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Real Estate Financial Modeling Accelerator (Updated Jan 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…
LinkedIn Tips for Real Estate
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Three LinkedIn Tips for Success in Real Estate

In the competitive world of commercial real estate, having a strong LinkedIn presence is essential. LinkedIn serves as a powerful tool for networking, job searching, and showcasing your professional achievements. It allows professionals to connect…
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Una Visión General de las Funciones PAGOINT y PAGOPRIN de Excel – Usos y Desventajas (Modelo + Caso de Estudio)

Recientemente, recibimos una pregunta muy interesante en el “Q&A (Preguntas y Respuestas)” del Acelerador de Modelos Financieros Inmobiliarios de A.CRE, dicha pregunta estaba relacionada con el uso de las funciones PAGOINT Y PAGOPRIN…
Loan Debt Yield Calculation
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How to Use Debt Yield to Calculate Loan Amount (Updated July 2024)

In our glossary of commercial real estate terms, we recently answered the question: what is debt yield? As a follow up to that entry, I thought I’d expand on the concept of debt yield by showing you how lenders use debt yield to come up with…
The Real Estate Resume
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The Real Estate Resume – Tips and Resources (Updated July 2024)

Some of you are working to land that first professional job in real estate. Others are hoping to leverage existing education and industry experience to move up. Regardless of where you are, the content, format, and style of your real estate…
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Watch Me Solve a REPE Technical Interview Modeling Test (Updated July 2024)

What better way to spend some free time over the Thanksgiving holiday, than to record myself completing a real estate private equity technical interview exercise! While I've offered help with the real estate technical interview in the past,…
Desk for with Computer for IPMT & PPMT Excel Functions
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An Overview Of IPMT and PPMT Excel Functions – Uses And Drawbacks (Model + Case Study)

We recently received an intriguing question in the Q&A section of the A.CRE Real Estate Financial Modeling Accelerator regarding the uses of the IPMT and PPMT Excel functions. As such, I’d like to take the opportunity to discuss it. First…
Maplewood Plaza Value-Add Retail Case Study
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Case Study #12 – Maplewood Plaza: Value-Add Retail (Case Only)

For our 12th case study, we offer a challenging opportunity with a value-add retail case study. These case studies are meant to help you practice mastering real estate financial modeling. The Maplewood Plaza case study puts you in the role of…
real estate private equity
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Deep Dive – Sources of Capital: Real Estate Private Equity (Updated July 2024)

Capital for commercial real estate investments is generally sourced from one or more of the following buckets: public equity, public debt, private equity, or private debt. In my experience, few people fully understand these four buckets of capital,…
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Understanding Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Investments

In this article, we explore Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) investments, a key component in the affordable housing sector. Established to encourage private investment, the LIHTC program offers tax credits to developers for creating and…
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Guía para Evaluar el Crédito en la Suscripción de Propiedades con Inquilinos Privados

Recientemente, un miembro de nuestro programa -Acelerador- nos planteó una pregunta sobre cómo determinar con precisión una calificación crediticia y una tasa de descuento de ingresos especulativos para un inquilino privado en un acuerdo…
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Case Study #10 – Class A Industrial Warehouse + Rooftop Solar PV Plant (Case + Solution)

This case study explores a development of a 40-acre warehouse in Kasara, near Nashik, India. This industrial case study combines rental income with solar energy initiatives. In this article, we'll examine the financial strategies, including…
Real Estate Consulting Jobs
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All About Careers in Real Estate Consulting

Real estate consulting jobs include work in a variety of areas such as appraisal and valuation, entitlement services, portfolio strategy, enterprise M&S, workplace strategy, location footprint strategy, site acquisition and analysis, among…
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Case Study #9 – UK Debt Advisory Firm Modeling Test (Case + Solution, Updated June 2024)

This is the 9th real estate case study in a series of commercial real estate case studies shared by A.CRE. These case studies are meant to help you practice mastering real estate financial modeling. In this case study, you play the role of a…
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Modelo de Valoración de la Propiedad con Inquilino Único – GPT Personalizado de A.CRE

Desde los avances de los modelos de inteligencia artificial basados en lenguaje, en A.CRE, hemos desarrollado distintas herramientas con la ayuda de GPTs personalizados para propósitos tanto internos como externos. Algunos de estos GPTs tienen…
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Hold-Sell Analysis in Real Estate (Updated June 2024)

In course 3 of our A.CRE Accelerator, we use a case study that revolves around a hold-sell (i.e. hold vs sell) analysis scenario to teach the anatomy of the real estate DCF. In that scenario, the student is an asset manager working for an open-end…