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Real Estate Financial Modeling Accelerator (Updated July 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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S-Curve Forecasting in Real Estate Development (Updated June 2026)

One of the reasons Michael and I blog, is to force ourselves to be continually learning. I built the first version of my real estate waterfall model, because I wanted to better understand the mechanics of modeling an equity waterfall with IRR…
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A.CRE Apartment Development Model (Updated June 2026)

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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Mejora tu Desempeño en Excel con el Complemento “Excel 4 CRE” (Actualizado Junio 2026)

Hoy estamos encantados de compartir con la comunidad A.CRE una nueva herramienta de Excel, que permite mejorar el desempeño de los profesionales inmobiliarios cuando están desarrollando las tareas típicas de modelado financiero ¡Sí, estoy…
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¡Lanzamiento del Complemento “Excel 4 CRE” Completamente en Español! (Actualizado Junio 2026)

Hace aproximadamente un mes colocamos a disposición de nuestros usuarios el complemento “Excel 4 CRE” junto con un tutorial en español de cómo utilizarlo, sin embargo, en aquel momento el complemento seguía estando totalmente en inglés.…
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An AI Skill for the A.CRE Commercial Mortgage Loan Analysis 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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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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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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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…