Artificial Intelligence – Tools for CRE

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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Software 3.0 and What it Means for Real Estate Professionals

A couple of months ago, I shared a blog post detailing how I built a DCF Web App using an AI coding tool. What once would have required either deep technical skills or a developer's help took less than 10 minutes to build, with ChatGPT and Lovable…
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How I Built a Real Estate DCF Web App with AI in Five Minutes

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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Over Seven Years of Accelerator Knowledge in One AI-Powered Tutor

Over the past seven years, we’ve built the Accelerator into what it is today: a well-structured, case-based program designed to teach real estate financial modeling the way it’s actually used in the industry. Along the way, we’ve created…
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How I Built a CustomGPT to Manage Development Invoices and Bill Payments at RV@Olympic

As we are currently working to develop our new RV park at Olympic National Park, RV@Olympic, we are dealing with the all too familiar monotonous processes that come with any development project. One of these tasks is organizing, managing, and…
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How to Connect a Google Doc to Your Custom GPT: A Step-by-Step Guide

At A.CRE, we’re always exploring new ways to make our work more efficient for you and for us! Whether it’s building custom GPTs for real estate, experimenting with locally installed LLMs, or finding AI-specific tools for commercial real…