In this post we will go into detail about the four CRE risk profiles commonly ascribed to commercial real estate opportunities. In order of least risky to most risky, they are as follows: Core Core Plus Value Add Opportunistic This broad categorization helps commercial real estate professionals to quickly describe the type of risk/reward profile […]
Preparing for a commercial real estate job interview can be a daunting task, but with the right tools and guidance, you can effectively practice and refine your interview skills. In this blog post, we’ll outline how to use the following comprehensive interview simulation prompt with ChatGPT to help you practice and prepare for your upcoming […]
Excited to share my RV Park Acquisition Model with you all. This is a model I developed out over the past few months as I’ve been getting more involved in the space (the development of an RV Park near Olympic National Park is my most investment in the space). Camping and RVing have provided my […]
Desde que Spencer escribió su post sobre por qué decidió hacer un Maestría en Bienes Inmuebles en lugar de un MBA o una doble maestría, nuestros lectores me han preguntado mucho por qué decidí hacer un MBA y una Maestría en Bienes Inmuebles. A continuación, expondré mis razones y reflexiones, y ofreceré algunas consideraciones para […]
With all the continued and growing interest in single family rentals these past few years, I decided to spend some time these past few days diving into building a single family rental proforma. Prior to getting underway, and what we encourage all of you to do, is I poked around on our website as I […]
Ever since Spencer wrote his post about why he chose to do an MRE as opposed to an MBA or a dual Master’s degree, I have been asked a lot by our readers about why I chose to go for both an MBA and MRE. Below I will discuss my rationale and thoughts and provide […]
In this post, I’d like to share a method that, with a little practice, will enable you to quickly do cap rate math in your head; whether it’s quickly figuring out what the sale or purchase price would be of a property based on the NOI and cap rate or, inversely, figuring out what the […]
I recently received an email from one of our readers asking how to create a dynamic revenue row for a pro forma that can capture rent changes for multiple tenants. I thought that this would make a great post for the site and would be a good piece of information to share with our readers. What […]
I am excited to introduce our new Hotel Valuation (Acquisition) Model to underwrite both stabilized and value-add hotel opportunities. This hotel pro forma is designed to allow users to do everything from a quick back of the envelope exercise to a fulsome and detailed underwriting exercise in which the user can get into the weeds […]
In this post and corresponding video, I am going to walk you through a revamped tenant health worksheet that I shared a long time ago on the site. I spent some time giving it a makeover and decided to put together a video walkthrough for it. Publicly Traded Tenant Analysis Valuable Insights At Your Fingertips […]
Here is a simple, yet very powerful, 4-tier equity multiple waterfall module. This post contains both a completed version of the module ready to plug into a real estate financial model as well as a ‘Watch Me Build’ template and companion video where I walk the user step by step through building it out. Are […]
Working a lot with development draw schedules, I have always been looking for a catch all solution as to how one could easily model all the unique ways cash actually flows over time during the process. The norm for many is to model cash flows using a straight line method with even payments over time, […]
When lenders provide debt for a development project, they lend based on a Loan-to-Cost ratio (LTC), which is simply the percent of the total budget the lender will agree to lend to the borrower. So, if a project costs $10MM, and a lender loans $6MM, the lender is lending at a 60% LTC. However, the […]
I’m excited to share the Pro Forma for Multifamily Renovation model with all of you. This multifamily renovation model is made to analyze value add apartment acquisition opportunities and has a lot of functionality that is meant to provide you an ability to get into the details and go unit by unit for up to […]
Welcome to this episode of the Contract to Close series! This episode features Josh Roling, a real estate attorney and an expert in all things commercial real estate acquisitions. Josh is a close friend and colleague of mine with whom I’ve done 48 deals! In this episode, I speak to Josh about title insurance. It’s […]