Jeffrey Robert
Jeffrey serves as a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Real Estate. His teaching and research interests include real estate price externalities, state and local land use policy, and real estate development. In addition, he has researched student achievement and classroom outcomes. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, Jeffrey worked as a senior analyst for the House of Representatives in Rhode Island and served as an appointed member of Warwick’s real estate Planning Board. Jeffrey has professional experience in financial analysis from Ameriprise Financial, where he held FINRA Series 7 and NASAA Series 66 licensing.
Education:
- Ph.D., Housing, University of Georgia
- M.B.A., Economics & Financial Markets, Bentley University
- B.S., Economics & Finance, Bentley University
- American Real Estate Society (2023), Best paper award: Spatial Analytics/GIS Applications. “The Amazon effect: How last-mile distribution centers impact residential real estate prices.” Co-authored with Velma Zahirovic-Herbert
- Faculty Exemplary Service Award (2023), Blackwood Department of Real Estate, Virginia Tech
- American Real estate Society (2022), Red pen award: Journal of Real Estate Practice & Education
- American Real Estate Society (2021). Best Paper, Senior Housing. “Resident service coordinators as an underutilized resource in the design and development of affordable housing” co-authored with Dustin Read and Greg Galford.
- American Real Estate Society (2018). Best Paper, Spatial Analytics/GIS Applications. “Impact of industrial rezoning on residential house prices.” Co-authored with Velma Zahirovic-Herbert.
- Robert, J. G., Zaldivar, M. R., Ajao, H., & Yang, Z. (2024). Enhancing Real Estate Data Analytics Education with Digital Badges. Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education, 26(1).
- Robert, J. G., & Zahirovic-Herbert, V. (2023). The Influence of TIF Overlay Zoning on Residential Real Estate Prices. Journal of Housing Research, 33(1), 50–66.
- Robert, J. G. (2022). Note: A call for research into Low-Income Housing’s growing insurance problem. Journal of Housing, 31(2), 1-6.
- Read, D. C., Galford, G., & Robert, J. G. 2022. Resident service coordinators as an underutilized resource in the design and development of affordable housing, Journal of Community Practice, 30(2), 143-154.
- Robert, J. G., & Zahirovic-Herbert, V. (2021). The influence of privately initiated rezoning on housing prices. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis.
- Robert, J. G., & Hanton, L. (2021). Collaborating with industry to improve undergraduate real estate education: Recommendations to enhance guest speaking activities. Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education, 23(1), 10-19.
- Robert, J. G. (2021). General liability insurance & crime scores: Caution advised for the multifamily property industry. Real Estate Issues, 45(5), 1-5.
- Robert, J. G., & O’Neill, J.W. (2021). Evaluating hotel time-to-delivery (TTD): Influencing factors and financial performance. Journal of Real Estate Literature, 29(1), 1-17.
- The REAL Deal!
- Real Estate Data Analysis
Overview of statistical analysis for use in the real estate market. Introduction of statistical tools and skills needed to draw conclusions from the data. Understanding data, coding and preparing the data, probability and inference, and special topics in inference including insights to inform ethical management and investment decisions.
- Principles of Real Estate
Introduction to real estate, including markets, land use planning and zoning, development, finance, construction, sales, marketing, management and property valuation. Examines the key actors and processes in each of these areas. Explores major public policies impacting real estate
- Professional Development in Real Estate
Professionalism in the real estate industry including professional demeanor, interpersonal and intrapersonal skills, lifelong learning and ethics. Exposure to topics related to personal and professional development such as mentoring, networking, leadership, influencing, negotiating, personal improvement, and utilizing technology in a professional manner.
- Real Estate Market Analysis
Market potential of residential, retail, office and industrial, hotels and resorts, and mixed use real estate development projects. Market analysis, identifying a market area, conducting demand and supply analyses, reconciling demand and supply.
- Study Abroad (Real Estate)
- Real Estate Investment Analysis
Analyze supply and demand to predict and model future real estate cash flows. Evaluate real estate investments using financial ratios and conduct financial risk sensitivity analysis to inform a real estate development decision. Generate formal real estate developmental reports. Participate in external real estate case competitions to further comprehension of a real estate analysis and report drafting. Restricted to REAL majors.
- Commercial Real Estate Studio
Couse provides mock, real-world learning in a student-led, team environment. Teams utilize knowledge from prerequisite courses. Teams undertake year-long projects where they design, analyze site and financial feasibility, formulate construction plans, and execute leasing and sale of complex commercial real estate developments. Teams select projects in consultation with faculty and industry advisors. Work focuses on life cycle of real estate projects from design through sale of development. 4075: topics covered include team building, site/project selection, due diligence, initial site design and market analysis. 4076: topics covered include final site design, financing, construction, leasing and property management, and sale. For majors only, senior standing. Design/Lab Studio.
- Real Estate Practicum
