Real Estate Financial Modeling Accelerator (Updated July 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…
A.CRE Value-Add Apartment Acquisition Model (Updated Jun 2025)
We've shared a handful of apartment models over the years. Several of those are capable of analyzing apartment acquisitions but none was built for the express purpose of modeling value-add apartment deals. As a result, each has its limitations…
Condominium Development Model (Updated Jun 2025)
After posting the construction draw module that demonstrates how to calculate the true LTC of a development loan, I decided that since we have yet to publish a condo development model, to build upon that module to create one.
This condominium…
Office Real Estate Development Model (Updated Jun 2025)
I'm excited to share my Office 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…
Watch Me Build a Residential Land Development Model (Updated June 2025)
Over the years, we've created a sizable library of Watch Me Build videos covering Excel models for various real estate investment and property types. However, we've yet to create a Watch Me Build involving for-sale product. So this weekend,…
Single Tenant NNN Lease Valuation Model (Updated May 2025)
I originally built this single tenant net lease (NNN) valuation Excel model back in 2016. Based on some feedback from a few of our readers, I've since made quite a few updates (see v2.0 updates video below). This model is an attempt to re-think…
Self Storage Acquisition Model (Updated May 2025)
I've spent the past few weekends working on a purpose-built Self Storage Acquisition Model, and I'm now happy to share the result of that work with you. This is a model that's been requested by quite a few A.CRE readers over the past few years.…
Short-Term Rental Acquisition Model
In today’s real estate landscape, short-term rentals (STRs) stand out as one of the most dynamic and potentially high-yield asset classes. From compact urban units serving business travelers to luxury vacation homes attracting high-net-worth…
Tutorial on How to Model Irregular Growth Rates in Real Estate
When building a real estate financial model, managing income and expense growth is rarely as simple as applying a fixed growth rate year over year. In real estate investment analysis, growth assumptions need to be flexible, dynamic, and reflective…
Real Estate Asset Management Model
Many of you have run into this scenario: you build out a detailed acquisitions model at purchase. Everything looks great—market rents, lease-up timing, exit cap, all in line. The acquisitions team is convinced this is going to be a home run.…
Excel Pro Forma for Flipping Houses (Updated Jan 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…
A.CRE Real Estate Financial Models Download Guide (Updated December 2024)
Since I started working with A.CRE, I wanted to find a way to easily find the different models, modules, tools, and tutorials the guys have shared from the Library of Excel Real Estate Financial Models. After some time helping out our readers…
Simple Acquisition Model for Office, Retail, Industrial Properties (Updated Dec 2024)
A few years back, on a sleepy Saturday afternoon while my kids were busy eating Halloween candy, I decided to create a simple real estate acquisition model in Excel for office, retail, and industrial deals.
Since then, I've made various updates,…
Real Estate Equity Waterfall Model with Catch Up and Clawback (Updated Dec 2024)
A question came up recently in the A.CRE Accelerator's real estate waterfall modeling course regarding how to model GP Catch Up (i.e. Sponsor Catch Up) and LP Clawback provisions. I put together a quick video tutorial in response to that question,…
Watch Me Build a Dynamic Mortgage Amortization Table in Excel (Updated September 2024)
There are a few basic, yet fundamental, real estate modeling skills you must master before anyone will take you seriously as a real estate professional. Building a mortgage amortization schedule is one of them.
Virtually every model you…
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,…