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Open Courseware - A List of Free Real Estate & Business Courses

Monday, April 16

I have been promising to start a list of free real estate/business related courses via open courseware, but my laziness got the best of me. I finally got around to starting a list, which I hope others will add to, so we end up with a comprehensive list of classes that will help real estate investors (new and experienced alike) add to their educational base. A couple disclaimers/comments:

• I am not associated with any of the organizations (beyond taking a few of the courses)

• I have not taken all of the courses listed so I cannot guarantee their quality

• Please consider the timeframe of the courses, some are several years old and may contain antiquated information

• Please feel free to rate the courses so we can provide a list of outstanding resources

• There are many more courses out there…this is but a small sampling

Real Estate Specific:

Real Estate Economics – MIT

Real Estate Finance and Investment – MIT

Advanced Topics in Real Estate – MIT

Economics:

Principles of Microeconomics – MIT

Intermediate Microeconomic Theory – MIT

Intro to Statistical Methods in Economics – MIT

Advanced Microeconomic Theory (various levels) – MIT

Advanced Macroeconomic Theory (various levels) – MIT

Financial Markets - Yale

Accounting/Finance:

Intro to Financial and Managerial Acct – MIT

Creating Financial Projections – Kutztown

Managing Your Cash Flow – Kutztown

Analyzing Your Financial Rations - Kutztown

Other:

Law for the Entrepreneur and the Manager – MIT

Power in Negotiating – MIT

Intro to Project Management – UCal Irvine

Choosing a Legal Structure – Kutztown

Links:

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm  - MIT (look under social sciences and management)

http://oyc.yale.edu/economics - Yale

http://ocw.uci.edu/courses/?cat=7 – UCal Irvine

http://www.kutztownsbdc.org/course_listing.asp - Kutztown SBDC

Other resources:

http://onlineuniversityrankings2010.com/2010/open-edu-top-50-university-open-courseware-collections/ - Links to Open Courses