Valuation Methods for Real Estate

 There are several valuation methods used for real estate, including:

Types of Preferred Equity

 Preferred equity is a type of investment that gives the holder priority over common equity shareholders in terms of receiving dividends and in the distribution of assets in the event of a company's liquidation. There are several different types of preferred equity, including the following:

Car Wash Business Sustainability: Chemical Waste Reduction and Efficient Water Usage Practices

 Reducing chemical waste and water usage in your car wash business can have both environmental and financial benefits. Here are some tips that can help you achieve this goal:

Apartment Building / Self-Storage / Multi-Family Real Estate Underwriting Model - Includes Joint Venture Waterfalls

 I love this template. If you are involved in real estate acquisitions, new construction, or perform real estate underwriting for apartment buildings, multi-family, or self-storage, this template will be useful to you. Anything that has units and monthly rent can be plugged into the assumptions. With this robust deal analyzer that focuses on value-add metrics, you can easily see the full financial picture of potential real estate deals.

When are Lending Businesses At Highest Risk for Failure?

 There are several factors that can make it difficult for a lending business to make a profit, including:

Joint Venture Structure: Cumulative Distributions

 A lot of the financial modeling I do around joint venture focuses on real estate and preferred returns, preferred equity, and IRR hurdles. However, one type of joint venture deal that is more common in other business sectors is the cumulative distribution hurdle approach.

Opportunity in Mobile Home Park Investing

 Let's explore where there is opportunity in mobile home parks. Do they just print money? Just like any real estate asset class, there is risk and reward. Jumping into mobile home parks requires strategy just like anything else.

Accounts Receivable Optimization: Reducing AR Days

 Accounts receivable days is just the average length of time it takes to collect on an invoice. Simple terms, this just means if you submit an invoice to a customer, how long does it take that customer to pay you? As your customer counts rise, this because an important focus and has important implications for working capital, growth, and general reduction in the need for expensive financing options (interest expenses).

The faster cash is collected, the faster it can be re-invested into your business.

Building an Accounting System in Excel

 One of the coolest spreadsheet templates I've ever build was this financial statement producer. It does almost everything you can ask and has logic/formulas built in for all accounting journal entries possible. It works with accrual or cash basis as well.

What Makes a Good Payroll Spreadsheet?

 Excel and Google Sheets are great for all sorts of things. Calculating payroll is one of them if you are a small business.