Featured PRC CREF School Lessons

Now Enrolling! This online lesson will provide step-by-step instructions for analyzing loan requests. It also covers various property valuation methods, how to create a pro forma, and how to run 12-month summaries for multifamily properties.

This online lesson provides an overview of the complete commercial mortgage finance program. It also describes commercial real estate properties, and gives a brief overview of how it is financed. Subscribe and start today.

This online lesson provides an in-depth study of the capital markets, defines the participants in the capital markets, and reveals the methods our financial brokers use to access those markets and obtain funds to finance commercial real estate transactions.

This online lesson introduces students potential clients. It discusses the various types of clients who seek financing for commercial real estate and provides details on the various entity structures used when financing commercial real estate.

This online lesson teaches the methods used by commercial mortgage underwriters to qualify loans. Upon completion, students will be able to evaluate property cash flows, values, and a project’s ability to pay back a loan or generate a return on investment.

This online lesson teaches you the basic documents required for underwriting owner-occupied and investment properties. Additionally, you will learn best practices for organizing and storing these documents.

This online lesson teaches students why a thorough knowledge of property types is key to understanding commercial real estate finance. We will discuss how the underwriting guidelines vary based on property types.

This online lesson discusses the various types of lenders actively funding commercial mortgages. These lenders include commercial banks, agencies, investment banks, insurance companies, and private debt/equity firms.

This online lesson will introduce students to the various loan programs used to finance commercial real estate. Students will also learn the typical situations in which each loan program is used to solve problems experienced by CRE owners and investors.

Register now! This lesson will teach students how to perform a cash flow analysis on the business occupying the property, determine the economic feasibility of a loan request, and adequately summarize the financial analysis.

Coming Soon This online lesson will provide step-by-step instructions for analyzing loan requests. It also covers various property valuation methods, how to create a pro forma, and how to run 12-month summaries for retail properties.

Coming Soon This online lesson will provide step-by-step instructions for analyzing loan requests. It also covers various property valuation methods, how to create a pro forma, and how to run 12-month summaries for office properties.

Coming Soon This online lesson will provide step-by-step instructions for analyzing loan requests. It also covers various property valuation methods, how to create a pro forma, and how to run 12-month summaries for self-storage properties.

Coming Soon This online lesson will provide step-by-step instructions for analyzing loan requests. It also covers various property valuation methods, how to create a pro forma, and how to run 12-month summaries for hospitality properties.

Coming Soon This online lesson will provide step-by-step instructions for analyzing loan requests. It also covers various property valuation methods, how to create a pro forma, and how to run 12-month summaries for mobile home park properties.

Coming Soon This online lesson will teach students how to properly prepare a loan request package. Students will learn to write an executive summary, property description, and sources & uses statement.

Coming Soon This online lesson will teach the various indexes used to price commercial mortgage loans, how to define interest rate spreads, how spreads are used to establish the price of debt, and basic pricing structures for loans.

Coming Soon This online lesson will teach client interviewing techniques required to determine the loan program most suitable to fund the loan request, as well as best practices for assessing the economic feasibility of the loan request.