It’s designed for ambitious professionals who want to break into real estate—but not just as employees or passive investors. As entrepreneurs.
This case-based course follows the journey of a first-time real estate entrepreneur taking her first deal from idea to execution. Through her story, students will learn the real-world process of sourcing, underwriting, financing, and building a real estate project—without needing deep experience or capital. Sign up
The course will teach a step-by-step framework for turning a small real estate idea into a real project—one that builds equity, ownership, and long-term upside.
Each week, you’ll learn a new piece of the entrepreneurial process:
How to identify and evaluate real estate opportunities. Understand the local market, compare asset types, and assess risk/reward
How to underwrite a project and evaluate its feasibility. Learn to build a basic pro forma, estimate costs, returns, and financing needs
How to raise equity and secure debt. Explore how entrepreneurs fund projects creatively—with limited capital of their own
How to negotiate win-win partnerships. From landowners to investors to contractors, learn to build a team that shares the upside
How to navigate permitting, zoning, and public approvals. Master the soft skills needed to work with cities and communities
How to deliver the finished product. Get from spreadsheet to cash flowing asset—and learn what it means to actually bring a project to life
By the end, you’ll not only understand the real estate development process—you’ll have a business plan for your first (or next) project.
This course is for anyone looking to build a real estate business from scratch. Especially:
Architects, attorneys, and contractors looking to become principals
Agents who want to start doing deals themselves—not just closing them
Professionals from outside real estate who want to start investing and building locally
Entrepreneurs looking to bootstrap a real estate portfolio, one project at a time
No previous experience or capital required.
What’s the format?
We’ve designed this to be one of the most accessible and interactive online real estate courses available:
5 weeks of guided learning. Each week includes 1–2 hours of pre-recorded lessons and a live 1-hour Zoom session with your cohort
Real-world case study. You’ll follow Dana’s story and apply what you’re learning to your own project ideas
Live cohort community. You’ll join a cohort of 30 students max, with a private discussion forum and weekly peer activities
Templates and resources. Includes pro formas, pitch decks, and contracts to use on your own projects
Capstone Project. You’ll walk away with your own development plan for a real (or hypothetical) local project
When is it and how much does it cost?
The bootcamp is live in NYC at 3 World Trade Center and runs April 14-15th from 1-6pm, both days, with a happy hour after the second day.
The cost of the bootcamp is $1,500 and limited to 30 students. Sign up now.
Note that following the course, all students will have access to the online course resources and community, where you can continue to grow and learn along your entrepreneurial journey.
—Brad Hargreaves and Paul Stanton
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Paul Stanton is a Partner at PTB, a boutique investment bank focused on joint ventures, capital raising, and M&A transactions. Paul is a Teacher and Writer at Thesis Driven, developing and growing next-gen real estate & proptech concepts.
