Consultant Real Estate and Facility Management

The course covers the commercial, infrastructural and technical management of real estate and construction properties. You will also learn how to evaluate real estate issues and construction projects and find out how artificial intelligence (AI) is used in your profession.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Consultant Real Estate and Facility Management"
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 8 Weeks

Real estate management

Basics of real estate management (approx. 1 day)

Real estate and real estate markets

Companies and stakeholders in the real estate industry

Types of real estate use


Legal basis (approx. 1 day)

Public registers for land use/land register

Land purchase contract

Public and private building law

Real estate tax law

Tenancy law and condominium law

Concluding and terminating tenancy agreements


Service charges and operating cost accounting (approx. 0.5 days)

Apportionable and non-apportionable costs

Operating cost accounting

Frequent errors and points of contention


Valuation strategies and real estate management (approx. 2.5 days)

Location analysis

Investment strategies

Maintenance and refurbishment

Real estate valuation and valuation methods

Real estate management

Asset management

Property management

Portfolio management

Risk management

Due Diligence

SWOT analysis

KPI, key figure systems, benchmarks and BSC


Tax basics (approx. 1 day)

Property tax

Real estate transfer tax

Building deduction tax

Value added tax for real estate


Property insurance (approx. 1 day)

Residential building insurance

Property liability insurance

Household contents insurance/personal liability insurance

Natural hazard insurance


Trends in real estate management (approx. 1 day)

Life cycle phase model

Life Cycle Costing

What is BIM?

Green building and sustainability


Project work (approx. 2 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Facility Management

Basics of facility management (approx. 1 day)

Definition, theory, practice, objectives

User perspective

Risk management in facility management

Complexity of IT systems and software


Life cycle and sustainability (approx. 2 days)

The need for effective real estate controlling

Sustainability certificates for buildings, green building according to DGNB, LEED and BREEAM

Aspects of operator responsibility (GEFMA 190)

Quality management and liability risks incl. consideration in the FM contract/e-QSS/GEFMA 700ff

Utilization phase according to DIN 32736

Refurbishment, demolition, demolition, energy-efficient refurbishment


Space management (approx. 1 day)

Objectives, key figures, DIN 277, conversion factors

Calculation of rental space for commercial space

Workplace design


Management of services (approx. 1 day)

Janitorial services

Cleaning services

Security services

Winter services

Green space maintenance


Technical building management (approx. 2 days)

Fire protection technology

Fault recording

Electricity, heating and cooling supply

Ventilation and air conditioning systems, e.g. in accordance with VDI 6022

Building automation (GA) in facility management

Maintenance in accordance with DIN 31051

Key performance indicators, benchmarking


Energy management and operating cost controlling (approx. 1 day)

Introduction of energy management/energy controlling

Requirements according to ISO 50001

EU Directive "Energy Performance of Buildings"

Building Energy Act (GEG, EEG amendment, KWKG)

Sampling control systems, fine compass

Service charges and operating cost controlling in facility management


Project work (approx. 2 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Real estate manager

Basics of real estate management (approx. 1 day)

Building plans, construction drawings and building descriptions

AI-supported preparation of building descriptions and property documents

Relevant types of insurance in the real estate sector

Environmental and energy issues in the real estate sector

Digital administrative processes in the real estate industry


Legal basics (approx. 2 days)

Condominium Act

Civil Code (general contract law, tenancy law, work contract law, property law)

Land register law

Civil procedure and enforcement law

Professional law for administrators (trade regulations, real estate agent and property developer ordinance, legal services act)

Other legal bases (heating costs ordinance, drinking water ordinance, energy law)

Information obligations of property managers


Commercial basics (approx. 2 days)

General commercial basics (basic principles of proper bookkeeping, external and internal accounting)

Special commercial basics for condominium administrators (special allocations/maintenance reserves, preparation of annual accounts and the business plan, house charges, dunning procedures)

Special commercial basics for tenancy administrators (accounting, account management, management)

AI in digital invoicing processes and document management


Management of condominium properties (approx. 1 day)

Establishment of condominium and partial ownership

Declaration of division and community regulations

Rights and obligations of condominium owners

Duties of the WEG administrators

Other tasks of the condominium owners' association administrator (appointment of administrator, administrator contract, administrative advisory board)

Conflict, complaints and social management

Property management and owners' meetings

AI-supported creation of minutes and reports


Management of rental properties (approx. 1 day)

Management of rental properties

Property management

Conflict, complaint and social management

Other tasks of the rental manager

Interfaces with service providers, tradesmen and owners


Technical basics (approx. 1 day)

Building materials and building material technology

Building services

Recognizing defects

Traffic safety obligations

Maintenance planning

Energy-efficient building renovation and modernization

Age-appropriate and barrier-free conversions

Use of subsidies; applying for subsidies

Documentation


Project work (approx. 2 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Real estate agent

Basics of the estate agent business (approx. 1 day)

Professional profile of real estate agents (service expectations)

The real estate market and submarkets

Brokerage companies, in particular §34c GewO

Pricing and commission

Building plans, construction drawings and descriptions, development plan

Land register entry

Environmental and energy issues

Property offer and property analysis

Valuation

Relevant types of insurance in the real estate sector


Legal basics for real estate agents (approx. 3 days)

Information obligations of real estate agents, DL-InfoV

Real estate agent and property developer ordinance (MaBV)

Laws and regulations (BauGB, WoIFV, GEG, BetrKV, Co₂KostAufG, GeldwäscheG, PreisangabenV)

Tenancy, leasehold and heritable building rights

Land register law

Residential property law, housing brokerage law, misappropriation law

Civil Code (BGB)

Contract law

Competition law and consumer protection

Legal aspects of customer advice

Digital Services Act


Service charges and operating cost accounting (approx. 0.5 days)

Definition of ancillary/operating costs

Allocability according to §556 BGB

Benchmarks and cost analysis

Digital billing, smart meter data

ESG reporting


Real estate financing (approx. 2.5 days)

Real estate and taxes (income tax, corporation tax, trade tax, VAT, valuation law-dependent taxes, special transaction taxes)

Basics of financing

Real estate as a capital investment

Equity and debt servicing

Costs of financing

Loan security and mortgage lending test

Mortgage lending value, market value assessment procedure

Subsidy programs

Hedging the credit risk

Tax aspects of financing


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Process automation in rental and administration

AI-supported market and risk analyses


Marketing and sales for real estate agents (approx. 1 day)

Code of ethics

Data protection

Arbitration boards

Exposé design

Social media strategies

Viewings

Optimal customer advice and support


Project work (approx. 2 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results



Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.

The course offers a systematic introduction to real estate management, including facility management, brokerage and property management. You will then be able to evaluate real estate issues and construction projects and have the necessary business and legal knowledge to professionally rent, lease and manage real estate properties.

This course is aimed at people from building services engineering, people with training in the commercial or administrative field and specialists from the fields of architecture, civil engineering and project management who would like to further their education in the field of facility management.

You can work in the areas of real estate management, real estate financing, project development and facility management or as a broker.

Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

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