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Real Estate Financial Modeling Accelerator (Updated June 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…
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Nuevo Contenido en Español (Actualizado Julio 2025)

Ver y leer nuevo contenido en español. Este contenido ha sido creado por el equipo A.CRE para profesionales en la inversion inmobiliaria. Tutoriales, modelos financieros, educación, y mucho más.
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A.CRE Jobs of the Week (Updated 6.30.2025)

We regularly post commercial real estate job openings to our A.CRE Job site section of Adventures in CRE. These jobs are largely openings at top commercial real estate companies, although some hiring professionals at smaller CRE firms also post…
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Ask Me Anything with A.CRE (Next Host – Christine Paglialunga)

We’re thrilled to introduce Christine Paglialunga as the featured host for our upcoming A.CRE Ask Me Anything (AMA) session. This week we will get into mission-driven real estate, urban revitalization, and the evolving role of Business Improvement…
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Why I Chose a Masters in Real Estate over an MBA (Updated 2025)

Going back to graduate school is a huge commitment. First there's the admissions process, which means spending hours and hours studying for the GMAT or GRE, filling out lengthy admissions applications, writing dozens of mindless essays, preparing…
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Exploring Latin America’s Real Estate Markets: Argentina

Latin America's real estate market remains fertile ground for analysis, shaped by stark economic contrasts, political complexity, and evolving social dynamics. Within this diverse landscape, the Argentina Real Estate Market stands out as…
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Exploring Latin America’s Real Estate Markets: Mexico

In this second article of our Exploring Latin America's Real Estate Markets series, we turn our attention to one of the most robust and strategic markets in the region: Mexico. Unlike other Latin American economies, the Mexican real estate sector…
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Check Out Ackman Ziff’s AZ Educate Program

I wanted to share with everyone a great (and free, but selective) learning opportunity from both a person and company I really respect. Ackman Ziff has launched a new program called A|Z Educate that I think could provide significant value to…
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Learning Real Estate Financial Modeling in Excel (Updated Oct 2024)

We're often asked by our readers how we learned to be proficient in real estate financial modeling. The question usually arises because the person wants to know how to model real estate in Excel to either land a job in commercial real estate…
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What makes for a bad real estate job candidate? (Updated September 2024)

Just a bit of context regarding the title – this does not mean you are a bad candidate! This uncovers what makes you the wrong candidate for a specific role. As your track record improves, the probability that you will be more attractive to…
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Deep Dive – Land Acquisition and Assemblage (Updated September 2024)

This is a topic I'm all too familiar with. You see, I cut my teeth in real estate largely sourcing and negotiating residential and mixed-use land acquisition opportunities.  I've put land deals together both as a fiduciary and as a principal,…
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Staying Connected to CRE Professionals (Updated September 2024)

Lately, we have spoken to several undergraduate and graduate real estate programs. A question that keeps coming up is: “How do you recommend we stay in touch with our network?” This question is bigger and generally more applicable than just…
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Compensation in Real Estate (United States 2023)

Several years ago, we published a careers in real estate series where we discussed the various job sectors, business fields, and job functions that exist in the real estate industry. Additionally, we broke down compensation in real estate (salary…
Thinking About Leaving Your Job
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Are You Thinking About Leaving Your Job? (Updated Sept 2024)

Aesop's Fable says, “He who finds discontentment in one place is unlikely to find happiness in another.” CRE employees are leaving their jobs at an accelerating rate right now. Due to the pandemic, layoffs, companies not hiring for the past…
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Landing Your First Analyst Job in Commercial Real Estate (Updated Aug 2024)

That first job in real estate, most likely at the analyst-level, will be one of the most important jobs - if not the most important job - of your real estate career. Now don't misunderstand me. Failures can be overcome, wrong decisions can…