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This is the Hub's skills library, part of how AI.Edge and the A.CRE Accelerator teach the practical application of AI in commercial real estate. Browse them to see how a skill changes your AI's behavior, then try them in Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini.
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Built by A.CRE
Our in-house skills. Financial-model skills that operate official A.CRE Excel models for Accelerator members, plus capability skills that help AI.Edge members master what their AI can do.
Third-Party
Open-source, third-party
Publicly available CRE skills published under open licenses like MIT and Apache-2.0. We include them so you can see first-hand how a skill changes your AI's behavior. They aren't authored or endorsed by A.CRE, and the original author is credited on every page.
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Acquisition
Sourcing, underwriting, due diligence, and closing.
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Development
Pre-development, entitlements, construction, and cost control.
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Asset Management
Hold/sell, valuations, business plans, and reporting.
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Property Management
Leasing, operations, expense control, and lease abstraction.
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Portfolio Management
Roll-up risk, return, and exposure across a multi-asset book.
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Brokerage
BOVs, comps, market stats, and client-facing analysis.
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Debt
Loan sizing, debt yield, DSCR, and refinance modeling.
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Capital
Equity waterfalls, JV structures, promote modeling, and fund math.
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Investor Relations
LP reporting, distribution schedules, and investor-facing memos.
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Guide to Getting Started — the front door to the A.CRE Accelerator (Core Course 1) and its AI Skills, for members learning to build institutional-quality real estate models faster with AI. Use when…
Updated 4 weeks ago
A.CRE Accelerator
Companion to A.CRE Accelerator Course 11, Modeling Short + Long-Term Leases: the Lakefront Retail case. Build a 120-month unlevered DCF for a grocery-anchored NNN shopping center and SOLVE for the…
Updated 4 weeks ago
A.CRE Accelerator
Companion to A.CRE Accelerator Core Course 12 (Modeling Development Cash Flow) — the Parcel 32 ground-up office development case. Operates in three modes: Tutor (Socratic coaching while you spread…
Updated 4 weeks ago
A.CRE Accelerator
Companion to A.CRE Accelerator Course 13 (Modeling Real Estate Debt) — Financing the Foles, the levered continuation of the Foles multifamily case. The member layers a permanent loan onto their…
Updated 4 weeks ago
A.CRE Accelerator
Companion to A.CRE Accelerator Course 14 (Modeling Development Debt) — the Parcel 32 + Debt case: layer a construction loan and capitalized-interest reserve onto the unlevered office-development…
Updated 4 weeks ago
A.CRE Accelerator
Companion to A.CRE Accelerator Course 15 (Modeling Partnership Cash Flows) — the Frost and Main double-promote case. Take a property's Net Levered Cash Flow and split it between partners through two…
Updated 4 weeks ago
A.CRE Accelerator
Companion to A.CRE Accelerator Course 2 (Direct Capitalization Method to Valuing Real Estate). Operates in three modes — Tutor (Socratic coaching while the user fills the Foles case study), Reviewer…
Updated 4 weeks ago
A.CRE Accelerator
Companion to A.CRE Accelerator's DCF Method to Valuing Real Estate course (The Foles Part II — the 10-year DCF continuation of the Direct Cap case). Operates in three modes — Tutor (Socratic…
Updated 4 weeks ago
A.CRE Accelerator
Companion to A.CRE Accelerator's Anatomy of the Real Estate DCF (Course 4) — the Lakefront Industrial I hold/sell case: build a 10-year unlevered DCF from scratch to decide whether to hold or sell a…
Updated 4 weeks ago
A.CRE Accelerator
Companion to A.CRE Accelerator's Calculating Key Risk & Return Metrics (Core Course 5) — Lakefront Industrial I Part II: take the 10-year unlevered DCF from the Anatomy of the DCF course and compute…
Updated 4 weeks ago
A.CRE Accelerator
Coach and review a member building the three A.CRE Accelerator Core capstone models from scratch — the acquisition (Course 16, "10000 Fitness Way"), development (Course 17, "Sixteen 17th Street"),…
Updated 4 weeks ago
A.CRE Accelerator
Companion to the A.CRE Accelerator "Mastering MS Excel for Real Estate" endorsement (four courses) — the Excel functions, features, and techniques that matter for CRE financial modeling. Use…
Updated 4 weeks ago
A.CRE Accelerator
Tutor a student through the income statement (operating statement) of every major commercial real estate property type — the companion skill for A.CRE Accelerator Courses 6–10: Retail, Hotel,…
Updated 4 weeks ago
A.CRE Accelerator
A.CRE
Generate A.CRE-style commercial real estate financial modeling case studies for the five property types — multifamily, retail, office, industrial, and hotel — across any strategy (acquisition,…
Updated 4 weeks ago
AI.Edge Pro
Operate the A.CRE Apartment Acquisition Model (file `Original-Apartment-Acquisition-Model-v2_5.xlsx` or any v2.x apartment acquisition model) on the user's behalf, whether uploaded to chat or open…
Updated 2 months ago
AI.Edge Pro
Operate the A.CRE Commercial Mortgage Loan Analysis Model (file `Commercial_Mortgage_Loan_Analysis_Model_v2_7.xlsx` or any v2.x commercial mortgage loan model) on the user's behalf, whether uploaded…
Updated 2 months ago
AI.Edge Pro
Generate a complete operator skill bundle for an AI.Edge Pro member's Excel financial model — making the model "AI-ready" by producing the SKILL.md, schema.yaml, references, and shared-library files…
Updated 4 weeks ago
AI.Edge Pro
Operate the A.CRE Ground Lease Valuation Model on behalf of the user, whether the model is uploaded to a chat conversation or open live in Excel via the Claude add-in. Use whenever the user works…
Updated 2 months ago
AI.Edge Pro
Deconstruct any presentation into a reusable template and emit a complete builder-skill bundle that another AI can use to generate a brand-new version of that deck for a different deal by supplying…
Updated 4 weeks ago
AI.Edge Pro
A.CRE
Operate the A.CRE Residential Land Development BOE Model on the user's behalf, whether the file is uploaded to chat or open live in Excel via the Claude add-in. Use whenever the user works with…
Updated 2 months ago
AI.Edge Pro
Third-Party
Designs and executes comprehensive 1031 tax-deferred exchange strategies. Manages 45-day identification and 180-day exchange deadlines, evaluates replacement property candidates, prevents common…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Manages active 1031 exchange pipelines: 45-day identification tracking, 180-day close deadline management, replacement property candidate evaluation, boot minimization, reverse exchange mechanics,…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Coordinates the handoff from deal close to an operating asset. Fires when Dealpath
emits the deal-close event (Handoff 1 + Handoff 3 in
reference/connectors/_core/stack_wave4/lifecycle_handoffs.md).…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Full-cycle acquisition underwriting engine. Takes a deal package (rent roll, T-12, OM, financing terms) and produces institutional-quality output: T-12 normalization, 10-year proforma, Linneman cap…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Produces institutional-quality annual operating budgets with IREM/BOMA benchmarking, component-specific escalators, NOI sensitivity grids, budget-to-value linkage, reserve adequacy testing, and IC…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Owner-side asset operator for one or more middle-market multifamily assets. Owns the
business plan, hold-period return, capital plan, debt-covenant cushion, and the owner's
view of site performance.…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Top-level workspace for ongoing asset management and property operations. Routes through budgeting, performance monitoring, capex, NOI optimization, compliance, maintenance, and vendor management.…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Site deputy to the property manager. Owns resident ledger hygiene, move-in / move-out
administration, application and screening workflow, delinquency triage up to legal-notice
threshold, and…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Normalizes and levels bids received for a defined scope. Performs apples-to-apples
comparison across bidders by adjusting for included/excluded scope, allowances,
alternates, and qualifications.…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Builds the annual operating budget from property-level bottoms-up plus portfolio-level
assumptions. Revenue build from rent roll + market reference + renewal policy; expense
build from assumption…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Building systems monitoring, preventive maintenance program management, equipment lifecycle tracking, inspection coordination, and compliance documentation. Covers HVAC, elevator, fire/life safety,…
Updated 3 months ago
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Third-Party
Calculates annual CAM reconciliation for multi-tenant commercial properties. Applies per-tenant lease rules (base years, caps, excluded categories, admin fees), handles gross-up logic, flags edge…
Updated 3 months ago
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Third-Party
Produces line-item capex estimates for a defined scope using the capex library, labor
rates, material costs, and overlay contingency and escalation. Output is a structured
estimate suitable for bid…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Evaluates competing capital expenditure projects using IRR/NPV, interaction effects, residual value at disposition, covenant impact, replacement cost benchmarking, and 'do nothing' deferral cost…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Intake for capital project ideas from any source (PM, regional, AM, engineering, capex
plan cycle). Scores each project against the overlay's priority rubric (life safety,
deferred maintenance,…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Top-level workspace for development and construction projects. Routes through land analysis, pro forma modeling, entitlements, budgeting, cost estimation, project management, and procurement.…
Updated 3 months ago
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Third-Party
Produces the full operational infrastructure for an active capital raise: data room structure, investor tracking, capital call notices, LP onboarding workflow, waterfall explainer, and crisis…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Synthesizes outputs from loan-sizing-engine, mezz-pref-structurer, and JV waterfall to determine the optimal capital mix for a CRE deal. Evaluates 3-5 alternatives across WACC, equity IRR, leverage…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Conducts building-level carbon audit, benchmarks against local Building Performance Standards (NYC LL97, DC BEPS, Boston BERDO 2.0, Denver, Colorado, Maryland, St. Louis), calculates penalty…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Executive leader with full authority inside the fund mandate; routes items above mandate
to board / IC. Consumes rollups from COO (operating decisions) and CFO (finance decisions);
consumes…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Executive finance leader. Consumes reporting_finance_ops_lead rollups, portfolio_manager
rollups, and asset_manager covenant views. Owns treasury posture, covenant-cushion decisions,
refi / recap /…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Reviews each proposed change order: validates scope basis, re-estimates cost, checks
schedule impact, evaluates against contingency, recommends approval or rejection, and
routes to the correct…
Updated 3 months ago
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Third-Party
Assesses physical and transition climate risk for CRE properties and portfolios. Translates hazard exposure (flood, wind, wildfire, extreme heat, sea level rise) and regulatory/market shifts into…
Updated 3 months ago
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Third-Party
Generates and tracks comprehensive closing checklists for CRE transactions (acquisitions, dispositions, refinancings). Backward-schedules deadlines from closing date, assigns responsibilities,…
Updated 3 months ago
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Third-Party
Validates certificates of insurance against lease and contract requirements. Compares coverage types, limits, endorsements, and expiration dates field-by-field, flags deficiencies, and generates…
Updated 3 months ago
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Third-Party
Produces a fast, credible comparable analysis (rent comps and sales comps) for active deals, appraisal reviews, or pricing validation. Includes adjustment grids, confidence scoring, effective rent…
Updated 3 months ago
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Third-Party
Building code violations, OSHA responses, ADA compliance, fire safety, environmental compliance during construction, entitlement tracking, community stakeholder communication. Triggers: code…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Third-Party
Benchmarks a GC's construction budget against market costs by CSI division, evaluates contract structure (GMP vs. cost-plus vs. stipulated sum), reviews GC fee and general conditions, and…
Updated 3 months ago
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Third-Party
Produces ground-up construction cost estimates by CSI MasterFormat division with regional adjustments, soft cost layering, contingency framework, and sensitivity analysis. Accepts floor plans,…
Updated 3 months ago
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Third-Party
Owner-side construction execution leader during vertical construction and major
renovations. Owns day-to-day coordination with the GC, schedule discipline, RFI and
submittal flow, safety oversight,…
Updated 3 months ago
Free download
Catalog note. Skills marked Third-Party were imported from external sources under their original licenses (e.g. Apache-2.0, MIT). They are redistributed verbatim and are not authored or endorsed by Adventures in CRE.
Attribution
The A.CRE Intelligence Hub catalog includes proprietary A.CRE skills and curated open-source skills from the broader industry. Each author is credited below.