How useful is what you learn in the eCornell graduate certificate?
A little about me. I am 31 years old pivoting my career. I spent last 7 years IT consulting after getting a math degree and asked my dad about joining our family office(basically a real estate investment trust just for our family). 

He’s of the mind IT people are worthless so he said if I want to get involved first get an MBA or MSF do you know how to speak business and investments. So I am almost done with a MSF which has actually taught me a lot about everything from corporate finance, portfolio management, M&amp;A valuation etc. But, I never really touched Real Estate. 

I want to apply my new found finance knowledge to real estate investments, does the ecornell program fill in this gap? I am looking strictly for an education investment to learn something I can use. I am not looking for a certificate to put on a resume. 

Thanks.
[{"id": "gzx3y3t", "text": "I've done it. If you have no experience in real estate it's a great program to get your foot in the door. If you have experience then it may not be as useful for you.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gzx8ntz", "text": "I don't understand why IT people are worthless.\n\n&amp;#x200B;\n\nCouldn't this be taught by family ? the evaluation and management of commercial real estate ?", "replies": [{"id": "gzxarcr", "text": "My dad is a never ask a question you don\u2019t already have a solution for kind of guy. Any knowledge gained in my own pursuits will impress.", "replies": [{"id": "gzxui6a", "text": "My dad is kind of like that I help him finding land to buy and with the financing and he\u2019s a learn as you go kind of guy he\u2019ll ask me to do something I know nothing about but he doesn\u2019t tell me how to go about it lol", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "h2trpmc", "text": "I do IT for a Real Estate Company, basically anything that isn't sales is worthless to them, not just IT, funny enough most people in sales barely finished high school, but hey if they are good at what they do and make money who cares", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gzx9tuw", "text": "How does this course at Cornell weigh in vs MIT's CRE Analysis &amp; Investment course?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gzxgndr", "text": "Really confused why you would get a MSF/MBA as opposed to a MSRED if you specifically want to go into real estate", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gzxvmr8", "text": "If you can only do online certification, check out NYU. I would pair this up working with a local commercial broker for at least a year. Be a yes man and soak up as much as you can to put context in the certification, while building your network.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gzz2l84", "text": "Learn by doing and supplement with targeted training....my .02.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gzz2lmx", "text": "I would skip the program and buy some books..\n\nYou\u2019re a mathematician... You will be able to pick up the principles of real estate markets very quickly. Many people in real estate conflate luck with skill, your father sounds like one of them.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gzz8g45", "text": "Learn basic financial modeling so you can properly underwrite a deal... Then buy one, it's all about applying it in real estate.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "h06xd9v", "text": "I've done it. Like others mentioned it's a little fluffy but an ok entrance if you know nothing.   \nPersonally, I think you are on the right track with MSF and augmenting with a cert program. Check out the MIT program that EbonyKat mentions too. You might also cert with RE modeling skills from REFAI, AdventuresInCRE or WSO/BIWS/WALLSTPrep.   \n\n\nLooking out toward the future you may take your IT skills combined with finance and lean into blockchain and smart contracts, especially if you have programming skills can learn something like Solidity on Etherium. DeFi, Blockchain and Crypto will have future applications in CRE on many levels I believe.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]