FIN351

FIN 351 · Real Estate Principles

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.

About This Collection

This collection provides 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.

Interactive Learning Tools

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.

Using the Tools

Open a tool in a current browser; no installation or user account is required.
Move a slider to see calculations, curves, payments, balances, and decision comparisons update immediately.
Use the animation buttons to observe a continuously changing assumption and connect comparative statics with the visual results.
Link a published page directly from Canvas and open it in a separate browser tab.

All calculations run within the browser. The tools do not collect or transmit student inputs.

Educational Scope

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.

Citation

To cite this collection:

Lin, D. (2026). FIN 351: Real Estate Principles Interactive Learning Resources [Interactive learning resources]. https://desenlin.com/FIN351/

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.