As briefly mentioned in the last episode, before you can start sourcing deals and finding investment opportunities, you need a strategy and you need money. Episode 1 talked about how to develop a strategy. Episodes 4 and 5 talk about how to put together the capital required for closing a deal in real estate. Specifically, […]
As far as deal-making and deal-doing are concerned, the last three episodes or so have been really focused on the making side. While making deals is great, if you can’t get them closed, they’re not worth anything. In this episode, we’re beginning to bridge over to the doing side. Episode 5 is the second part […]
Now that we’ve really dug into the details about deal-making in commercial real estate, it’s time to get into the weeds concerning deal-doing. This episode talks about how to go about due diligence in CRE at a pro-level. Hear Michael’s perspective on the three main things for keys to success in real estate due diligence. […]
Now that we’ve discussed the strategy and capital behind deal-making, and the due diligence required to close deals, let’s talk about how to manage your assets. Ultimately, this is the step where, quite frankly, the value comes into reality. Both Michael and Spencer have been on the development side of the real estate business and […]
Welcome to the last regular episode of season 3, Deal Making and Deal Doing, from the A.CRE Audio Series. With both Michael and Spencer, today we talk about disposition. We’re talking about bringing the whole thing full circle – realizing your profits and realizing your strategy. It seems like a very simple thing. If we’ve […]
SEASON 3 – DEAL MAKING, DEAL DOING We are excited to announce that the newest season of the A.CRE Audio Series will be released next Tuesday, August 10th! This season is the first chance Spencer, Michael and Sam had been able to get together in person since 2019, and so they decided to do something […]
One of the qualities I value most is being open-minded. For this reason, as a 16-year-old beginning my college search, I was too afraid to go straight into a business program or business school within a university. I wanted to explore courses within different departments before making my decision. Emory University provided me with the […]
One of our biggest goals here at A.CRE is building a community and engaging with our readers. Recently, you’ve likely seen our posts on the A.CRE Networking Reboot Cruise. This cruise we’re putting together is another effort to bring that community together, give value back to our readers, and allow us to interact in person […]
This episode of the A.CRE Audio Series features Justin Smith, Senior Vice President at Lee & Associates and the author of Industrial Intelligence: The Executive’s Guide for Making Informed Commercial Real Estate Decisions. In this episode, he sits down with Michael, Spencer, and Sam to talk about how to maximize value for tenants. A big […]
This episode of the A.CRE Audio Series features Caleb Staub, who is making a transition from active duty military service to the commercial real estate industry. He sits down with Michael, Spencer and Sam, who provide insights applicable to anyone currently seeking to make the leap from vastly different industries into commercial real estate. A […]
The world is opening back up, and that means that in-person events are getting going again. While this is an exciting development, many of us are rusty as it relates to our in-person networking skills. In this episode, watch as Spencer, Sam, and Michael discuss various strategies for how to maximize your ROI on in-person […]
I chose Brigham Young University for a few reasons: My church sponsors the education, so I knew it would be a spiritually centered atmosphere. The educators are world-class. Our dean comes from Harvard’s business school along with many faculty members that received their advanced degrees from other prestigious universities such as Stanford, Wharton, Oxford, etc. […]
In this episode of Accelerators in Action, we’re so happy to feature Samuel Obasi, the current A.CRE Fellow. In this episode, we talk about the opportunities that come with a Fellowship as well as internships and so-on. This is our 9th episode in a growing sub-series of interviews with commercial real estate professionals. This Accelerators […]
U.C. Berkeley has a wonderful real estate community with members from all colleges on campus, expert faculty, and a plethora of extracurricular opportunities. I came into Berkeley as a pre-med student and fell in love with real estate through the Undergraduate Real Estate Club (UREC) which led to me leverage the resources I list below. […]