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Real Estate Financial Modeling Accelerator (Updated Nov 2024)

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…
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Permanently Remove “Update Links” Alert in Real Estate Excel Models

There are few Excel experiences more frustrating than getting that "this workbook contains links to one or more external sources" alert and not being able to find/break the external links causing it. In this tutorial, I teach you five steps…
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Recession? Lessons Learned from 2008 – Special Episode 2

In this special episode, Michael, Spencer, and Sam discuss their experience going through the Great Recession of 2008. As part of that discussion, they share insights and lessons learned from that time. They then offer advice, especially to…
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Excel Tips: Index Match Match

In this post, I'm going to go over Index Match Match, which is a very useful Excel formula that is used in both the Hotel Valuation Model and the Hotel Acquisition Model - The Basic Model.  This formula allows you to hone in on a specific target…
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Watch Me Build a Tenant Rollover Analysis Model

The feedback has been positive on the ‘Watch Me Build a Multifamily Model’ video I recorded earlier this year. So I thought I’d follow that up with another. This time I build a Real Estate Tenant Rollover Analysis Model and talk through…
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Commercial Real Estate Lease Abstract (Summary)

Today I will be sharing a template for a common legal tool for quickly and efficiently evaluating commercial leases: the Commercial Lease Abstract / Summary. This template applies to triple net office, triple net retail leases, and any type…
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The Work from Home Opportunity in CRE – Special Episode 1

In this special episode, Michael and Spencer discuss the changing work environmental in commercial real estate. More specifically, with the entire CRE workforce currently performing their duties remotely on account of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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All-in-One (Ai1) Walkthrough #2 – Office, Retail, Industrial Rent Roll Tab

This walkthrough, our second in the series, will detail how to use the office/retail/industrial rent roll (see ORI-RR Tab). The rent roll tab is arguably the most important, and most complex, tab in the All-in-One model. Below we post a video…
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University of North Carolina – Undergraduate Real Estate Profile

The Kenan-Flagler Business School undergraduate Real Estate concentration and Leonard W. Wood Center for Real Estate Studies Program as a whole has not only allowed me to receive educational and professional resources needed to break into…
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A.CRE Audio Series Season Two

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Intro to Season Two and What’s New at A.CRE – S2E1

 About this Episode - Intro to Season Two and What's New at A.CRE Welcome to Season Two of the A.CRE Audio Series! On this episode, I am joined by the creators of the Adventures in CRE website, Spencer Burton and Michael Belasco.…
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Commercial Real Estate Metrics: Pitfalls and Potential – S2E2

 About this Episode - Commercial Real Estate Metrics: Pitfalls and Potential Welcome to the A.CRE Audio Series! On this episode, I am here once again with the creators of the Adventures in CRE website, Spencer Burton and…
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The Real Estate Legal Landscape with Ron Rohde – S2E3

 About this Episode - The Real Estate Legal Landscape with Ron Rohde Welcome to the A.CRE Audio Series! On this episode, I am here once again with the creators of the Adventures in CRE website, Spencer Burton and Michael…
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The A.CRE Legal Section with Ron Rohde – S2E4

 About this Episode - The A.CRE Legal Section with Ron Rohde Welcome to the A.CRE Audio Series! On this episode, I am here once again with the creators of the Adventures in CRE website, Spencer Burton and Michael Belasco.…
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Inside a LIHTC Investment with Ben Stevens – S2E5

 About this Episode - Inside a LIHTC Investment with Ben Stevens Welcome to the A.CRE Audio Series! On this episode, I am here once again with the creators of the Adventures in CRE website, Spencer Burton and Michael Belasco.…
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The Birth of a Building with Ben Stevens – S2E6

 About this Episode - The Birth of a Building with Ben Stevens Welcome to the A.CRE Audio Series! On this episode, I am here once again with the creators of the Adventures in CRE website, Spencer Burton and Michael Belasco. Today…