Professional Resources and Opportunities for Students
The Blackwood Department of Real Estate offers students a variety of ways to become more engaged with the real estate industry. From attending nationally acclaimed conferences such as the Urban Land Institute, to providing a membership to the International Council of Shopping Centers, students in the Blackwood Department of Real Estate are geared towards success. Explore the opportunities below and reach out to Ashley Ulp, at realestate@vt.edu, to learn more.
Commercial Real Estate Opportunities
- African American Real Estate Professionals of District of Columbia
- American Resort Development Association
- The American Bankers Association (ABA)
- Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate
- Building Owners and Managers Association
- Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM Institute)
- CoreNet Global
- Commercial Real Estate Women
- International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
- International Facility Management Association (IFMA)
- Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
- National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
- National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers
- National Auctioneers Association (NAA)
- National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciary
- National Multifamily Housing Council
- Pension Real Estate Association
- Real Estate Business Institute (REBI)
- Realtors Land Institute
- Society for Industrial and Office Realtors
- The International Real Estate Federation
- The Appraisal Foundation
- Urban Land Institute
Residential Real Estate Opportunities
- American Society of Appraisers (ASA)
- American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA)
- American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI)
- The American Bankers Association (ABA)
- Appraisal Institute
- National Apartment Association
- National Association of Home Builders
- National Association of Realtors
- Women’s Council of Realtors
- Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council
- Real Estate Staging Association
- Residential Real Estate Council (RRC)
- The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing
Opportunities for both Commercial and Residential
- American Real Estate Society
- American Real Estate & Urban Economics Association (AREUEA)
- Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA)
- Counselors of Real Estate
- Institute of Real Estate Management
- Mortgage Bankers Association
- National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders (NAAHL)
- National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB)
- National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT)
- National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA)
- Real Estate Roundtable
- The Appraisal Standards Board
- The Virginia Bar Association