REAL 220: Real Estate Property Management
Citrus College Course Outline of Record
| Heading | Value |
|---|---|
| Effective Term: | Fall 2022 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Total Contact Hours: | 54 |
| Lecture Hours : | 54 |
| Lab Hours: | 0 |
| Hours Arranged: | 0 |
| Outside of Class Hours: | 108 |
| Transferable to CSU: | No |
| Transferable to UC: | No |
| Grading Method: | Standard Letter |
Catalog Course Description
This course is intended for the real estate practitioner who wants a comprehensive introduction to the challenging field of property management and for the professional who wishes to gain new, practical information. 54 lecture hours.
Course Objectives
- solve specific problems in the management of various types of property; apartments, condominiums, office buildings; retail property, industrial and government-related property as a practitioner
- apply new creative and practical management principles and implement innovative ideas for property managers
- Understand the laws pertaining to the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants
Major Course Content
- History and growth of property management, scope of management, building classification and reasons for ownership
- Analysis of property ownership, analysis of rental market, analysis of neighborhood
- The budget - its need and use in management
- Planning rehabilitation, remodeling and modernizing
- The take-over and take-over records, property and records control, setting the rent schedule, space measurement, the rental application, tenant selection
- Tenant relationship, rental collections, merchandising or leasing space
- Highest and best use, leases, finding the prospect
- Floors and floor coverings, heating and plumbing, insulation
- Decorating, insect and rodent control, exterior repairs and maintenance
- Building organization, employee selection and training, employee instruction and work schedule
- Fire and casualty insurance, rent insurance and taxes
- Maintaining satisfactory owner relationship, how to get new business
- Apartment buildings, office buildings, loft buildings
- Landlord and tenant, evictions, services and supplies and their purpose
- Review
- Final examination
Suggested Reading Other Than Required Textbook
Wall Street Journal
Los Angeles Times (Real Estate Section)
Examples of Required Writing Assignments
Write a two-page paper on how to manage tenant behavior, tenant/landlord rights and obligations, five common problems involving tenants, and the eviction process.
Examples of Outside Assignments
Current Event Article Report: In addition to text readings, each student will prepare one Real Estate-Related current event article report. Select an article from a current (within the past 30 days) publication (newspaper, news magazine, etc.). Summarize the article by stating the main points in your own words. State your conclusions (opinion) about the article in the space provided. The REPORTS MUST BE TYPED using APA formatting. A copy of the article must be furnished with the report. REPORTS MUST BE REAL ESTATE- RELATED.
Instruction Type(s)
Lecture, Online Education Lecture