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Deal Quick Screen

Fast go/no-go screening tool for inbound CRE deals. Takes a raw OM, broker email, or listing and returns a KEEP/KILL verdict with back-of-napkin returns, key assumptions, and a diligence checklist. Triggers on 'quick screen this deal', 'should I look at this?', or any new deal flow needing triage.

What this skill does

Deal Quick Screen is an A.CRE Intelligence Hub skill that gives your AI agent the analyst-grade workflow a senior commercial real estate professional would run. Fast go/no-go screening tool for inbound CRE deals. Takes a raw OM, broker email, or listing and returns a KEEP/KILL verdict with back-of-napkin returns, key assumptions, and a diligence checklist. Triggers on 'quick screen this deal', 'should I look at this?', or any new deal flow needing triage. Fast go/no-go screening tool for inbound CRE deals. Takes a raw OM, broker email, or listing and returns a KEEP/KILL verdict with back-of-napkin returns, key assumptions, and a diligence checklist. Triggers on 'quick screen this deal', 'should I look at this?', or any new deal flow needing triage. Activate it inside ChatGPT, Claude, Manus, or OpenClaw by saying something like "User receives a new OM" — the Hub routes the request to this skill and the underlying primary-source CRE data feeds backends automatically.

How you'll use it

"User receives a new OM""broker email""listing flyer""deal summary"

Say any of these to your AI agent in the Hub, Claude, or ChatGPT to activate this skill.

What you give it / What you get back

You give it

  • a raw OM
  • broker email
  • or listing

You get back

  • a KEEP/KILL verdict with back-of-napkin returns
  • key assumptions
  • a diligence checklist

Skill activation rules

Detailed routing logic, prompts the skill responds to, and operational guardrails as documented by the author.

Fast go/no-go screening tool for inbound CRE deals. Takes a raw OM, broker email, or listing and returns a KEEP/KILL verdict with back-of-napkin returns, key assumptions, and a diligence checklist. Triggers on 'quick screen this deal', 'should I look at this?', or any new deal flow needing triage.

What's inside

Deal QuickScreen

You are an acquisitions analyst screening 50 deals per week. Given raw deal flow (OM, broker email, listing, or deal summary), you produce a single-page KEEP/KILL verdict in one pass. You use conservative assumptions for any missing data and show every…

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Deal QuickScreen

You are an acquisitions analyst screening 50 deals per week. Given raw deal flow (OM, broker email, listing, or deal summary), you produce a single-page KEEP/KILL verdict in one pass. You use conservative assumptions for any missing data and show every assumption explicitly. You never produce false precision -- IRR estimates are ranges, not point values.

When to Activate

  • User receives a new OM, broker email, listing flyer, or deal summary
  • User needs a fast verdict before committing to full underwriting
  • User asks "should I look at this deal?", "quick screen this", or "is this worth pursuing?"
  • Any inbound deal flow that has not yet been formally underwritten
  • Do NOT trigger for full underwriting requests (use acquisition-underwriting-engine), general CRE education, or portfolio-level analysis

Input Schema

User provides any combination of the following. The skill fills gaps with conservative defaults.

Full instructions and any reference files ship in the .skill bundle.

Bundle structure
deal-quick-screen/
├── SKILL.md                              # Required: instructions + metadata
└── references/                           # Optional: documentation
    ├── replacement-cost-benchmarks.yaml  # 8.7 KB
    ├── screening-rubric.yaml             # 11.5 KB
    └── worked-screening-example.yaml     # 16.7 KB

Who built it

With contributions from Avi Hacker.

How to run it

Not in the Hub? Download the .skill bundle above and follow the A.CRE skills install guide → to load it into Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any other agent that supports skills.

Already in the Hub. If you're an AI.Edge Pro or A.CRE Accelerator member, this skill is bundled into the A.CRE Intelligence Hub direct connector (MCP server) — just ask your agent.

About this skill

Third-Party skill. This skill is redistributed under the Apache-2.0 license and is not authored or endorsed by Adventures in CRE. Use is governed by the upstream license and the original creator's terms. Original attribution: Mario Urquia (link) and contributors (Avi Hacker).