Real Estate Financial Modeling Accelerator (Updated Feb 2023)
Prior to launching the Accelerator program, Michael and I fielded email after email requesting a more structured real estate financial modeling training program on the site.
Over the years, we've covered hundreds of real estate modeling…
We Need Your Help – Survey for A.CRE Events (2023)
We need your help to improve our event programming! Last year the A.CRE team organized a combined 43 events, including virtual webinars, in-person meetings, conference keynotes, student speaker events, an A.CRE retreat to Mexico, and various…
The A.CRE Method for Doing Cap Rate Math in Your Head
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…
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) – Undergraduate Real Estate Profile
I chose to attend UNLV and its real estate program because as a long-time resident of Las Vegas I understood, witnessed firsthand, and directly benefited from what it meant to be a REBEL. It was never a debate, there wasn’t an alternative…
The Elephant in the Room – Recession and the Real Estate Job Market
The impacts of a potential recession have certainly already affected the real estate job market. You may have already been a part of the nationwide layoffs. Or you may be a part of the upcoming nationwide layoffs that have already plagued many…
Toronto Metropolitan University – Undergraduate Real Estate Profile
As an international student, the options for pursuing my university studies were broad, but I was able to shorten the list to the United Kingdom or Canada. I picked Canada specifically because of the favorable immigration policies in comparison…
UCLA Anderson – MBA Real Estate Profile
Before coming to UCLA Anderson, I was working in land-use consulting, entitlements, and permitting in Los Angeles. I chose to come to Anderson to continue to develop my real estate network in Southern California, supplement my engineering…
Real Estate Hiring Lessons from the Executive Perspective
This year our team has facilitated a total of six webinars with companies that were in the midst of hiring their new intern, analyst, and associate classes and learned multiple real estate hiring lessons. These companies ranged from publicly…
Graduate Real Estate Series: Portland State University Master of Real Estate Development
I chose the Portland State University Master of Real Estate Development program because of its sustainable and equitable real estate and development values. The deciding factor was that the community stood with the institution in a way I had…
Johnson Graduate School of Management – Cornell University – MBA Real Estate Profile
In choosing an MBA program, I sought not only a top-ranked MBA program but one that also offered an extensive real estate curriculum and a strong real estate network. I was also focused on choosing a school close to a major real estate hub and…
Learning Real Estate Financial Modeling in Excel
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…
A.CRE on the Road, Come Join Us in Person!
A.CRE will be on the road and hosting events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City in the next month and we'd love to connect in person with all of you in these cities. We will be hosting some happy hours and the drinks are on us!…
Tips to Nail Your Next Commercial Real Estate Interview
Recently, our team partnered with the Graduate Real Estate Council at Cornell University where we worked with their students in providing mock interviews with Cornell alumni. Our goal in this effort was to help these students at the beginning…
A.CRE Hotel Valuation Model in Excel (Updated Sept 2022)
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…
LinkedIn Networking Tips that Get you Results in Commercial Real Estate
Building your network is a proactive way to gain an advantage in the hiring process and to hedge against uncertainty when you are struggling to find a job. This article is part of our LinkedIn 101 networking series, aimed at providing you with…
Top 4 Challenges when Hiring Real Estate Talent
Our goal with this article is to help real estate hiring managers receive higher-quality applicants interested in their positions. With the A.CRE Accelerator, our team has trained over 3,000 real estate candidates to be great at real estate…