As a Mentor

As the backbone of REDI, the role of Mentor represents the highest time commitment, and for the right person, the highest yield in forging relationships with up and coming real estate professionals.   Mentors are seasoned industry professionals assigned to guide their team through REDI, providing feedback and real industry expertise as their team envisions a development plan for their case study site.  While Mentors are not required to join every session, they should be prepared to engage meaningfully with REDI participants, ideally in and out of the classroom.

REDI calls for 3 Mentor types: Development Mentors, Finance Mentors, and Design Mentors.  REDI participants will be split up into teams of up to 10.

As a speaker/panelist

Speakers and Panelists will provide meaningful, industry-specific information and advice for individual class sessions.  This role represents a minor time commitment.  All Speakers and Panelists will be invited to attend the REDI graduation.  Subject matter experts are needed for the following topics:

• Site Tour & Entitlements
• Site Visioning
• Community Engagement and Current Environment
• Market Analysis
• Design
• Back of the Envelope Feasibility
• Proforma Development
• Financing

As a Dolphin Tank panelist

The Dolphin Tank is a panel of professionals who will provide constructive criticism to teams after hearing their presentations during the final graduation session. We are seeking the following professionals for the panel:

• 1 developer either familiar with the site, neighborhood, and/or similar project types
• 1 real estate finance professional
• 1 architect / design professional