Real Estate Financial Modeling Accelerator (Updated October 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…
Using ChatGPT as a Real Estate Analyst to Create a Lease Abstract
As you may know, we here at A.CRE have been exploring various use cases for AI in commercial real estate. When ChatGPT plugins were released in May 2023, the tool gained an ability to act like a young real estate analyst; namely to source and…
All You Need to Know About Real Estate Gross-Ups
"Gross-up" clauses have caused confusion, and occasionally consternation, amongst tenants signing commercial leases for the first time. While many tenants are happy to pay for building services they use on a daily basis, many are riled when…
Understanding Leases: Office Buildings – Part 2b
Grossing Up Reimbursable Expenses in ARGUS
This post and video are a follow up to a post written back in late October discussing grossing up reimbursable expenses. If you haven’t gotten to read that yet, you can do so by clicking here:…
Understanding Leases: Office Buildings – Part 2a
Grossing Up Operating Expenses – What, How, Why, and its impact on the Three Common Bill-back Methods
A common practice in office leases is to gross up the variable portion of the reimbursable expenses. Grossing up expenses is when the…
Understanding Leases: Office Buildings – Part 1
Billing Back Reimbursable Operating Expenses – Three Common Approaches for Office Buildings
(ARGUS video example to follow next week)
The three most common approaches to expense reimbursements in office leases are the (1) triple-net,…
Introducing a New Blog Segment: Understanding Leases
We are rolling out a new segment this week called Understanding Leases. The aim is to help our readers learn about the more nuanced and unique concepts to commercial real estate leasing and provide general tips and understanding. Over time we…