in the residential as well as the commercial market, and gave insight to looking at properties from another perspective. I’m looking forward to passing on this new gift to my clients."
—Debbie Sanderson, ABR, AHWD, GRI, SFR, SRS, Realtor®, NAI Latter & Blum Inc. Realtors, Kenner, La.
This one-day workshop assists you in recognizing and finding solutions to manage troubled real estate assets resulting from the current economy. Learn what brought the market to its current state and the life cycle of a troubled asset. From there, you can recognize where business opportunities exist.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify lender and owner objectives.
- Find solutions to deal with troubled assets, including developing an Asset Management Disposition Plan (AMDP).
- Test disposition alternatives with appropriate metrics.
Implement the latest technology and social networking tools into your day-to-day business and add value to your clients. In this course, you’ll review the latest hardware, including smart phones, iPads and netbooks, and find software and data storage solutions that suit your specific needs. You’ll also develop a business strategy for using social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, through hands-on exercises.
The three-day workshop covers:
- Ownership structures, including: Tenant in Common, Limited Liability Company, and Limited Partnership.
- Raising money while following applicable securities laws.
- Financing and structuring deals to meeting investors' expectations.
- A panel of lenders with experience in funding loans for group investments, discussing the current lending environment.
- An expert detailing how investors can use their self-directed IRA and 401(k) plans to invest in syndications.
- Active syndication clients sharing their experiences with other participants.
This interactive course introduces you to a proven negotiations process using the CCIM Interest-based Negotiations Model. This model, customized to the commercial real estate environment, presents you with concepts, interactive practice opportunities and quizzes, as well as a scenario-based practice exercise throughout the course.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply the CCIM Interest-based Negotiations Model to your negotiations preparations.
- Interpret CCIM Interest Analysis Chart elements, and consider creative solutions for identified interests and issues.
- Assess risks and action plans for potential conflicts.
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| Ethics | Online Ethics Course | Online | Register | |
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| CI 101 | CI101 Self-Paced Study | Online | Register | |
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| CI Intro | Introduction to Commercial Investment Real Estate | Washington, DC | Feb 9 | Register |
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Faculty Profile
Mark J. Polon, CCIM
