Cornell University

Chris de Mestre

Professor of Practice · Rubacha Department of Real Estate

This site is the home for my teaching and student work, including coursework, resources, case competitions, and the AI Roundtable for students in the Baker Program in Real Estate.

Course access is reserved for students enrolled in the relevant courses. Course materials will be available both here and on Cornell Canvas for enrolled students. Request access with your @cornell.edu email and you'll be approved manually.

What lives inside

Courses

  • Principles of Real Estate
  • Private Equity Real Estate
  • Real Estate Debt and Distress Investing

Lectures, assignments, and related materials open from inside each course.

Resources

Market data, glossaries, useful links, tools, and articles.

Competitions

Case competitions including:

  • UT Austin
  • CREFC Debt Competition
  • ARGUS Challenge

and other student case competitions.

AI Roundtable

Student-led CRE × AI forum.