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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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Book Review: The Big Short

Why I liked “The Big Short” Having first watched The Big Short (the film) I was curious to explore the book in search of any insights I may have initially missed. The book did not disappoint and provided an easy-to-read narrative which…
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Haas School of Business – University of California, Berkeley – MBA Real Estate Profile

Haas has a fantastic Real Estate curriculum with a tight knit community, exceptional faculty, and great extracurricular programming. When I started at Haas I knew I wanted to commit myself to real estate, so I tried to take advantage of…
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The A.CRE MBA Real Estate Series

Spencer and I are excited to introduce the A.CRE MBA Real Estate Profile series. This series is intended to provide prospective MBA students with a glimpse into some of the world's top MBA real estate programs and what they have to offer those…
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Build Your Future: Considerations for an MBA Real Estate Program

Real estate is one of the largest, most complex, and influential facets of any economy. Whether you're considering a career in real estate banking, investing, development, or management, you'll need an understanding of the unique economics at…
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Book Review: The Liar’s Ball

Why I liked “The Liar’s Ball” Although the book was slightly gossipy in places, I found it did a great job of detailing the fascinating history of the GM (General Motors) Building, really giving the reader a behind the scenes look into…
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Book Review: The Real Estate Game

Why I Liked Poorvu's, The Real Estate Game Whilst certain real estate technocrats may argue this book is overly simplistic, I politely disagree. I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting some of the more basic real estate fundamentals explored in the…
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Graduate Real Estate Series: USC’s Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development

The Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development program at The University of Southern California is an intense, one-year graduate real estate program that exposes students to many broad areas of commercial real estate. The USC Dollinger…
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Graduate Real Estate Series: Johns Hopkin’s MS in Real Estate and Infrastructure

The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School MS in Real Estate and Infrastructure program has been a leader in real estate education for over 27 years. Distinguished by it's location in the Carey Business School, the MS in Real Estate and Infrastructure…
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The State of Real Estate Crowdfunding

Following the housing crash of 2007 - as regulations were introduced and credit tightened - emerging companies were left with little or no access to the capital markets. In an effort to ameliorate the credit crunch, Congress drew up the Jumpstart…
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San Francisco Development Explosion! – Interactive Map & Side Project

San Francisco's downtown area is currently going through an unprecedented, skyline redefining transformation. So many incredible developers and architects are in the process of leaving their mark on this city and it's all happening or will…
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Understanding Taxes Series: Part 2 – Exceptions to The PAL Rules

The PAL Rules - A Brief Background The PAL Rules, or Passive Activity Loss Rules, were enacted in 1986 to curb rampant abuses from people using real estate and businesses to generate huge losses to offset income taxes. It used to be that you…
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Getting to Know Our Readers – Ben Stevens and The Skyline Forum

Maintaining a vibrant, ever-changing blog is not an easy endeavor, and I’ll be the first to admit that it’s not always fun. But what makes blogging worthwhile for Mike and I is the opportunity the blog creates to interact, either through…
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Understanding Taxes Series: Part 1 – Depreciation

Investing in real estate provides some tremendous tax incentives in the USA compared to other investments and is an important component to understanding real estate investing. Given the positive response I've received to my Understanding Leases…
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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:…
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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…