What Is Commercial Real Estate? A Beginner's Guide to CRE
Learn what commercial real estate is, the major asset types, how properties are valued, and why investors are attracted to the asset class.
Financial models, Excel tools, and step-by-step guides to analyze real estate and financial decisions.
Download-ready Excel templates for acquisitions, development, and asset management. Free and pro versions available.
Paste any raw T12, tag your line items, and get a clean, formatted version ready for underwriting.
Size a CRE loan across four constraints: DSCR, LTV, LTC, and Debt Yield. Download the free Excel version or use the online calculator.
Full multifamily acquisition model with tabs for Summary, Assumptions, T12, Amortization, and a 10-year cash flow projection
Run the numbers right in your browser. No download or login required.
Size a CRE loan to LTV, LTC, DSCR, or Debt Yield. Enter your deal inputs and get max proceeds instantly.
Calculate cap rate, property value, or NOI instantly. Enter any two values to solve for the third.
Compare a real estate investment to stock market returns over the same hold period. Enter your deal terms and see which comes out ahead.
Short, practical reads on commercial real estate, finance, and the modeling techniques behind real investment decisions.
Learn what commercial real estate is, the major asset types, how properties are valued, and why investors are attracted to the asset class.
Learn what a T12 is, what it includes, and how to standardize any T12 into a clean format ready for underwriting.
Learn how lenders calculate maximum loan proceeds using DSCR, LTV, LTC, and Debt Yield constraints, with a full worked example.