
Install an AI LLM on Your Computer: A Step-by-Step Guide (Updated Oct 2025)
This week, I’ll be hosting my monthly A.CRE Ask Me Anything (AMA) where we dive into various technical topics, and AI in CRE often comes up. Last month, someone asked me to show the group how to install a Large Language Model (LLM) on their…

The Best AI Tools for Excel in 2025
At A.CRE, we offer what we believe to be the best AI training program for real estate and the best real estate financial modeling training program - period! From both sides of that training, we consistently hear the same question:
“What…

Announcing the Winners of the AI.Edge Founder’s Build Competition
When we launched our AI course and community for real estate: AI.Edge, the idea of building together was part of the plan from the start.
AI is evolving quickly, and our early adapter members (ie the founding group of AI-native professionals…

AI Tools for Commercial Real Estate (Fall 2025 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…

The AI.Edge – Become an AI Leader in CRE (Updated Oct 2025)
It’s been the go-to line ever since ChatGPT exploded onto the scene in 2022 and AI became a talking point in every office:
"AI won’t take your job, but someone using AI will."
I’ve said that - or some variation of that - myself in dozens…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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,…

Becoming AI-Capable in 30 Days – A Proven Roadmap
We’re in a moment where the advantage from being AI native is disproportionately high and the effort to achieve it is surprisingly low. In fact, in most rooms of 10 professionals, the one who’s spent even a few weeks tinkering with AI tools…

A.CRE Accelerator and AI.Edge: What’s the Difference
At A.CRE, we offer two flagship programs for CRE professionals: The A.CRE Accelerator and the AI.Edge. Both give you a real advantage in real estate, but they solve different problems.
Use this FAQ to choose the right fit or pair them for…

Quick AI Wins: Monitoring Tenant Health with Yutori Scouts
We’re kicking off a new A.CRE series called Quick AI Wins: bite-sized, high-impact AI tools and use cases that owners, investors, brokers, and managers can use to create leverage in CRE.
While many of these tools are in the early stages…

AI and the Future of Commercial Real Estate: A Conversation with Ron Rohde
Our very own Spencer Burton recently joined Ron Rohde - CRE attorney, investor, and longtime guest contributor to A.CRE - for a forward-looking discussion about how artificial intelligence is transforming commercial real estate.
Why now?…

Can AI Act Like a Negotiator, a Partner, or a Shark? A New Study Says Yes.
A new paper from researchers at the University of Oxford and Kings College London suggests that large language models like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini don’t just spit out language, but rather develop strategic personalities. One plays nice.…
