By Garry Owen, Model For Success Contributor Ever notice how certain words or phrases that you first heard as real estate jargon, somehow segued into mainstream usage, popularity, and culture?... read more →
By Chris Furlong, Model For Success Contributor Last week I attended the Coalition for Smarter Growths first annual Young Planner Showcase. Hosted by the National Capital Planning Commission, the event... read more →
Hi All, and Happy Memorial Day to those who are enjoying a 3-day weekend! Since as of last week there are a lot of newly minted graduates from both undergrad... read more →
Excel Modeling Tips and Tricks for Real Estate Professionals Excel is the problem-solving tool that is used both for analyzing single unit transactions and billion-dollar mixed-use developments. REFM empowers you... read more →
Problem: You have a multi-tab spreadsheet, and it is taking you too long to get from one sheet to another. Let's say you are in cell B27 on the Assumptions... read more →
This post is from another one of our new Guest Contributors, Chris Furlong of Arlington, VA. Chris works in commercial real estate in Washington, DC.... read more →
A friend pointed out an interesting university-related employment website the other day, which surprisingly has some terrific real estate jobs posted. These jobs seem to not bubble up to the... read more →
I see a lot of third party created spreadsheets, many of which are development transaction pro-formas. Here is the #1 most common and arguably most dangerous mistake that I come... read more →
I was going through some papers the other day and came across one of my study sheets from a real estate class in business school. Evidently back then I had... read more →
Don't know the rents off hand, but architecturally I lean ever so slightly to the Chrysler. Which of these two phenomenal buildings do you prefer, and why?
