Public Course
Real Estate Masterclass
- Overview
- What you'll learn
- Course Information
- What is a Virtual Classroom
- Prerequisites
Real estate as an asset class requires an understanding of specific industry terminology, an analytical approach to modeling both indirect and direct property level cash flows and an assessment of capital investment structures including debt structuring and equity waterfall analysis.
On Day 1, delegates on this two-day course will be introduced to real estate terminology and real estate related cashflows, measures and return metrics. They will also apply modeling techniques to indirect property investments including REIT analysis and valuation.
On Day 2, delegates will focus on direct real estate investment including land acquisition and development, the analysis of construction costs using the average spread and normal distribution approaches, assess property characteristics, establish unlevered and levered cashflows and model amortized and interest only debt repayment structures and equity waterfall returns analysis based on limited partner and general partner joint venture arrangements.
Day 1 - Learning outcomes
Overview of the real estate industry and terminology
- Definition of specific real estate industry terms
- Distinction between direct and indirect property investing
- Assessment of indirect property investing platforms
Understanding real estate cashflow measures and metrics
- Calculation of cashflow measures including NPV, IRR, XIRR, MIRR, DSCR, cash on cash Return and money multiples
RE financial modeling best practice and excel fundamentals
- Excel keyboard shortcuts
- Functions and formulas useful for real estate modeling
- Best practice and principles of three statement modeling
REIT Valuation and modeling
- Financial statement analysis - rental growth, NOI margin, Funds from Operations and Adjusted Funds from Operations
- Financial forecasting - rental growth, maintenance capex and investment capex
- Debt modeling - cash sweep, convenant testing and new debt issuance
- REIT valuation including multiples and cashflow valuation
Real estate scenarios and sensitivity analysis
- Building scenarios into models – Choose, Offset, Index and Match
- Running sensitivities on model outputs – One input data tables, Two input data tables, Three input data tables
Day 2 - Learning outcomes
Modeling land acquisition and development
- Creating dynamic dates schedules
- Identification and analysis of hard costs versus soft costs
- Allocating costs using straight line and normal distribution methodologies
- Modeling construction equity drawdown
- Modeling construction debt finance and interest roll-up
Modeling property level cashflows
- Calculating gross and net revenues
- Identifying and modeling property related costs
- Calculating net operating income, unlevered and levered cashflows
- Calculating property sale value
Modeling property related debt
- Applying interest only and amortizing principles to debt modeling
- Assessing the impact of debt structures on property level return cashflows
Modeling equity returns and waterfall structures
- Identifying joint venture relationships
- Assessing the distribution of property level cashflows via waterfall distribution structures
9.00am - 5.00pm GMT/BST/EST
2 days (non-exam)
Virtual Classroom training is a new and highly engaging way of delivering programs remotely with enhanced levels of interactivity compared to conventional webinars. In AMT’s Virtual Classroom participants are encouraged to activate their own webcams and mics throughout the class allowing for real-time engagement, both verbal and non-verbal, with fellow participants and their trainer. Participants can also share their screens to get instant assistance in any technical exercise; just like asking the trainer to walk over and help in the classroom! We have seen a step-change in participant engagement with this new technology. The trainer’s ability to see a selection of their participants’ faces in real-time, and to react to their verbal and non-verbal cues creates a remarkably realistic classroom-like experience.
We recommend delegates have a solid understanding of financial statement analysis (balance sheet, income statement and cash flow) and financial modeling skills.
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Pre-Requisites

Who should attend?
New hires who have joined the firm late and missed the in-house program
Individuals looking to fill a knowledge gap
Experienced bankers looking to refresh their technical skills
Teams employed in financial strategy roles from non-banking corporations
Graduates preparing to interview for a role in the finance sector
Students at business school and looking for a career in finance
What to use
You need to use a Windows-based laptop for the training with Excel and Adobe installed on your system to access your course files. Our teaching materials are designed for PCs and not MAC based systems. Download details for the necessary files will be emailed a few days before the course. You can use any version of MS Excel in class. Please inform us of your Excel version when booking your course.