Years CRE Experience
($bn) Closed
($bn) Undewritten
Successful Startups
Experience
Stablewood
- One of the founding partners and member of the Investment Committee at Stablewood.
- Helped develop a proprietary platform that partially automated sourcing, closing, managing, and selling nearly $500M in commercial real estate.
- Negotiated terms with and managed relationships of the firm's institutional equity partners and national lenders.
- Helped lead a growing organization with a team of over 40 full-time and outsourced investment, data, technology, legal, and due diligence professionals.
A.CRE
Adventures in CRE (www.AdventuresInCRE.com or A.CRE) is the industry's go-to place for commercial real estate financial modeling, education, and career advancement resources.
Started by Spencer Burton and Michael Belasco during their graduate studies at Cornell University, A.CRE helps over 200,000 unique visitors monthly (as of 2023) analyze real estate investments, learn to build real estate Excel models themselves, better understand a career in CRE, make CRE education decisions, and leverage AI in real estate.
- Personally built and shared 40 institutional-quality real estate models and analysis modules that have collectively been downloaded over 250,000 times.
- Co-created the A.CRE Accelerator, the industry-standard for real estate financial modeling training used by top CRE companies and university programs worldwide. The program consists of 23 courses, 25 case studies, over 50 Watch Me Build videos, numerous advanced Excel models/modules, and seven custom-curricula.
- Wrote and published over 350 articles on real estate financial modeling, artificial intelligence, careers, and education.
Paul Trueman
Working with Artur has been a pleasure. Better yet - I alerted them of a minor issue before going to sleep. The issue was fixed the next morning. I couldn't ask for better support. Thank you Artur! This is easily a 5 star freelancer.
Northwestern Mutual Real Estate
Northwestern Mutual Real Estate ("NMRE") is one of the largest real estate investors in the nation, with $45 billion in commercial mortgage and equity investments across all major property types, including apartments, office, retail and industrial.
- Sourced, evaluated, and closed new real estate acquisition, development, and debt opportunities.
- Served as investment manager for the regions of Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.
Natalya Dorris
Working with Artur has been a pleasure. Better yet - I alerted them of a minor issue before going to sleep. The issue was fixed the next morning. I couldn't ask for better support. Thank you Artur! This is easily a 5 star freelancer.
Grupo 9 Grados
Land Group, S.A. (DBA Grupo 9 Grados) developed innovative housing communities for working class Panamanians.
- Analyzed potential international real estate development opportunities and led site selection, entitlement, and design.
- Developed financial models and analysis; communicated recommendations to partners for consideration in purchasing development properties.
- Helped craft strategic plan, organize company divisions, and develop marketing strategy.
- Lived in Panama where I managed the day-to-day land acquisition, design, entitlement, construction, sales, and closing activities of the firm.
Sydney Cooper Lending Group
- Co-crafted concept for a mortgage brokerage that within the first year was originating ~$15 million per month in residential mortgage volume.
- Developed marketing and financial strategy; co-managed two branches with over 35 employees.
Brokerage - Various
- Focused on commercial and investment-oriented offerings; specifically new residential construction and development.
- Led or assisted in the risk analysis, acquisition, due diligence, entitlement and marketing of eight residential/mixed use development projects.
- Sourced and assessed hundreds of properties and completed thousands of hours of due diligence on behalf of my investor/developer clients.
Education
Cornell University
Awarded the Baker Fellowship, Cornell University's full-tuition fellowship given to two Baker Program in Real Estate students who have shown "extraordinary community, professional, and academic leadership.
Florida State University
Average 3.98 in Economics, Business, Statistics, Marketing, and Accounting courses. Valedictorian at FSU’s international campus in the Republic of Panama.
Blog
Generative AI and Commercial Real Estate
As many of you know, I’ve been on an exciting journey diving into the world of generative AI and exploring…
Stablewood Properties – Data and Tech-Infused Real Estate Investor
In early 2020, I had the pleasure to join the Stablewood Properties team as its Head of Investments. Since that…
A.CRE Accelerator Real Estate Financial Modeling Courses
In January of this year (2019), Michael and I published our first comprehensive real estate financial modeling training program to…
Real Estate Financial Models in Excel
Since launching Adventures in CRE over four years ago, I have shared dozens of real estate financial models. These models…
Job Board for Commercial Real Estate Professionals
Searching for a professional job in commercial real estate is not an easy task. I know from personal experience. I started my…
Series on Graduate Real Estate Programs
About six months ago, I set out to research and write six, in-depth profiles on the top graduate real estate programs…
Stochastic Modeling Series
I’m working on a new series on probabilistic modeling over at my blog, adventuresincre.com. Real Estate analysis tends to be…
Technical Real Estate Interview
A common a inquiry I receive from readers of my blog, especially from aspiring real estate professionals still in college,…
The Floating Summary Box
I want to direct you to another blog post I recently wrote. Titled: Real Estate Modeling Tip: The Floating Summary…
Fundamentals of Real Estate Financial Modeling in Excel
In response to recent inquiries about how to become proficient in real estate modeling, I posted an article on my…
Four Tier Equity Waterfall Model
When I finished my graduate real estate studies at Cornell, I felt entirely prepared for the new side of real estate…
ARGUS Training Resources
Having a working knowledge of ARGUS DCF is crucial to analyzing real estate investments; especially if you are investing in…
Real Estate Careers Series
In my real estate career series, I discuss how real estate as a career is widely misunderstood. To the layperson,…
My Excel Real Estate Models Library
Over at my blog, I share a few of the Excel real estate financial models I’ve built over the years….
Masters in Real Estate vs. MBA
I recently wrote a piece over at my blog that discusses the reasons why I chose a Masters in Real…
Excel Tips for Real Estate Modeling
On my blog, you’ll find numerous Excel tips that make real estate modeling faster, more accurate, and easier to understand….