Real Estate Sales - Master: Complex & High-Value Deals

The trophy and institutional end of Dubai real estate. This is the Master tier of the Sales track (Beginner then Advanced then Master), and it deliberately starts where the Advanced tier stops: the residential resale, off-plan and prime-villa business are assumed known.

14Modules
120Lessons
MasterLevel

Outcomes

What you will learn

  1. The Institutional End of the Market: How Big-Ticket Dubai Really Works
  2. Module 2 - Structuring Large & Complex Transactions
  3. Commercial Real Estate I: Offices, Retail & the Leasing Business
  4. Commercial Real Estate II: Yields, Cap Rates & Investment Sales
  5. Module 5 - Industrial, Logistics & Warehousing
  6. Hotels & Hospitality Assets
  7. Land, Plots & Development Potential
  8. Module 8 - Bulk, Floors & Portfolio Deals
  9. and 6 more modules, listed below

Syllabus

14 modules, 120 lessons

Prefer to take it one module at a time? Each module below can be taken on its own at the price shown. Taking the full course saves you AED 400 against buying every module separately.

01The Institutional End of the Market: How Big-Ticket Dubai Really WorksAED 250

Reframes the Dubai property map from residential resale to the trophy and institutional end, teaching who owns the big cheques, who the counterparties are, why a nine-figure deal is different, the regulators and fee economics at scale, how to read the 2025-26 cycle, and how to reposition yourself from agent to advisor.

1.1The Four Ladders of Dubai Real Estate: Where the Money and the Skill ConcentrateLocked
1.2Who the Counterparties Really Are: Developers, Family Offices, Funds and SyndicatesLocked
1.3Deal Size and Complexity: Why a AED 200m Building Is Not Just a Bigger ApartmentLocked
1.4The Regulators at This Level: RERA, DLD, DED, Free Zones and the Capital-Markets EdgeLocked
1.5Commission Economics at Scale: Fees, Splits and Retainers Beyond the 2% NormLocked
1.6Reading the Cycle Before You Pick a Lane: The 2025-26 Market and Why Timing Decides Trophy DealsLocked
1.7From Agent to Advisor: Building the Positioning to Be Trusted With a Nine-Figure MandateLocked
02Module 2 - Structuring Large & Complex TransactionsAED 350

The dealmaking architecture that holds a multi-party, multi-condition, staged-money transaction together from heads of terms to a registered DLD transfer: SPV and corporate buyers, conditions precedent, deferred payments, escrow, bank guarantees, assignment and novation, and pre-empting the encumbrances that kill nine-figure deals.

2.1The critical path: mapping every party, condition and sequence before you touch a numberLocked
2.2Corporate and SPV buyers: what changes when the buyer is a companyLocked
2.3Choosing the holding structure: onshore, free zone or offshoreLocked
2.4Conditions precedent: drafting the gates that actually protect your clientLocked
2.5Staged, deferred and milestone payments: structuring money over timeLocked
2.6Escrow, trustee offices and how money is actually held and releasedLocked
2.7The heads of terms: anchoring the deal without exposing your clientLocked
2.8Deposit structures at scale: protecting a AED 20m-plus depositLocked
2.9Assignment, novation and nomination: selling the contract before completionLocked
2.10Deal-killers: pre-empting the encumbrances that end a transactionLocked
03Commercial Real Estate I: Offices, Retail & the Leasing BusinessAED 300

The commercial leasing foundation a Master broker must command: the office and retail asset classes, how rent is really quoted and calculated on chargeable area, the anatomy of a Dubai commercial lease, tenant covenant strength, Ejari and DED trade-licence linkage, fit-out and capital contributions, retail turnover-rent economics, landlord-versus-tenant mandates, and the regional corporate occupier. Nine script-led, numbers-led lessons that let you sit across from a landlord or a corporate tenant and be taken seriously.

3.1The Commercial Asset Classes: Grade A/B/C, Shell-and-Core vs Fitted, High-Street vs Mall RetailLocked
3.2How Commercial Rent Is Quoted and Calculated: AED/sqft/year, Chargeable vs Usable, and the Loss-Factor TrapLocked
3.3The Commercial Lease Deconstructed: Term, Break Clauses, Rent-Free, Escalation, Service Charge, Chiller, ReinstatementLocked
3.4Tenant Covenant Strength: Why WHO the Tenant Is Drives the Value of the Lease and the BuildingLocked
3.5Ejari for Commercial, DED Trade-Licence Linkage, and Why the Tenant's Activity Must Match the Unit's Permitted UseLocked
3.6Fit-Out, Landlord Works and Capital Contributions: Who Pays for What, and How It's NegotiatedLocked
3.7Retail Specifics: Turnover Rent, Anchor Tenants, Tenant Mix, Footfall and the Economics of a Mall vs a Community CentreLocked
3.8Representing Landlords vs Tenants: Leasing Mandates, Tenant-Rep, and Where the Fee Comes FromLocked
3.9The India and Regional Corporate Occupier: How Indian, GCC and International Firms Choose Dubai Office SpaceLocked
04Commercial Real Estate II: Yields, Cap Rates & Investment SalesAED 300

Turn a rent roll into a defensible price. This module gives you the analytical core of commercial investment sales in Dubai: NOI from first principles, cap rates and yields, WAULT and expiry risk, the three valuation approaches, reversion, the investment-sale pitch, debt (LTV/DSCR/ICR), sale-and-leaseback, and a downside model that survives an investment committee.

4.1NOI From First Principles: Gross Income to Net Operating IncomeLocked
4.2Cap Rates and Yields: The Price-to-Income RelationshipLocked
4.3Building and Reading a Rent Roll: WAULT, Mix and Hidden RiskLocked
4.4Three Valuation Approaches: Income, Comparable, ReplacementLocked
4.5Reversion: Over-Rented, Under-Rented and the Value of a ReviewLocked
4.6The Investment-Sale Pitch: Selling an Income ProductLocked
4.7Debt at the Commercial Level: LTV, DSCR and Interest CoverLocked
4.8Sale-and-Leaseback: Structuring It and Who It SuitsLocked
4.9Sensitivity and the Downside Case: A Valuation That Survives ScrutinyLocked
05Module 5 - Industrial, Logistics & WarehousingAED 250

The under-brokered big-lease lane: master the Dubai/Northern Emirates industrial map, free-zone-vs-mainland rules, warehouse specification as value, industrial lease structures, the labour-accommodation compliance layer, logistics yield drivers, and how to source and hold sticky landlord and occupier mandates.

5.1The Industrial Map: DIC, DIP, Al Quoz, JAFZA, DAFZA, KIZAD and the Northern EmiratesLocked
5.2Free Zone vs Mainland Industrial: Licensing, Customs, Ownership and 100% Foreign OwnershipLocked
5.3Reading a Warehouse: Clear Height, Floor Loading, Power, Loading Bays and Why Specification Is ValueLocked
5.4Industrial and Logistics Lease Structures: Long Leases, Land Leases, Built-to-Suit and Ground-vs-Building LeaseLocked
5.5Labour Accommodation, Staff Facilities and the Compliance Layer Specific to Industrial TenantsLocked
5.6Yields and Demand Drivers in Logistics: E-commerce, Cold Chain, Last-Mile and Re-ExportLocked
5.7Sourcing and Representing Industrial Landlords and Occupiers: Why These Mandates Are Stickier Than ResidentialLocked
06Hotels & Hospitality AssetsAED 300

Master-tier module teaching Dubai brokers to transact hotels and hospitality stock as businesses, not buildings: ADR/RevPAR/GOP valuation, reading a hotel P&L, operator agreements, the specialist buyer pool, branded and serviced residences, hospitality-specific due diligence, and off-market positioning of a hotel to a global buyer.

6.1Why a Hotel Is a Business, Not a BuildingLocked
6.2Hospitality Valuation Basics: ADR, Occupancy, RevPAR, GOP and the Income ApproachLocked
6.3Reading a Hotel P&L and the Uniform System of AccountsLocked
6.4Operator Agreements: Management vs Franchise vs LeaseLocked
6.5Branded vs Independent, and Hotel Apartments and Serviced ResidencesLocked
6.6The Hotel Buyer Pool: Who Actually Writes These ChequesLocked
6.7Serviced and Branded Residences: The Hospitality-Residential HybridLocked
6.8Due Diligence Unique to Hotels: Licences, Operator Rights, FF&E and DTCMLocked
6.9Positioning and Marketing a Hospitality Asset Off-Market to a Global BuyerLocked
07Land, Plots & Development PotentialAED 300

Master-tier land broking: reading a plot's zoning and buildable area, valuing bare land by what can be built on it, controlling off-market land mandates, and structuring cross-border development deals.

7.1Freehold vs Leasehold Land and Who Can Own It in 2025-26Locked
7.2Reading a Plot: Land Use, Zoning, G+ Designation, SetbacksLocked
7.3GFA, FAR and Buildable Area: Turning Plot Size Into ValueLocked
7.4Master-Developer Rules: Emaar, Nakheel, Dubai Holding, Meraas and Free-Zone MastersLocked
7.5The Residual Land Valuation Method: From GDV Back to Land ValueLocked
7.6Development Appraisal Basics: GDV, Build Cost, Finance, Profit, ResidualLocked
7.7Plot Types and Their Buyers: Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, Industrial, ParcelsLocked
7.8Infrastructure, NOCs, DEWA Readiness and Authority Approvals That Make a Plot BuildableLocked
7.9Off-Market Land: Why Serious Land Trades Privately and How to Control a MandateLocked
7.10India and Regional Developer Appetite for Dubai Land, and Cross-Border JV DealsLocked
08Module 8 - Bulk, Floors & Portfolio DealsAED 350

Master the mechanics of moving stock by the floor and the building: matching bulk products to buyers, bulk pricing and the illiquidity discount, buying blocks off-plan from developer commercial desks, single title versus strata, portfolio assembly and blended yield, sourcing for funds and REITs, at-scale due diligence, phasing a multi-unit DLD transfer, and protecting a large commission across a long, complex close.

8.1The Bulk Landscape: Whole Floors, Whole Buildings, Blocks and Portfolios - and Who Buys EachLocked
8.2Bulk Pricing: Volume Discounts, the Illiquidity Discount, and Why Per-Unit Price Falls as the Block GrowsLocked
8.3Buying Bulk Off-Plan from Developers: The Commercial Desk, Allocation, Exclusivity and Launch-Day BlocksLocked
8.4Single Title vs Strata: Buying a Whole Building on One Title vs Assembling Strata UnitsLocked
8.5Portfolio Acquisition: Assembling and Pricing a Mixed Book, Cross-Collateralisation and Blended YieldLocked
8.6Assembling Stock for a Fund or REIT: Mandate Criteria, Deployment Targets and the Pace of CapitalLocked
8.7Bulk Due Diligence at Scale: Title, Tenancy, Arrears and Building Condition Across Dozens of UnitsLocked
8.8Structuring and Phasing a Bulk Transfer Through DLD, and Managing a Multi-Unit CompletionLocked
8.9Where the Fee Comes From in Bulk Deals, and Protecting a Large Commission Across a Long, Complex CloseLocked
09Off-Market, Private Treaty & Confidential DealsAED 250

The trophy end of Dubai moves quietly between people who trust each other; this module teaches you to source confidential mandates, control who sees them, protect your fee, and close without a listing ever going live.

9.1Why the trophy market is off-market: discretion, price integrity, tenant and staff sensitivity, seller motivationLocked
9.2Sourcing off-market stock: owner relationships, developer inventory, distressed situations, probate and exit-driven sellersLocked
9.3The confidential mandate: exclusivity, discretion clauses, and protecting your position without a public listingLocked
9.4NDAs, buyer qualification and proof of funds: controlling who sees a confidential opportunityLocked
9.5Private treaty vs listed sale vs (rare) auction or tender: choosing the route that protects the client and the priceLocked
9.6Protecting your commission off-market: introducer agreements, watertight registration, and avoiding being cut outLocked
9.7Building and running a discreet buyer book so you can place stock in a single phone callLocked
9.8Reputation as the real asset: why one leaked deal ends an off-market careerLocked
10Module 10 - Valuation & Serious Due Diligence on Income-Producing AssetsAED 300

Nine lessons that turn a Master-tier broker into the most rigorous person in the room: independently valuing an income asset by income capitalisation, DCF, comparable and residual, and running title, tenancy, technical, regulatory and AML diligence deep enough to survive an investment committee, a bank credit team and a family-office advisor on a nine-figure Dubai deal.

10.1The three valuation approaches and when each governsLocked
10.2Building a defensible DCF: cash flows, exit yield, discount rate and the assumptions a committee will attackLocked
10.3The RICS Red Book and DLD/RERA valuation context: what a formal valuation must contain and who can sign itLocked
10.4Legal and title due diligence: title deed, Oqood, mortgages, freezes, oppositions, usufruct/musataha and easementsLocked
10.5Tenancy and income diligence: lease audit, rent roll verification, arrears, and Ejari cross-checksLocked
10.6Technical and physical diligence: building condition, MEP, service charges, sinking fund and JOP/OA healthLocked
10.7Regulatory and financial diligence: licences, NOCs, service-charge disputes, litigation and UBO/AML checksLocked
10.8The data room: assembling and controlling the documents that let a deal move at institutional speedLocked
10.9Red flags that kill deals: the encumbrances, disputes and mispriced assumptions that end nine-figure transactionsLocked
11Module 11 - Developer, Institutional & Family-Office RelationshipsAED 250

At the Master level the deal flow IS the relationship. This module teaches you to think like a master developer's commercial desk, a family office, an institutional fund and sovereign capital, so you become the broker they call first with size and discretion - and how to monetise that trust with retainers and mandates instead of one-off 2% commissions.

11.1How Master Developers and Their Commercial Desks Actually WorkLocked
11.2The Family Office: How They Allocate and How Decisions Get MadeLocked
11.3Institutional Capital, Funds and REITs: Mandates and Deployment PressureLocked
11.4Sovereign and Quasi-Government Players: Earning a Seat Near the CapitalLocked
11.5The Dubai-India Axis: Capital, the Rupee and the Diwali CycleFree preview
11.6Becoming a Trusted Advisor, Not a BrokerLocked
11.7Retainers, Exclusive Mandates and Advisory FeesLocked
11.8Managing a Long Relationship Through a Market in CrisisLocked
12Module 12 - Negotiating & Closing at 8-9 Figure ScaleAED 250

The Master-tier closing craft: driving multi-issue, multi-party, advisor-heavy nine-figure deals all the way to a registered DLD transfer without losing the client, the price or the fee, using Lavjit Sra's funnel, client-card and both-sides-fee discipline scaled up to institutional size.

12.1Negotiating at scale: multi-issue trading, never price in isolationLocked
12.2Managing a room full of advisors without losing control of the dealLocked
12.3Leverage and information: motivation, BATNA and off-market scarcityLocked
12.4Sequencing the close: conditions precedent, deposit, NOCs and the DLD choreographyLocked
12.5The trustee-office transfer for a big-ticket corporate dealLocked
12.6Fees, mortgages and encumbrances at close: clearing debt and who bears whatLocked
12.7Rescuing a deal that's collapsing: renegotiation and bridging the gapLocked
12.8Post-close: handover, tenant and operator transition, and the next three mandatesLocked
13Module 13 - Cross-Border & HNW/UHNW Client ManagementAED 250

The eight-lesson playbook for winning, structuring and keeping the global private capital that funds a Master broker's career: profiling UHNW buyer types, tying property to the AED 2m Golden Visa, running AML and source-of-funds at scale, holding through SPVs and DIFC wills, timing cross-border cycles, delivering concierge discretion, managing the client's advisor wall, and turning one client into a standing channel.

13.1Lesson 1 - Reading the UHNW Buyer: Indian, GCC, CIS, European and New-Money ProfilesLocked
13.2Lesson 2 - Golden Visa and Residency-by-Investment as a Closing ToolLocked
13.3Lesson 3 - Cross-Border Money Flow: Source of Funds, AML/KYC at Scale and Banking FrictionLocked
13.4Lesson 4 - Structuring, Holding and Succession: SPVs, DIFC Wills and InheritanceLocked
13.5Lesson 5 - Currency, Timing and Cross-Border Cycles: The Rupee, Diwali and Global HNW Entry WindowsLocked
13.6Lesson 6 - Discretion and Concierge-Level Service: Privacy, Single-Point Handling and the UHNW StandardLocked
13.7Lesson 7 - Managing the Advisors Around the Client: Lawyers, Private Bankers, Tax Advisors and the GatekeeperLocked
13.8Lesson 8 - Turning One UHNW Client Into a Channel: Referrals, Repeat Mandates and Becoming the Standing AdvisorLocked
14Module 14 - Negotiating & Closing at 8-9 Figure ScaleAED 300

The closing craft that ends the Master tier: how to negotiate multi-issue, multi-party, advisor-heavy deals and drive them all the way to a registered DLD transfer without losing the client, the price or the fee.

14.1Negotiating at scale: multi-issue trading, never price in isolationLocked
14.2Managing a room full of advisors without losing control of the dealLocked
14.3Leverage and information: motivation, BATNA and off-market scarcityLocked
14.4Sequencing the close: conditions precedent, deposit, NOCs, financing and DLD choreographyLocked
14.5The trustee-office transfer for a big-ticket corporate dealLocked
14.6Fees, mortgages and encumbrances at close: who bears whatLocked
14.7Rescuing a deal that's collapsing: renegotiation and bridging a gapLocked
14.8Post-close: handover, tenant/operator transition, and converting one landmark deal into three mandatesLocked
14.9The long game and the crisis test: staying disciplined through year-long deals and knowing when to become a managerLocked

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