Interactive Learning Resources at Cal State Fullerton
Created by Desen Lin
Developed for instructional use at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF). These materials are educational and do not constitute financial, valuation, planning, legal, or investment advice.
This repository hosts browser-based interactive tools developed for FIN 351: Real Estate Principles at California State University, Fullerton. The tools connect economic models and real estate concepts with live charts, numerical results, and decision rules that respond immediately as students change the assumptions.
| Resource | What It Demonstrates | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Bid-Rent Curves and Urban Land Use | Builds equilibrium bid-rent curves for two household types, contrasts closed- and open-city responses to transportation changes, derives production bid curves, and uses Chapter 5 Example 3 to determine whether a tall, medium, or short office building supports the highest land bid. | Launch the tool |
| Mortgage Cost and Payment Risk | Shows how contract rates, up-front charges, and payoff timing change APR and effective borrowing cost, then compares the payment and balance paths of a conventional fixed-rate mortgage, an interest-only amortizing mortgage, and an Option ARM. | Launch the tool |
| Commercial Mortgage Leverage and Refinancing | Compares conventional and mezzanine-debt capital structures, shows how leverage changes required equity and equity return, and evaluates refinancing using payment savings, transaction costs, NPV, IRR, and break-even conditions. | Launch the tool |
Additional FIN 351 tools and supporting pages can be added here as they are developed.
All calculations run within the browser. The tools do not collect or transmit student inputs.
The examples intentionally simplify urban structure, commuting, production, development, mortgage contracts, capital structures, and refinancing decisions so students can focus on the underlying economic and financial mechanisms. The results are instructional illustrations rather than estimates for an actual property, market, loan, or decision.
If you use or adapt this collection, please cite it as:
Lin, D. (2026). FIN 351: Real Estate Principles Interactive Learning Resources [Computer software]. GitHub. https://github.com/desenlin/FIN351
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Created by Desen Lin for instructional purposes in FIN 351 at California State University, Fullerton.
These materials are educational and should not be interpreted as financial, valuation, planning, legal, lending, or investment advice.