Best Way to Learn RE Modeling

Hey all, just wondering what's the best way to learn RE modeling for a career switcher. Currently in consulting and just completed the BIWS Fundamentals of Modeling to get some background. Buying another BIWS course seems pretty pricey, so I want to make sure that's the best out there before pulling the trigger. Any advice on BIWS vs other paid / free options?

Thanks!

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Adventuresincre.com is really good. You can download free models from their website and they even have a youtube channel where they upload videos showing how to build their models step by step. On top of that, Joshua Kahr has a good youtube channel for basics to real estate finance & modelling and he even has a document with a bunch of REPE case studies on his website.

 

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I was in a similar position last year- was considering pulling the trigger on BIWS, but I'm glad I didn't. Go through the basics on a.cre, especially his 'watch me build' case study (https://www.adventuresincre.com/watch-model-real-estate-technical-inter…) and get your hands on foundations of real estate financial modelling by Roger Staiger (plenty of pdf's floating around). When you get the basics, get your hands on as many case studies as possible- check out Josh Kahr, he recently uploaded a case study doc. I'd say the best way to learn this is by doing it and figuring out how to solve them instead of following a guide, as during recruiting you'll be expected to build from scratch and you won't have those BIWS, etc templates to look at.

 

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