PROPERTY
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Education.
Gain university property knowledge online at your own pace.
Independent study online short courses delivered directly by
award-winning university lecturers at affordable course fees.
ATTENTION: Think Sharp is scheduled to permanently close on 1 April 2025. All short courses must be completed by this date as shortly after the website will go offline. Please see FAQ's for further information.
New short course enrolments will not be accepted after 31 March 2024.
Dr Michael Rehm
Director
Think Sharp Property Education
New short course enrolments will not be accepted after 31 March 2024.
Dr Michael Rehm
Director
Think Sharp Property Education
Property Fundamentals
1 Course
Acquire an overview of the property industry including what makes property unique as a discipline. Plus appreciate that properties are both physical and financial assets.
Building Construction
12 Courses
Learn about residential and commercial (high-rise) construction materials and methods plus construction project management and key building services.
Property Finance and Investment
2 Courses
Obtain core knowledge on property investment from foundational concepts like time value of money through to financing income-producing commercial developments.
Property Development
1 Course
Understand urban planning, learn how to read a plan and determine what development controls and other planning restrictions impeded development on a particular site.
Property Management
3 Courses
Learn fundamentals of professional property management and then apply this knowledge to managing residential investment property and income-producing property such as retail and office.
Property Analytics
2 Courses
Learn basic property analytics including residential analysis involving census data plus spatial (GIS) techniques using QGIS a popular, open-source application.
Valuation
1 Course
Understand what determines property value and how valuers determine market value and other estimates of value (use, investment, insurance, etc). Extend this knowledge to mass valuation modelling and other valuation special topics.
Our expertise
High-quality, university-level property knowledge
Delivered by university academics
Dr Michael Rehm
Director and Instructor, Think Sharp
Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland
Dr Olga Filippova
Instructor, Think Sharp
Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland
Chris Farhi, MRICS
Instructor, Think Sharp
Head of Insights, Data & Consulting, Bayleys
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Learning Begins Now
High-quality, engaging learning content developed and delivered by experienced property academics.
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Interactive online learning content
- Downloadable PDF course notes
- Bite-size, easy-to-follow videos
- Closed captions & quizzes + tests -
Virtual reality field trips
- Virtual construction site visits
- VR property inspections -
Self-paced, fully online courses
- Enrolments valid for one year
- Certificate issued at course completion