Artificial Intelligence in Commercial Real Estate

A growing series on artificial intelligence in real estate, including using AI in real estate, tutorials for leveraging AI tools, courses and programs for becoming AI-native, and other AI-specific resources for real estate professionals.

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The AI.Edge Q1 2026 Build Competition Is Live!

We’re kicking off the new year with something big. The AI.Edge Q1 2026 Build Competition is now open, a hands-on challenge built for those ready to turn AI exploration into something tangible, useful, and CRE-specific. If you’ve been experimenting…
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Create Your First Excel Macro with AI

Most people in commercial real estate still think Excel macros are for “the IT guy down the hall.” You underwrite, you manage rent rolls, you crank out lender packages in Excel all day… but the moment someone says “VBA,” you are…
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The Multiplier Framework Workshop #2: Double Underwriting Speed with AI

On a recent live follow-up workshop, we took the Multiplier Framework out of “high level theory” and applied it to the most requested target in commercial real estate: Underwriting, the number one task CRE professionals said they want…
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AI Network Analysis: Analyze 2,000+ names in one afternoon

This week, I needed to find speakers for an upcoming real estate conference. To do it, I used AI Network Analysis to scan 2,000+ connections on LinkedIn across 15+ panels on topics like Data Centers, Affordable Housing, Office Conversions, and…
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AI Tools for Commercial Real Estate (Winter 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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Double Your Output with AI in 2026 Workshop: The Multiplier Framework for CRE (Updated Jan 2026)

On January 15, over 700 commercial real estate professionals joined me live (nearly 1,400 registered) to learn a simple idea: Any CRE professional, regardless of technical skill or AI knowledge, can multiply their output. Not by working…
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Applying Elon Musk’s Five Automation Principles to The Multiplier Framework

AI is finally good enough that you can now leverage it to realistically multiply your output in CRE. The AI Multiplier Framework is our method for doing just that. It gives you a structured way to find, rank, and execute automation opportunities…
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We Built an AI Headshot Tool for Real Estate, Here’s Why and How to Use It

At A.CRE, we have always been about training the industry. For the past decade, that has largely meant financial modeling. We've built and shared Excel models that have been downloaded over 600,000 times, because learning to model real estate…
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AI Is Closing the Gap on Complex Work Faster Than You Think

If you work in acquisitions, asset management, brokerage, development, portfolio management, or valuation, you probably feel the tension already. On one hand, today’s AI tools for real estate can draft emails, summarize leases, and pull…
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Announcing the Winners of the AI.Edge Q4 2025 Build Competition

We closed out 2025 with something we care a lot about at AI.Edge: building in public, together. The AI.Edge Build Competitions exist to spotlight members who are turning AI experimentation into practical, CRE-specific tools that actually improve…
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Supercharge Excel with the ‘Excel 4 CRE’ Add-In – Now with AI (Updated Jan 2026)

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 various AI coding tools) have been developing and sharing this Excel…
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Radius-Based Demographics for Real Estate – Built with AI and Census Data

As part of my work at CRE Agents, I recently built a pretty cool demographics tool that I'd like to a) give you access to and b) provide the backstory behind. It started with a skill created at CRE Agents for an acquisitions AI coworker called…
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Transforming a Financial Model into a Web App with AI (Updated Dec 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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The AI.Edge Q4 2025 Build Competition Is Live!

We’re closing out the year with something big. The AI.Edge Q4 2025 Build Competition is now open — a hands-on challenge built for those ready to turn AI exploration into something tangible, useful, and CRE-specific. If you’ve been…
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How I Built a Real Estate DCF Web App with AI in Five Minutes (Updated Nov 2025)

Over the past year, we've been experimenting heavily with (and successfully using) AI coding tools to push the boundaries of what's possible in commercial real estate. We've used v0 to quickly scope frontend designs, and we've spun up various…