Entries by Michael Belasco
All About Cap Ex
In this post, we are going to take a deeper look into capital expenditures. What it is and how we account for it in cre underwriting. Capital expenditures, commonly referred to as Cap Ex, are expenses that occur outside of normal operating expenses. They are items that ownership either needs to or decides to pay […]
Deep Dive: The IRR and XIRR – Fully and Simply Explained (Part 2)
Part 2: The XIRR (Click here for Part 1 where we cover the IRR) This is Part 2 of our A.CRE Deep Dive – 2-part mini-series on the IRR and XIRR return metrics and functions in Excel. As stated in Part 1, these are some of the most commonly used functions and return metrics in […]
Deep Dive: The IRR and XIRR – Fully and Simply Explained
For my next post, I thought I would bring it back to some fundamentals and review the IRR and XIRR return metrics and functions in Excel. These are some of the most commonly used functions and return metrics in commercial real estate and they can be a bit complex to understand for those of us […]
The A.CRE Method For Doing Cap Rate Mental Math – Practice Tool
At the bottom of this post is a downloadable practice tool for the A.CRE Method for doing cap rate mental math. The tool will generate an endless number of random cap rates and NOIs to practice with and will walk you step by step through how to solve for each scenario you are working in. […]
3 Tiered Waterfall Module Added to the Condo Development Model
After receiving a few requests, I’ve finally gotten around to adding an equity waterfall module to the Condominium Development Model. This module allows you to model partnership splits up to three tiers using either equity multiple hurdles or IRR hurdles. Additionally, you can model for a preferred return for the limited partner where either (1) […]
The A.CRE MBA Real Estate Series
Spencer and I are excited to introduce the A.CRE MBA Real Estate Profile series. This series is intended to provide prospective MBA students with a glimpse into some of the world’s top MBA real estate programs and what they have to offer those who intend to focus on commercial real estate while pursuing their MBA. The […]
San Francisco Development Explosion! – Interactive Map & Side Project
San Francisco’s downtown area is currently going through an unprecedented, skyline redefining transformation. So many incredible developers and architects are in the process of leaving their mark on this city and it’s all happening or will be happening within roughly one square mile south of Market St in the downtown areas known as the Transbay District, Rincon […]
Understanding Taxes Series: Part 2 – Exceptions to The PAL Rules
The PAL Rules – A Brief Background The PAL Rules, or Passive Activity Loss Rules, were enacted in 1986 to curb rampant abuses from people using real estate and businesses to generate huge losses to offset income taxes. It used to be that you could take any losses generated from passive income and use them to […]
Understanding Taxes Series: Part 1 – Depreciation
Investing in real estate provides some tremendous tax incentives in the USA compared to other investments and is an important component to understanding real estate investing. Given the positive response I’ve received to my Understanding Leases Series, I thought I’d begin a new series on taxes in real estate. Part 1 – Real Estate Depreciation There are […]
Understanding Leases: Office Buildings – Part 2b
Grossing Up Reimbursable Expenses in ARGUS This post and video are a follow up to a post written back in late October discussing grossing up reimbursable expenses. If you haven’t gotten to read that yet, you can do so by clicking here: https://www.adventuresincre.com/understanding-leases-office-buildings-part-2/ The purpose of this video is to help clearly explain how to […]
Understanding Leases: Office Buildings – Part 2a
Grossing Up Operating Expenses – What, How, Why, and its impact on the Three Common Bill-back Methods A common practice in office leases is to gross up the variable portion of the reimbursable expenses. Grossing up expenses is when the owner of a property takes the annual actuals and figures out what the variable reimbursable […]
Understanding Leases: Office Buildings – Part 1
Billing Back Reimbursable Operating Expenses – Three Common Approaches for Office Buildings (ARGUS video example to follow next week) The three most common approaches to expense reimbursements in office leases are the (1) triple-net, (2) base-year, and (3) expense-stop approaches. In this post I hope to provide readers with a general understanding of each. In […]
Introducing a New Blog Segment: Understanding Leases
We are rolling out a new segment this week called Understanding Leases. The aim is to help our readers learn about the more nuanced and unique concepts to commercial real estate leasing and provide general tips and understanding. Over time we will revisit this topic and add new content. If there is anything you would like us to cover about […]
CRE Market Spotlight: Camden, NJ
After decades of being statistically one of the poorest cities in the country, it seems there are finally big changes coming to the city of Camden, NJ. With an extensive and generous state sponsored tax credit program luring big businesses to the ailing city, development has finally started to take off. The big question that […]