Real Estate Property Management

Courses

Major Description

This major is designed to prepare students to estimate the value of, manage and market residential, commercial, industrial and investment real estate. Real Estate Property Management students will be trained to work with residential and investment properties across the nation. The coursework includes the required 90 hours of pre-licensing education for the Minnesota real estate license examination and the registered real estate property appraisers license. Most of these courses meet the requirements for real estate license continuing education.

Nature of Work

The real estate person and/or property manager may be responsible for a number of activities, including negotiating lease contracts, collecting rent, marketing and generally helping the owners meet their investment objectives. Property managers may be responsible for selecting, negotiating, and contracting with vendors for maintenance, repair and various other services. They may be responsible for creating budgets, recommending and implementing policy changes and interacting with tenants.

Career Opportunities

Graduates will find challenging and rewarding work in a wide variety of areas, which could include managing residential, retail or office buildings in downtown, suburban or rural settings. Their careers could be in the area of real estate, financing, property management, investing or the exciting new field of community association management.

Program Delivery

Students can begin this program fall or spring semester. Courses are offered primarily during the evening. Full- or part-time starts are available. Courses in this program are offered at DCTC's Apple Valley site.

After DCTC

DCTC has transfer agreements for this program with the following colleges: Metropolitan State University, Southwest State University, Cardinal Stritch and Saint Mary's University. See Transfer Credits for more information.

Student Outcomes

  1. Graduates completing the program will be prepared for employment in the real estate property management fields.
  2. Students will gain knowledge (economics, accounting, marketing, management, communications) to support property management-specific coursework.
  3. See General Education section for general education outcomes statement.

Academic Advisor

Dean

  • Gary Hebert
    Dean of Customized Training, Technology and Business and Professional Development

Faculty

Martin Otto 651-423-8453 martin.otto@dctc.edu BIO
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