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Manage a property or develop a home-sale plan in this 2-week program for high school students on the University of Michigan campus.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 for overall experience by students surveyed across the broader program in 2026.
Course Description
Selling a home means seeing more than the property. Think about the buyer, explain what matters to them, and work through the steps that make a transaction possible.
In this course you will explore real-estate sales, leasing, property management, contracts, and client communication. Comparing roles and everyday professional resources shows how different parts of the industry work.
Workshops put that knowledge to use. Practice completing real-estate contracts, separate property features from customer benefits, develop a sales pitch, and role-play steps in selling a home. Possible academic field trips may include a visit to the Weiser Center for Real Estate, offering another perspective on the profession.
For the team capstone, choose between acting as an agent selling a home or a leasing manager running an apartment complex. Organize the steps, documents, and decisions into a presentation of your chosen scenario. The work connects communication and financial awareness with professional responsibilities and the role real estate can play in building wealth.
This two-week Summer Discovery course for high school students takes place on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The course is available to residential and commuter students.
What You Will Do
• Explore careers and responsibilities across the real-estate industry
• Practice completing introductory real-estate contracts
• Distinguish property features from customer benefits
• Develop and rehearse a real-estate sales pitch
• Role-play steps involved in selling a home
• Complete a home-sale or apartment-management capstone
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
• Explain real-estate roles and their professional responsibilities
• Apply introductory contract and sales concepts to a property scenario
• Explain the decisions involved in selling or managing residential property
You’ll leave with your team’s real-estate capstone and a certificate of completion.
Why Real Estate Skills Matter
Real estate decisions combine contracts, communication, market knowledge, operations, and financial consequences. Students learn that presenting a property involves more than describing it. Professionals must understand client needs, explain terms, manage documents, and follow a process.
The capstone also builds project management. Students divide responsibilities, organize information, practice a pitch, and present a complete scenario. These skills support business, finance, law, urban studies, hospitality, sales, and other fields where assets and relationships must be managed carefully.
Who Should Attend?
For students who have completed 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade.
If you’re curious about housing as a business or asset, this course gives you a look at the work behind a sale or a managed property. Contracts, client conversations, and a team scenario make the subject practical. It’s a fit for interests in business, finance, sales, or property management, with role-play and a final presentation giving you a chance to try professional decisions.
Recommended by More Than 9 out of 10 Students
Based on students surveyed in Summer Discovery’s 2026 program at the University of Michigan.
Your Summer at University of Michigan
Programs on the University of Michigan campus give high-school students the experience of exploring an academic interest in Ann Arbor, a college town where campus and community life blend together. Tree-lined streets, downtown bookstores and cafés, the Nichols Arboretum, and trails near the Huron River create different ways to experience the setting beyond class.
Students learn alongside peers, navigate a large and active campus, and gain independence through everyday choices in a new environment. The experience helps students understand what university life can feel like while giving them space to deepen an interest without having every next step decided. For families, the program offers a meaningful combination of academic depth, community, personal growth, and clearer direction about what a student may want to study or pursue next.
After successfully finishing this course, you will be awarded a certification completion for your accomplishment.
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