Real Estate Initiative
Real Estate Initiative - Careers- Professional Trainings
Professional Trainings
Darden offers various professional trainings and access to data for students seeking to gain hands-on experience in the real estate field.
The Argus Training helps students build financial modeling and analytical skills. Darden partners with the White Ruffin Byron Center for Real Estate to facilitate an Argus training at least once per year through VUREC and the Darden Real Estate Club.
Students interested in Argus training, typically held on a Friday and Saturday during the fall semester, should contact: RE@darden.virginia.edu
The REFM Training helps students build modeling skills. The training is a mix of self-paced study, in-person training, and club study groups. Darden partners with the White Ruffin Byron Center for Real Estate to facilitate training in collaboration with the Darden Real Estate Club.
Students interested in REFM training, typically held throughout the fall semester, should contact: RE@darden.virginia.edu
S&P GMI (SNL Real Estate Tool)
The Mayo Center for Asset Management partners with Darden Capital Management to offer the SNL Real Estate Tool and annual training.
Students interested in SNL Real Estate training, typically held in the early spring, should contact: RE@darden.virginia.edu
Other Trainings Related to Real Estate:
- Private Markets: Pitchbook Training & Preqin Training
- Public Markets: FactSet, Bloomberg, S&P Capital IQ, Refinitiv (LSEG), Morningstar, and others
- Access to various business news and magazine sites, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, and Barron’s