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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.…
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Multifamily (Apartment) Acquisition Model (Updated May 2026)

Our library of real estate Excel models has a variety of decent apartment models, including our All-in-One model and our Apartment Development Model - both robust models in their own right. However, if you're looking for a straight multifamily…
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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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Ground Lease Valuation Model (Updated May 2026)

The topic of ground leases has come up several times in the past few weeks. Numerous A.CRE readers have emailed to ask for a purpose-built Ground Lease Valuation Model. And I'm in the process of creating an Advanced Concepts Module for our real…
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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…