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Category Archives: Discounted Cash Flows
Refinancing Ahead? Get faster & smarter at DSCR negotiations
The fastest and easiest way to prepare for negotiations is to rapidly visualise the DSCR narrative. A compelling story of what can unfold going forwards is essential for a CRE lender. As the landscape of Commercial Real Estate (CRE) investment continues to evolve, one metric has surged back into the spotlight: the Debt Service CoverageContinue reading “Refinancing Ahead? Get faster & smarter at DSCR negotiations”
Bridging the Gap: how to overcome AI Excel Modelling fears in Commercial Real Estate
Managers that understand Validation vs. Verification are more likely to lead and benefit from AI adoption to generate rapid and safer client cashflows. Given today’s pace of change, it’s crucial to keep up with emerging technologies, especially in the realm of AI and automated modelling. Team labour required to put deals together is at theContinue reading “Bridging the Gap: how to overcome AI Excel Modelling fears in Commercial Real Estate”
Deal Narratives & Cashflow Tales
In Commercial Real Estate (CRE), the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) method is more than a valuation tool; it’s a storyteller. Institutional clients, investors, financiers and governance officers, seek clarity and comprehension. To this end they are drawn to the narrative strength of DCFs. Story structures are naturally accessible, highly memorable and can be communicated toContinue reading “Deal Narratives & Cashflow Tales”
NEW: FindIRR Deal Emails
The first Commercial Real Estate IRRs geared for emails. FindIRR.com, the free-to-access community tool for Commercial Real Estate professionals, is reimagining the use of your deal emails and sharing of IRRs. Instead of sifting through spreadsheet files or Argus/MRI files or even Forbury-styled Excel-oriented cash flow software, what if you could simply open your email,Continue reading “NEW: FindIRR Deal Emails”
ChatGPT and real estate cash flows
Is the explosion of ChatGPT about to disrupt the livelihoods of real estate investment analysts any time soon? And will opportunities at entry level be at risk? Who, how and what will be produced to satisfy the ongoing institutional needs for discounted cash flow modelling and demands of acquisition, asset management and client reporting dueContinue reading “ChatGPT and real estate cash flows”
What is IRR?
What is the Internal Rate of Return? This article is not intended to be a recital of academic articles of which there are many on the internet. This is intended as a practical guide to use IRR in the everyday office workplace, particularly, in the Commercial Real Estate investment management industry. The Theory The IRR,Continue reading “What is IRR?”
Avison Young highlight new use case
UK Councils recently invested well in excess of £6 billion per annum and there are no signs of this activity stopping. We are delighted that Avison Young’s trialling of Dashflow highlights a new use case in this space: City Council teams do not commonly spend vast amounts on traditional enterprise software like Argus Enterprise orContinue reading “Avison Young highlight new use case”
Morgan Stanley: Everything is a DCF
It’s official: gone are the good old days of all-risk-yield-driven Investment Valuations satisfying best-in-class practices as a primary methodology. While experienced dealmakers know when they see a good deal, best-in-class investors require due diligence (‘DD’) to back-up any deal instincts or implicitly mysterious arguments for a quick desktop valuation. Since the 1990s this DD workloadContinue reading “Morgan Stanley: Everything is a DCF”