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The Real Estate Financial Modeling Interview Exam Guide

How To Ace Your Real Estate Financial Modeling Interview Exam For Real Estate Investing Careers
Highest Rated
Rating: 4.8 out of 54.8 (434 ratings)
2,291 students
Created by Justin Kivel
Last updated 4/2021
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30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • The ability to build a functional, dynamic real estate financial model from scratch
  • Be fully prepared to ace your real estate financial modeling interview exam questions, regardless of what questions are thrown at you
  • Stand out from your competition and maximize your compensation by becoming the most desirable job candidate for any role

Requirements

  • Access to Microsoft Excel for PC or Mac
  • A basic understanding of real estate finance and financial modeling is recommended

Description

Want to land a six-figure job in private equity real estate investing?

According to CEL & Associates, Inc., the 2020 median total compensation for an acquisitions associate in retail, office/industrial, and multifamily was $137K, $143K, and $121K, respectively. This course will teach you the core fundamental Excel financial modeling skills necessary to land one of these jobs and succeed in your first commercial real estate investing role.

The opportunity in private equity real estate investing careers is HUGE. Top-tier salaries and bonuses, the ability to invest in big deals, and, unlike investment banking, a work-life balance that will general allow you to keep your friends and family and sleep more than 3 hours per night.

But breaking in isn't easy. In fact, many of these jobs require a real estate financial modeling interview exam to test your knowledge and ability to contribute from day one.

Yup, that's right. Writing "proficient in Microsoft Excel" on your resume won't cut it for these roles. The best firms (the ones you actually want to work for) will likely test your real estate financial modeling chops with a timed exam.

These firms want to know your knowledge and skill sets in five main categories:

  1. Microsoft Excel Formulas & Functions

  2. Real Estate Finance

  3. Commercial Real Estate Lease Modeling

  4. Cash Flow Statement Modeling

  5. ARGUS Export Modeling

This exam is usually the last "gatekeeper" for the most coveted private equity real estate investing analyst and associate jobs at multifamily, retail, office, and industrial investment firms.

This course will teach you how to ace that exam.

This is NOT a beginner course. If you're just starting out in real estate investing and real estate financial modeling, this course likely isn’t for you.

BUT if you have a basic understanding of real estate investing and real estate financial modeling and you're either applying for jobs or preparing for an interview at a real estate investment firm, this course will give you an unfair advantage to land the job you're looking for and stand head and shoulders above your peer group.

I'm not really sure why, but it feels like this information is hidden. While investment banking analysts and other professionals generally know what they're getting into with an interview exam, real estate financial modeling exams generally feel like Pandora's box.

When I was interviewing for jobs, no one could seem to tell me what I had to know.

I honestly didn't even know where to look.

So, after taking multiple of these exams, and actually creating these exams for incoming analysts and associates, I decided to create this resource for anyone looking to break into the real estate private equity field.

You can do this.

You just need to be prepared and KNOW what you're going to be asked ahead of time, and HOW you should answer those questions.

Firms are looking for a THOUGHT PROCESS and MODELING EFFICIENCY - and you're going to learn how to master both of these things in this course.

Here's what some of our students have had to say:

★★★★★ "Unbelievable value for money. It feels like I just accomplished an MBA in Real Estate Finance."

★★★★★ "Justin is a very clear instructor who can explain complex topics and formulas with ease. I have learned a ton from all of his courses and hope to use them to enhance my own career path! I highly recommend this course for anyone who is looking to sharpen their excel / real estate financial modeling skills and break into real estate investing."

★★★★★ "This course greatly helped as a refresher when interviewing for a large institutional Lending position. It also enabled me to be much more efficient in my modeling."

★★★★★ "Justin's classes are very clear and he drills the parts that you need to know continuously. It is also helpful that he continues to say the keyboard shortcuts so that you remember them."

★★★★★ "Awesome. Great way to end your programme of courses. I feel like I've definitely gone from a from scratch beginner to probably at the advance intermediate stage now. Many thanks for all your help in putting all these videos together!"

If you're ready to build your real estate financial modeling arsenal so you can tackle any questions that come your way on interview day, click the enroll button to get immediate access to five institutional-quality real estate private equity interview exams, with in-depth walk-throughs and explanations every step of the way.

See you on the inside.

Who this course is for:

  • Current or aspiring real estate investment professionals who want to increase their compensation and land a better job in real estate finance
  • Real estate investment job candidates who will be tested in real estate financial modeling during their interview

Featured review

Jerry Matthews
Jerry Matthews
19 courses
16 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 5a year ago
Awesome. Great way to end your programme of courses. I feel like I've definitely gone from a from scratch beginner to probably at the advance intermediate stage now. Many thanks for all your help in putting all these videos together!

Course content

9 sections • 117 lectures • 6h 18m total length

  • Preview01:51
  • Preview03:12
  • Preview02:38
  • DOWNLOAD ME FIRST!
    00:13
  • Disclaimer
    01:18

  • What Employers Are Looking For - Part 1
    04:07
  • What Employers Are Looking For - Part 2
    02:45
  • What Employers Are Looking For - Part 3
    02:07
  • What Employers Are Looking For - Part 4
    01:56
  • What Employers Are Looking For - Part 5
    02:44
  • Modeling Best Practices For Interview Day
    03:28

  • How To Find Values Using HLOOKUP
    07:10
  • How To Use VLOOKUP With Dynamic Month Toggles
    03:29
  • How To Call Out Cells Automatically Using Conditional Formatting
    03:05
  • How To Count Select Cells With COUNTIFS
    06:35
  • Creating A Test Using IF Statements
    03:59
  • Preview07:27
  • How To Sum Cash Flows For Only Certain Years
    05:31
  • How To Count The Number of Negative Cash Flows
    02:32
  • How To Sum All Negative (or Positive) Cash Flows
    02:04
  • How To Sum All Cash Flows In A Specific Year
    03:21
  • How To Find The Maximum Value in Any Data Array
    01:36
  • Dynamic Cash Flow Selection
    02:45
  • How To Return Values If Two or More Values Are True
    07:34
  • How To Return Values If AT LEAST One Criteria Is True
    03:21
  • Modeling Weighted Average Rents
    03:55
  • How To Round Values
    02:04
  • How To Calculate Rent Differentials (MAX & MIN)
    02:31
  • Calculating The Future Value of a Real Estate Investment
    03:18
  • Using Goal Seek To Determine Necessary Investment Growth Rates
    03:35
  • Simple IRR Calculations
    01:31
  • Calculating The XIRR With Uneven Dates
    01:41
  • NPV vs. XNPV
    02:39
  • Using Goal Seek To Solve For a Target IRR
    04:21
  • Using INDIRECT For Dynamic Sum Ranges (ADVANCED)
    04:53
  • Creating Data Tables To Sensitize Returns Based On Multiple Criteria
    05:24
  • Check-In - How Are You Feeling So Far?
    00:22

  • Calculating Monthly Debt Service
    04:55
  • Calculating Balloon Payments at the End of the Loan Term
    04:17
  • Modeling Debt Yield & DSCR
    02:53
  • Calculating LTV Based on Cap Rate Valuation
    01:50
  • Modeling Loan Sizing Based on DSCR
    02:18
  • Calculating The Levered Equity Multiple
    04:10
  • Calculating The Levered IRR Using XIRR
    02:37
  • Calculating Dynamic Cash-on-Cash Returns in Singular Years
    05:30
  • Sensitizing IRR Based on Cap Rate & LTV
    02:40
  • Calculating The Going-In Cap Rate
    01:26
  • Calculating The Total Monthly Loan Payment
    01:50
  • How To Calculate Future NOI WITHOUT Built-In Cash Flows
    02:39
  • How To Calculate a Loan Constant
    02:37
  • How To Calculate Cash-on-Cash Returns With I/O Loans
    02:31
  • Calculating The Break Even Ratio
    03:47
  • Calculating The Operating Expense Ratio
    01:09
  • Preview03:38
  • Calculating TI Allowance & Return on Cost
    03:14
  • Using Goal Seek To Calculate Minimum Acceptable Base Rent
    04:26
  • Check-In - Exam #2 Complete!
    00:22

  • CRE Lease Modeling Exam Introduction
    00:56
  • Calculating Lease Rent Growth
    04:35
  • Calculating Future Lease-Up TI Amounts
    05:45
  • Modeling Future Lease-Up Rent
    02:16
  • Calculating Future Lease Dates With Dynamic Downtime
    05:21
  • Modeling The Pro Rata Share
    01:42
  • NNN & FSG Lease Modeling
    02:01
  • Base Year Stop Modeling
    02:17
  • Modeling Hybrid Reimbursement Structures
    02:43
  • Calculating Leasing Commissions For New Leases
    03:02
  • Modeling Renewal Leasing Commissions
    02:27
  • Calculating Leasing Commissions Based on Renewal Probability
    02:30
  • Calculating Future Base Rent
    02:49
  • Calculating Percentage Rent Breakpoints
    01:32
  • Calculating Future Percentage Rent Payments (with Inflation)
    04:45
  • Check-In - Over The Hump
    00:31

  • CRE Cash Flow Modeling Exam Overview
    03:41
  • Modeling Dynamic Cash Flow Dates
    07:10
  • Dynamic Monthly GPR Growth
    04:50
  • Modeling Vacancy, Expenses, & NOI
    04:52
  • Modeling Dynamic Renovation Timing
    05:44
  • Modeling Purchase & Sale Metrics
    06:56
  • Modeling Loan Proceeds & Origination Fees
    02:53
  • Preview04:34
  • Dynamic Loan Payoff & Levered Net Cash Flow Modeling
    05:32
  • Model Clean-Up & Cash Flow Date Collars Using IF Statements
    04:36
  • Model Formatting
    03:42
  • Modeling Unlevered & Levered IRR
    03:15
  • Calculating Going-In Cap Rates Using Annualized Monthly NOI
    02:38
  • Modeling The Unlevered & Levered Equity Multiple
    02:30
  • Calculating Cash-on-Cash Returns for Specific Years (Dynamically)
    02:47
  • Calculating Going-In DSCR & Debt Yield
    02:41
  • Modeling Break Even Percentage & The Operating Expense Ratio
    03:25
  • How To Use Goal Seek To Value a Property Based on IRR Targets
    02:32
  • Check-In - The Home Stretch
    00:18

  • ARGUS Export Exam Introduction
    01:06
  • ARGUS Export Exam Overview
    02:30
  • Building Out Dynamic Annual Cash Flow "Roll-Up" Dates
    04:21
  • Building Out Dynamic Line Items
    02:10
  • How To Build Out Ten Years of Cash Flows in 5 Minutes
    05:44
  • Dynamic Purchase & Sale Metric Modeling & Cash Outflow Formatting
    06:40
  • Cash Flow Before Debt Service & CF Timing Collars
    02:12
  • CUMIPMT & CUMPRINC
    07:30
  • Dynamic Loan Payoff Modeling
    03:01
  • Cash Flow After Debt Service & Cash Flow Collars - Part 2
    01:56
  • How To Format a Model in Less Than 5 Minutes
    03:59
  • Going-In Cap Rate, Debt Yield, & DSCR
    02:46
  • Unlevered & Levered Equity Multiple - Update
    00:34
  • Unlevered & Levered IRR & Equity Multiple Modeling
    03:57
  • Average Cash-on-Cash Return Modeling with Variable Hold Periods
    07:01
  • Cash-on-Cash Formula Update
    00:47
  • Using Cash Flows To Determine Asset Stabilization
    04:25
  • Using Cash Flows To Determine Reimbursement Structures
    01:11
  • Calculating Value CAGR
    02:59
  • Modeling LTV at Exit
    02:13
  • Solving For Target IRR - Property Valuation Method
    04:50
  • Check-In - DONE.
    00:32

  • How To Use This Information
    01:54
  • What To Do Next
    02:02

  • Bonus Lecture - The Next Step
    00:33

Instructor

Justin Kivel
Real Estate Investing & Financial Modeling
Justin Kivel
  • 4.7 Instructor Rating
  • 14,509 Reviews
  • 39,124 Students
  • 19 Courses

Master real estate financial modeling, advance your career, and earn more money.

If you’re an aspiring real estate investment professional looking to break into the real estate investment field, or a current real estate professional looking to advance your career and increase your compensation, you’re in the right place.

My name is Justin Kivel, and I’m a real estate investment professional with a love for teaching. Throughout my career, I’ve worked on over $1.5 billion of closed acquisitions across multifamily, retail, office, and mixed-use properties. I’ve had the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in real estate investing and have spent almost a decade in the industry across private equity, finance, and brokerage roles.

Unfortunately, most of what I know today I had to learn on the job. Although great courses exist on Microsoft Excel and financial modeling, I couldn’t find a resource that was specifically tailored toward real estate investment professionals that would actually walk me through exactly what I needed to know to succeed in the real estate investment industry.

These courses are that resource.

After dozens of phone calls and coffee meetings with college students and aspiring real estate investment professionals, I realized that most people were asking exactly what I was asking when I was in their shoes.

“What skills do I actually need to know to break into the real estate investment industry, or advance in my current real estate investment career?”

These courses were created to teach you those skills.

Our students have gone on to land jobs at some of the top real estate investment, development, and brokerage firms across the globe, including Brookfield Asset Management, Hines, Starwood Capital Group, LaSalle Investment Management, Eastdil Secured, JLL, CBRE, and many more.

Over 35,000 current and aspiring real estate investment professionals have used these courses to help them ace real estate financial modeling interview exams to land their dream jobs, secure consulting gigs with top private equity firms, build (and rebuild) entire financial models from scratch, and confidently analyze their own potential real estate investments.

So whatever that next step in your real estate investment career looks like, these courses are here to help you get there as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Looking forward to seeing you in class!

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