Degrees and Certificates Information (College Catalog)

Why Real Estate?

The real estate profession has expanded and offers one of the widest career selections in the business world today. Helping people buy and sell homes, office buildings, industrial property and corporation farmland, property management, land development, mortgage banking, urban planning, real estate counseling, appraisal and research are all aspects of a career in real estate.

Careers In Real Estate:

Careers In Residential Brokerage

Helping people buy and sell homes is one of the most important and basic services a real estate agent performs. Agents are experts in the process of buying and selling property, financing, government programs, etc.

Careers In Commercial Brokerage

Commercial brokers specialize in income-producing properties, such as apartment and office buildings, retail stores and warehouses, shopping centers and industrial parks.

Careers In Industrial And Office Brokerage

Industrial and office brokers specialize in the developing, selling or leasing property used for industry or manufacturing.

Careers In Real Estate Appraising

Real estate appraisers determine the value of properties. Real estate is appraised to determine many types of values-assessed value for tax purposes, investment value or present value for potential investors, "book" value of accounting purposes, rental value for income projections and insurable value.

Careers In Property Management

The property manager's primary function is to maintain the property in order to produce the highest possible financial return over the longest period of time. More importantly, they are responsible for protecting the owner's investment.

Careers In Urban Planning

If you would like to improve the environment and the quality of people's lives, becoming an urban planner may fulfill your career objective. Urban planners work with local governments and other civic groups to anticipate their city's future growth.

Careers In Real Estate Research

Real estate researchers contribute to the decisions of many other real estate specialists. Brokers, property managers, appraisers, financing experts and counselors all depend on data provided by research.

Advantages And Rewards Of A Career In Real Estate

A career in real estate provides flexibility and freedom to set your own pace. Income directly reflects your efforts, with no limits on what astute, hard-working men and women can earn. Successful people in real estate are goal-oriented, persevering, self-motivated, ambitious and people-oriented. The rewards of a real estate career are a potential for high earnings, status in the community, autonomy, time freedom, helping people, the intellectual challenge and the satisfaction from those accomplishments.

Education For A Career In Real Estate

Sacramento City College offers a variety of real estate related courses to help students prepare for the state licensing exams and a successful career. Shown below are some of the courses we offer: