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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…
Ohio State University Real Estate Undergraduate
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Ohio State University – Undergraduate Real Estate Profile

Ohio State University Student Interview Deep Dive In this video, Spencer Burton interviews current students of Ohio State, Grace Donaldson and Jacob Kavesteen, about their undergraduate real estate program. These vice presidents of the Fisher…
reading real estate
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What should you be reading for real estate?

Reading real estate-related news is one of the easiest ways you can start to separate yourself from others. Not to mention, it’s super practical and you can start doing it today. My guess is, if you are reading this, you are already someone…
Virginia tech real estate
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Virginia Tech Blackwood Department of Real Estate – Undergraduate Real Estate Profile

Virginia Tech Real Estate The Blackwood Department of Real Estate at Virginia Tech allows students to find their interest in real estate and expand in a concentration, with two major options and a minor. The Department offers a major in Commercial…
University of Denver Real Estate
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Graduate Real Estate Series: University of Denver’s Master of Science in Real Estate and the Built Environment

My path to pursuing a graduate degree at the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management at the University of Denver (DU) started when I realized that I wanted more freedom than my 40-hour-a-week career would allow me.…
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We Need Your Help – Survey for A.CRE Events (2023)

We need your help to improve our event programming! Last year the A.CRE team organized a combined 43 events, including virtual webinars, in-person meetings, conference keynotes, student speaker events, an A.CRE retreat to Mexico, and various…
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The A.CRE Method for Doing Cap Rate Math in Your Head

In this post, I'd like to share a method that, with a little practice, will enable you to quickly do cap rate math in your head; whether it’s quickly figuring out what the sale or purchase price would be of a property based on the NOI and…
Lee Business School Vegas Real Estate Program
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) – Undergraduate Real Estate Profile

I chose to attend UNLV and its real estate program because as a long-time resident of Las Vegas I understood, witnessed firsthand, and directly benefited from what it meant to be a REBEL. It was never a debate, there wasn’t an alternative…
real estate recession Stress
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The Elephant in the Room – Recession and the Real Estate Job Market

The impacts of a potential recession have certainly already affected the real estate job market. You may have already been a part of the nationwide layoffs. Or you may be a part of the upcoming nationwide layoffs that have already plagued many…
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Toronto Metropolitan University – Undergraduate Real Estate Profile

As an international student, the options for pursuing my university studies were broad, but I was able to shorten the list to the United Kingdom or Canada. I picked Canada specifically because of the favorable immigration policies in comparison…
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UCLA Anderson – MBA Real Estate Profile

Before coming to UCLA Anderson, I was working in land-use consulting, entitlements, and permitting in Los Angeles. I chose to come to Anderson to continue to develop my real estate network in Southern California, supplement my engineering…
commercial real estate hiring webinar lessons
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Real Estate Hiring Lessons from the Executive Perspective

This year our team has facilitated a total of six webinars with companies that were in the midst of hiring their new intern, analyst, and associate classes and learned multiple real estate hiring lessons. These companies ranged from publicly…
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Graduate Real Estate Series: Portland State University Master of Science in Real Estate

I chose the Portland State University Master of Science in Real Estate program because of its sustainable and equitable real estate and development values. The deciding factor was that the community stood with the institution in a way I had…
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Johnson Graduate School of Management – Cornell University – MBA Real Estate Profile

In choosing an MBA program, I sought not only a top-ranked MBA program but one that also offered an extensive real estate curriculum and a strong real estate network. I was also focused on choosing a school close to a major real estate hub and…
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A.CRE on the Road, Come Join Us in Person!

A.CRE will be on the road and hosting events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City in the next month and we'd love to connect in person with all of you in these cities. We will be hosting some happy hours and the drinks are on us!…
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A.CRE Hotel Valuation Model in Excel (Updated Sept 2022)

I am excited to introduce our new Hotel Valuation (Acquisition) Model to underwrite both stabilized and value-add hotel opportunities. This hotel pro forma is designed to allow users to do everything from a quick back of the envelope exercise…