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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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A.CRE 101: Guía para Evaluar el Crédito en la Suscripción de Propiedades con Inquilinos Privados

Recientemente, un miembro de nuestro programa -Acelerador- nos planteó una pregunta sobre cómo determinar con precisión una calificación crediticia y una tasa de descuento de ingresos especulativos para un inquilino privado en un acuerdo…
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Fix the 0% XIRR Issue in Excel Using XIRR + FILTER

Over the course of my career, I’ve modeled hundreds of real estate investments, from large portfolio roll-ups to complex mixed-use developments. And one issue I’ve consistently run into, especially when modeling portfolio or mixed-use cash…
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AI-Powered Lease Date Extraction Tool (Updated Oct 2025)

On a flight from Chicago to Miami last week, I built something I’m really excited to share for free: my AI-powered Lease Date Extraction Tool. Starting with a simple ChatGPT prompt, followed by a back-and-forth with Replit’s Agent 3 multi-agent…
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AI.Edge: Explorando la IA en Bienes Raíces Comerciales

La inteligencia artificial (IA) ha dejado de ser una promesa futurista para convertirse en una herramienta concreta con aplicaciones reales en múltiples industrias, incluyendo el sector inmobiliario comercial (CRE). En A.CRE, hemos seguido…
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Excel Pro Forma for Flipping Houses (Updated Sept 2025)

Before moving to the principal side of the business, I began my career as a self-described real estate investment specialist, largely working as a land broker but dabbling in other areas including the popular "single-family flip" space. In all…
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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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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…