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Real Estate Financial Modeling Accelerator (Updated May 2026)

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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Commercial Mortgage Loan Analysis Model (Updated June 2026)

Over the years, I've received various requests to augment our library of real estate Excel models to include a model for underwriting and analyzing commercial mortgage loans. Specifically, people have asked for a tool to calculate the loan amount…
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Back-of-the-Envelope Office, Retail, Industrial Acquisition Model (Updated June 2026)

I’ve built a new acquisition model that I am excited to share with our readers. This is a back-of-the-envelope (BOE) valuation model that can be used for retail, office, and industrial properties. The goal was to create a sleek and clean look…
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Guía de Descarga de Modelos y Tutoriales Financieros de A.CRE en Español

Si alguna vez has buscado un modelo financiero en la biblioteca en español de A.CRE, sabrás que hay muchísimo contenido disponible: modelos de adquisición, de desarrollo, de valuación, herramientas, tutoriales y casos de estudio…
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CRE Market Risk Heat Map: AI-Powered Risk Scoring in Minutes (Updated June 2026)

Picture two analysts. Same deal, same market, same deadline. The first one opens three browser tabs: a CBRE market report from last quarter, a CoStar snapshot, and a news article about a new industrial development two miles from the…
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Episode 11 of Multipliers: Most People and Companies Are Ill-Prepared for the AI Wave

The re-skilling wave is not coming. It is already here. And most people and most organizations in commercial real estate are ill-prepared for the AI Wave. That is not a criticism. It is an observation from two people who are in this every…
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An AI Skill for the A.CRE Residential Land Development Model

I've been working on a project to make our library of Excel models AI-ready. The idea is straightforward, pair every A.CRE Excel model with an AI Skill, a packaged set of instructions and reference files that teaches an AI assistant how to operate…
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List of A.CRE Accelerator Graduates (Updated Jun 2026)

This certifies that the following individuals have successfully completed the 17-course, A.CRE real estate financial modeling Accelerator. Having shown a proficiency in all aspects of real estate financial modeling and having demonstrated an…
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Residential Land Development Pro Forma (Updated June 2026)

As many of you know, I started my career in residential land development first as a broker and later as a principal. During that time, I built my fair share of residential land development Excel pro formas, modeling returns and forecasting cash…
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Financial Modeling in the Era of AI – Watch Me Build

In a recent post, I made the case that AI and financial modeling follow the same logic as long division and calculators. Learn the mechanics first. Once you've got them, the tool multiplies your output. The calculator only helps if you…
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A practical guide to Claude Skills on desktop and web

If you use Claude often, Claude Skills are how you teach it to work the way you do, without repeating yourself every time. Instead of pasting long instructions in every new chat, you write down your process once as a reusable Skill, save it,…
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AI Tools for Commercial Real Estate (Summer 2026 Edition)

If you haven't noticed, we've been exploring use cases, training, and tools related to AI in commercial real estate a lot lately! The reason is that Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionize the commercial real estate industry…
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A.CRE Value-Add Apartment Acquisition Model (Updated May 2026)

We've shared a handful of apartment models over the years. Several of those are capable of analyzing apartment acquisitions but none was built for the express purpose of modeling value-add apartment deals. As a result, each has its limitations…
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Episode 10 of Multipliers: Modeling Like a Deal Seasoned Pro in the Era of AI

For years, AI real estate financial modeling was a promise that kept arriving too early. Every new model, every new tool, produced more errors than it saved time. You would spend longer validating the output than you would have spent building…
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An AI Skill for the Real Estate Asset Management Model

We've been working on a project to make our library of Excel models AI-ready. The idea is straightforward, pair every A.CRE Excel model with an AI Skill, a packaged set of instructions and reference files that teaches an AI assistant how to…
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Real Estate Asset Management Model (Updated May 2026)

Many of you have run into this scenario: you build out a detailed acquisitions model at purchase. Everything looks great—market rents, lease-up timing, exit cap, all in line. The acquisitions team is convinced this is going to be a home run.…