Real Estate Financial Modeling Accelerator (Updated September 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…
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…
How I Built a Real Estate DCF Web App with AI in Five Minutes
Over the past year, we've been experimenting heavily with (and successfully using) AI coding tools to push the boundaries of what's possible in commercial real estate. We've used v0 to quickly scope frontend designs, and we've spun up various…
Excel Shortcuts For Real Estate Financial Modeling (Updated May 2025)
One of the lesser talked about—yet most impactful—skills in real estate financial modeling is keyboard efficiency. If you’ve ever watched one of our tutorials or Accelerator sessions, you’ve probably seen the models flying by, with formulas…
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.…
Microsoft has blocked the macros in my A.CRE model – What now?
When downloading and opening an Excel model from A.CRE, some users may get the ominous message: "Microsoft has blocked macros from running because the source of this file is untrusted." If you've received this message, you're probably asking,…
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…
A.CRE Audio Series – Season Five
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.…
Introducing the New Accelerator 3.0 Platform
In 2018, Michael and I designed and built the A.CRE Accelerator program. Our goal was to create the preeminent tool for mastering real estate financial modeling—a program that would provide a clear path to expertise and give Accelerator Graduates…
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,…