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…
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…
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…
Land Development Model – Multi-Scenario (Updated Jun 2024)
Over the years, we've shared eight development-focused real estate financial models and numerous development-specific tools to the A.CRE Library of Excel Models. Nevertheless, there's been a hole in the development offerings in our library.…
Underwriting a Tenant with Private Credit (Updated June 2024)
Recently, we had an Accelerator member ask a question about how to accurately determine a credit rating and spec income discount rate for a private tenant in a single tenant net lease deal. While the scenario specifically involved a medical…
A.CRE Geocoding Excel Add-in to Auto-Populate Latitude and Longitude in Excel (Updated Jun 2024)
The A.CRE Geocoding Excel Add-in uses the Google Geocoding API to automatically convert a given address to latitude and longitude coordinates, or to convert a given latitude and longitude coordinate to an address. The add-in makes auto-populating…
Why Your IRR and XIRR are Different (Updated June 2024)
This post was inspired by a question on our real estate financial modeling Accelerator forum. Additionally, Spencer and I frequently get emails asking about this very issue, which is 'why the IRR (internal rate of return) and XIRR (extended…
Case Study #5 – The Jefferson Branded Condo Development – Case Only (Updated June 2024)
This is the fifth in a series of commercial real estate case studies shared by A.CRE. These case studies are meant to help you practice to master real estate financial modeling. The Jefferson Branded Condo Development puts you in the position…
A.CRE 101: How to Use the Income Capitalization Approach to Value Income-Producing Property (Updated May 2024)
In commercial real estate, there are a few generally accepted methods for appraising (or valuing) real property. The three most common are the Cost Approach, the Sales Comparison Method, and the Income Approach. The Income Approach includes…
Forecasting After-Tax Cash Flow in Real Estate Analysis (Updated May 2024)
When modeling real estate investments, industry practice is generally to stop at before-tax cash flow, rather than after-tax cash flow. And this makes sense in most instances. No two owners of real estate have the exact same tax situation and…
Case Study #4 – The Stones Hotel Acquisition – Case Only (Updated May 2024)
This case study on hotel acquisition is the fourth in a series shared by A.CRE, designed to enhance your skills in real estate financial modeling. In this scenario, you take on the role of an associate at a prominent firm specializing in debt…
Single Tenant Net Lease Valuation Model – Custom GPT by A.CRE
At A.CRE, we've built dozens of custom GPTs for internal and external purposes. Some of the GPTs have general application, while others are custom GPTs specifically for commercial real estate. And among those custom GPTs specifically for CRE,…
Advanced Mortgage Amortization Module (Updated May 2024)
In recent months, I've been working on an advanced real estate investment amortization table with interest-only capability, fixed and variable interest rates, multiple interest calculation methods (i.e. 30/360, Actual/Actual, Actual/365, Actual/360),…
Single Tenant NNN Lease Valuation Model (Updated May 2024)
I originally built this single tenant net lease (NNN) valuation Excel model back in 2016. Based on some feedback from a few of our readers, I've since made quite a few updates (see v2.0 updates video below). This model is an attempt to re-think…
Real Estate Debt Module in Excel (Updated May 2024)
I thought I'd share the real estate debt module I originally built for the ARGUS alternative in Excel. Most debt modules I've seen in real estate financial models only include the ability to model fully amortizing senior debt. Mike challenged…
Timing of Preferred Return vs Return of Capital in an Equity Waterfall with IRR Hurdles (Updated May 2024)
Recently, we had an A.CRE reader ask us about the mechanics of Preferred Return distributions in our equity waterfall models with IRR hurdles. Specifically, he questioned the timing of when and how Preferred Return vs Return of Capital were…