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Entries by Spencer Burton
Fix the 0% XIRR Issue in Excel Using XIRR + FILTER
Over the course of my career, I’ve modeled hundreds of real estate investments, from large portfolio roll-ups to complex mixed-use developments. And one issue I’ve consistently run into, especially when modeling portfolio or mixed-use cash flows, is this: the first cash flow in an IRR range is often not negative. The problem? Excel’s built-in XIRR […]
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 coding assistant, what in the past would have taken a team of engineers months to […]
Excel Pro Forma for Flipping Houses (Updated Sept 2025)
Before moving to the principal side of the business, I began my career as a self-described real estate investment specialist, largely working as a land broker but dabbling in other areas including the popular “single-family flip” space. In all honesty, I wasn’t qualified for the title. In fact, I had little to no actual experience […]
The AI.Edge – Become an AI Leader in CRE (Updated Sept 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 of conversations with CRE friends, peers, and clients. And […]
Real Estate Financial Modeling Accelerator (Updated September 2025)
Before launching the Accelerator program, Michael and I received countless emails requesting a more structured, step-by-step real estate financial modeling training program. Over the years, we’ve covered hundreds of real estate modeling topics in our blog, published hours of video, and shared 70+ real estate Excel models in our Library. Nonetheless, no matter how many posts […]
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 to build a custom assistant or a founder aiming to scale operations through automation, these tools offer a […]
A.CRE Apartment Development Model (Updated Sept 2025)
For several years now, our library of real estate models has been lacking a robust ground-up apartment development model. Sure, our All-in-One (Ai1) model has the capability to model multifamily development deals, but it’s more a generalist tool than a specialized one. As a result, I’ve found it wanting when used to model developments. So a few […]
Retail Real Estate Development Model (Updated Sep 2025)
I’m excited to share my Retail Development Model in Excel. This pro forma analysis tool comes as I’ve continued to build and share specialty real estate models, tailor-made for specific investment scenarios and property types. This model is an adaptation of my Office Development Model and Industrial Development Model. It’s specifically built to analyze both […]
Watch Me Solve a REPE Technical Interview Modeling Test (Updated Sept 2025)
What better way to spend some free time over the Thanksgiving holiday, than to record myself completing a real estate private equity technical interview exercise! While I’ve offered help with the real estate technical interview in the past, I’ve never just grabbed an actual technical interview case study and walked our readers through how I […]
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 this Excel add-in. The goal? To make real estate financial modeling faster and more […]
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 by transforming the way acquisitions, development, management, advisory, and marketing teams in the industry operate. AI tools […]
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 stands out. This post lays out a 30-day roadmap to becoming that […]
The Real Estate Site Visit Checklist: What to Look For and Other Thoughts
In our business, initial assessments are most often made from a distance. We rely on Google Maps satellite images, broker packages, demographic reports, street view, and more to evaluate a multi-million-dollar property. And these assessments generally come before we ever step foot on site. Which is why that the in-person site visit is so crucial. […]
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 (this one is in private beta as of the writing of this post), these […]