
Real Estate Financial Modeling Accelerator (Updated August 2026)
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…

Multifamily (Apartment) Acquisition Model (Updated May 2026)
Our library of real estate Excel models has a variety of decent apartment models, including our All-in-One model and our Apartment Development Model - both robust models in their own right. However, if you're looking for a straight multifamily…

Ground Lease Valuation Model (Updated May 2026)
The topic of ground leases has come up several times in the past few weeks. Numerous A.CRE readers have emailed to ask for a purpose-built Ground Lease Valuation Model. And I'm in the process of creating an Advanced Concepts Module for our real…

Real Estate Acquisitions Model #2 for Office, Retail, Industrial (Updated Apr 2026)
I've decided to do a major overhaul of my last acquisitions model for office, industrial, and retail properties. There were a lot of things I wanted to change as well as add to the model and finally had a weekend to do it. This new and improved…

Multifamily Redevelopment Model (Updated March 2026)
This is an Excel model I originally built from scratch back in 2015 for quickly assessing multifamily redevelopment opportunities. It was designed to work best for scenarios where individual units will be rehabbed over the hold at varying times.…

Student Housing Acquisition Model (Updated Feb 2026)
I've spent a fair amount of my career analyzing privately-owned student housing investments. Nevertheless, I've yet to share a purpose-built, institutional-quality student housing acquisition model. So, I thought I'd take some time and build…

Commercial Real Estate Lease Analysis Tool (Updated Feb 2026)
The topic of analyzing commercial real estate leases from the perspective of the landlord and/or tenant has come up several times over the years. And while I generally respond to requests for new models or tools at A.CRE, I've been hesitant…

Retail Real Estate Development Model (Updated Oct 2025)
I'm excited to share my Retail 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…

A.CRE Build-to-Rent (BTR) Development Model (Updated Aug 2025)
Build-to-rent (BTR) has become more and more common in CRE and now accounts for a meaningful share of development. In the past, we've recommended A.CRE readers use our Apartment Development Model for BTR analysis. However, as we've received…

Mixed-Use Development Model: Condo and Retail (Updated July 2025)
In this post, I walk you through the A.CRE Mixed Use Development Model for Condo and Retail projects. The model is basically a reworked and expanded version of the Condo Development Model, so if you are familiar with that, this should feel and…

Single Family Home Construction Pro Forma for Home Builders (Updated July 2025)
I'm often asked to share models centered around residential development and home building. This is an area of real estate I'm completely comfortable in, since I spent the first 10 years of my career in new residential development.
Not surprisingly,…

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…

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,…
Loan Payment Schedule and Balance Tracking Tool (Updated Aug 2024)
A childhood friend called me this week and asked for a favor. He is the lender on a private real estate loan and was wanting a way to personally service the loan. Namely, he needed a tool to issue monthly invoices, track the principal vs interest…

Real Estate Development Tracker (Updated Feb 2024)
One of the many challenges of both analyzing real estate development deals and managing development projects is understanding and tracking the numerous differing but intertwining work streams. The more a development team takes the time…

Hotel Development Model (Updated February 2024)
Excited to share the new A.CRE Hotel Development Model with everyone. As evidenced by the numerous requests we have gotten for this over the years, this model is long overdue so I'm quite happy to get it out there finally.
At the core, the…

