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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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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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The AI.Edge Q2 2026 Build Competition Is Live!

The AI.Edge Q2 2026 Build Competition is officially open, and we want to see what you build. Running from May 14th through June 30th, this quarter's competition continues what's quickly become one of the most exciting things happening in CRE:…
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What is the best AI model for real estate right now?

With the pace at which new AI models are being released, this has become a surprisingly difficult question to answer. One week a model is best-in-class. The next week, a new release leapfrogs it. Pricing changes. Benchmark results update.…
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Workshop #4: Give AI the CRE Intelligence It Needs

On a recent live follow-up workshop, we took the Multiplier Framework out of theory and into one of the most important (and most unsolved) problems in CRE AI: data. Your AI is only as good as what you give it. Without access to real data,…
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Episode 5 of Multipliers: It’s All Fundamentals

The real competitive advantage in commercial real estate has never been access to information. It has always been knowing what to do with it. That was true when the edge was a Bloomberg terminal. It was true when the edge was a well-built…
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Episode 4 of Multipliers: AI Crossed the Threshold

AI is not replacing expertise. It is revealing who has it. The professionals who have spent years building real judgment, real methodology, and real domain knowledge are discovering something unexpected: AI does not compete with them. It…
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The Multiplier Framework Workshop #3: AI Skills

On a recent live follow-up workshop, we took the Multiplier Framework out of "high level theory" and applied it to one of the most important (and most overlooked) concepts in AI productivity: skills. Every CRE professional has methodology…
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How I Built a Real Estate DCF Web App with AI in Five Minutes (Updated March 2026)

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…
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Episode 3 of Multipliers: The Coming AI Divide

The AI divide is not a prediction. It is already here. Some professionals are doing in 20 minutes what used to take two days. Others have not changed a single workflow. Both groups show up to the same offices, live in the same neighborhoods,…
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AI Crossed a Threshold. Let Us Help You Prepare.

I’m sitting in warm Miami, looking out over Biscayne Bay. Super yachts glide past fishing boats. A soft drizzle is settling over the water, and still the steady stream of vessels continues. The sun most certainly will be back out soon and…
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Episode 2 of Multipliers – Cuby: Building More With Less (Plus Sourcing Construction Materials)

The housing problem is not a mystery. It is a math problem. Not enough homes. Not enough skilled labor to build them. Not enough affordable construction materials to make deals pencil. And yet, very few people are attacking the root of…
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New Web App: Short-term Rentals Acquisition Model

I'm continuing to explore how real estate financial models can go beyond traditional Excel without losing rigor, flexibility, or control. Today, I'm introducing a new web application built around our short-term rentals acquisition model, designed…
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Introducing Multipliers: An A.CRE Podcast + Episode 1: Mario Kart Speed Boosts

Some people compound. Others stall. Same hours. Same markets. Same access to information. Very different outcomes. For years, I’ve been quietly fascinated by that gap. At A.CRE, we’ve spent more than a decade helping people build…
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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…