FUNDAMENTAL AI FOR REAL ESTATE

The first part of our asynchronous version of Practical AI for Real Estate. Essential for anyone willing to use AI in real-estate-related work.
Learn the difference between AI and traditional tools and gain confidence in efficient prompting through videos, use cases and practical examples. Start at any time, work at your own pace.

Live tutor support available throughout.

Delivered and certified in partnership with the Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance at University of St. Gallen.
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What you'l learn

  • How AI actually works – Understand the mechanics behind Large Language Models: tokenization, embedding, and self-attention. Know what's happening when you type a prompt.
  • Why AI makes mistakes – Learn the probabilistic nature of AI, what causes hallucinations, and practical strategies to manage them.
  • The art of prompting – Master context, structure, and iteration. Write prompts that deliver professional-quality outputs, not generic responses.
  • AI for core real estate tasks – Apply your skills to data analysis, visualization, document processing, rent roll analysis, and business plan development.

By the end, you'll understand not just how to use AI, but why it behaves the way it does—giving you the foundation to adapt as tools evolve. You'll learn to summarise and analyse long documents like investment memos and ESG reports, get strategy advice and create business plans, tackle complex reasoning problems, and write professional documents with AI assistance.

Convenient

Online, fully self-paced—learn when it suits you. Live tutor support available throughout. 

Short

Approximate learning time: 4h

Practical

Practical use cases from industry experts

Accessible

No technical background required

Who is it for?

Real estate professionals across investment, consulting, banking, asset management, and research—from analysts to C-suite. The course starts accessible for those new to AI, then moves quickly to more advanced applications.

No prior technical knowledge or AI experience required.

What makes it different

At our school we make online learning easy. Our only concern is your education. Build your future right here.

Built for real estate, not adapted from generic content. 

Every example, case study, and exercise is designed around the workflows and decisions you actually face—not generic business scenarios relabelled.

Developed by practitioners and academics.

Created by a team combining 25+ years of industry experience with research and teaching credentials from Cambridge, MIT, Imperial, UCL and LSE.

Research-led, continuously updated.

All use cases are developed in-house. As AI capabilities change, so does the course—you'll always be learning what works now, not last year.
“Supercharge your skills! I highly recommend this thoroughly enjoyable short course. Through engaging examples of everyday tasks, Niko and the team at VARi Knowledge Partners demonstrate the practical application of generative AI for real estate. A must-attend course for any professional who wants to harness this technology for their business.”
— Mark Unsworth, Associate Director of Real Estate Economics, Oxford Economics
“This insightful course provided me with a comprehensive understanding of how AI will transform research and analysis within the commercial real estate industry. Niko and his team effectively demonstrated practical applications of AI that were easy to follow and which I have been able to immediately integrate into my working practices.”
— Tom Kynaston, Associate – Research and Strategy, M&G Real Estate
“Niko’s course is an invaluable primer on AI, tailored very specifically to the needs of real estate professionals and researchers. Niko and Monica deliver the course in a clear, approachable style that is highly conducive to learning in teams with a wide spectrum of existing skills and understanding. It is a thoroughly enjoyable and insightful programme.”
— William Matthews, Partner, Head of Capital Markets Research, Knight Frank

Interested in in-house training or corporate packages?

At VARi, we offer custom training, team discounts, and branded versions of this program for organisations. Use the form below to get in touch.

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