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Real Estate Financial Modeling Accelerator (Updated September 2025)

Before launching the Accelerator program, Michael and I received countless emails requesting a more structured, step-by-step real estate financial modeling training program. Over the years, we've covered hundreds of real estate modeling…
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How to Build a Custom GPT, Claude Project, or Gemini Gem in 2025

In the world of AI, the big three - OpenAI’s Custom GPTs, Anthropic’s Claude Projects, and Google’s Gemini Gems - are quick-and-easy ways to interact with large language models (LLMs). Whether you're a real estate professional looking…
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Transforming a Financial Model into a Web App with AI (Updated Sept 2025)

I have often considered that time is one of the most valuable resources for any professional in commercial real estate. That’s why I’ve transformed our Excel-based house flipping model into a financial model web app, making analysis faster,…
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A.CRE Apartment Development Model (Updated Sept 2025)

For several years now, our library of real estate models has been lacking a robust ground-up apartment development model. Sure, our All-in-One (Ai1) model has the capability to model multifamily development deals, but it's more a generalist…
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El Acelerador y su Foro Interactivo: Potenciando Maestría en Modelado Financiero

Antes de hacer la transición al sector inmobiliario, pasé más de una década enseñando a nivel universitario, preparando a futuros ingenieros mecánicos para carreras exitosas en el campo. Esa experiencia moldeó mi manera de pensar sobre…
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Creando con IA II: De la idea al prototipo con inteligencia artificial

En el primer artículo de esta serie, Creando con IA: Lecciones y Aprendizajes con ChatGPT, compartimos reflexiones iniciales sobre cómo la inteligencia artificial está transformando la forma en que trabajamos y desarrollamos proyectos en…
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Where Learning Goes Deeper: How The A.CRE Accelerator and Q&A Forum Build True Financial Modeling Mastery

Before transitioning into real estate, I spent over a decade teaching at the university level, preparing future mechanical engineers for successful careers in the field. That experience shaped how I think about learning: structured frameworks…
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Retail Real Estate Development Model (Updated Sep 2025)

I'm excited to share my Retail Development Model in Excel. This pro forma analysis tool comes as I've continued to build and share specialty real estate models, tailor-made for specific investment scenarios and property types. This model…
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Mírame Construir el Modelo de Flujo de Efectivo Descontado en Excel (Actualizado Septiembre 2025)

Luego de un par de semanas de la publicación del “Modelo de Flujo de Efectivo Descontado” el equipo A.CRE decidió que explicara en detalle como construí paso a paso dicho modelo. Apenas escuché la propuesta de Spencer Burton, me encantó…
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Watch Me Solve a REPE Technical Interview Modeling Test (Updated Sept 2025)

What better way to spend some free time over the Thanksgiving holiday, than to record myself completing a real estate private equity technical interview exercise! While I've offered help with the real estate technical interview in the past,…
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Data Center Development Model (Updated Sept 2025)

As the built environment evolves to meet the demands of an increasingly digital world, data centers have emerged as one of the most sophisticated and capital-intensive asset classes in commercial real estate. What was once considered a niche…
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Creando con IA: Lecciones y aprendizajes con ChatGPT

La inteligencia artificial (IA) ya no es un concepto futurista: se ha convertido en una herramienta práctica y cotidiana que transforma cómo trabajamos, aprendemos y construimos proyectos. Mi experiencia reciente desarrollando una aplicación…
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Supercharge Excel with the ‘Excel 4 CRE’ Add-In – Now with AI (Updated Sept 2025)

Today, we're thrilled to share with the A.CRE community a new timesaving (and free) Excel tool: the 'Excel 4 CRE' Add-in! Over the past few years, we at A.CRE (together with our new favorite companion, ChatGPT!) have been developing and sharing…
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Modelo De Desarrollo De Centros De Datos (Actualizado Septiembre 2025)

A medida que el entorno construido evoluciona para satisfacer las demandas de un mundo cada vez más digital, los centros de datos han emergido como una de las clases de activos más sofisticadas y de mayor inversión en el sector inmobiliario…
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The Real Estate Pro’s Guide to Supercharging ChatGPT

There are tens of thousands of AI tools on the market today, with hundreds of AI tools relevant to commercial real estate. Some are niche, others are general-purpose. But nearly all of us in commercial real estate, whether brokers, investors,…