FINANCIAL MODELLING CRASH COURSE

Learn how to structure and use real estate financial models to test deals, assess risk, and make confident investment decisions - in under 60 minutes.

Designed for busy real estate professionals who want clarity, confidence, and speed when analysing deals.

WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR...

This course is designed specifically for:

  • Real estate analysts who want to build faster, cleaner, more reliable financial models

  • Investment professionals who need to confidently assess deals using IRR and equity multiple

  • Surveyors and development professionals moving into acquisition or investment roles

  • Asset managers who want to properly understand the numbers behind performance

  • Graduates or career switchers trying to break into real estate finance

  • Anyone frustrated with overly complex Excel models that are difficult to trust or explain

If you’ve ever…

  • Opened a financial model and had no idea where to start

  • Spent hours trying to fix formulas or understand assumptions

  • Felt unsure whether an IRR calculation was correct

  • Struggled to explain investment returns to colleagues or clients

  • Worried your modelling skills are holding back your career progression

…this crash course is for you.

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

IN UNDER 1 HOUR

The Structure Behind Every Real Estate Model.

Learn how professional models are built using Inputs – Calculations – Outputs, and why structure determines speed, accuracy and usability.

Understanding Real Deal Cash Flow.

Break down NOI, cash flow from real estate, acquisition costs, debt movements and exit value to understand where returns actually come from.

Levered Returns and Equity Requirements.

Learn how financing impacts IRR, profit, equity multiple and peak equity exposure - and why modelling is about more than just returns.

Testing Risk and Investment Break Points.

See how changing assumptions like exit yield, costs or interest rates can quickly change whether a deal works - and how flexible models make scenario testing easy.

The SMART Modelling Method©.

In this crash course you’ll be introduced to the The SMART Modelling Method© used in EiP's consultancy and training:

Scope – define what the model needs to do

Model – build clear structured logic

Audit – check assumptions and formulas

Review – walk stakeholders through outputs

Transition – ensure models are usable by others

WHY MOST FINANCIAL MODELLING TRAINING FAILS...

Many training programmes are overly theoretical and disconnected from real deal analysis.

Professionals are often taught by people who don’t actively build models in live transactions - leading to models that are:

  • Overcomplicated

  • Difficult to audit

  • Prone to errors

  • Slow to update

  • Hard to explain to decision-makers

This crash course focuses purely on practical, real-world modelling approaches used by active real estate professionals.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Lucy Gordon.

Founder and CEO of Excel in Property

After launching my own financial modelling business in 2019, I quickly realised how privileged I was to have received top-tier training and expertise at my previous company.

Time and again, when clients sent over their internal models, I was astonished by their complexity – models that were difficult to follow, riddled with errors, and lacking the flexibility essential for real-world decision-making. Even simple tasks would take hours because of overcomplicated and impractical structures.

It became clear that robust financial modelling skills were not a given. Analysts were often being trained by non-analysts, and the training programmes on offer were overly theoretical, failing to mirror the practical realities of analysing real estate deals.

Drawing on my hands-on experience modelling over £3bn of real estate assets across multiple asset classes, I set up my own training business to provide straightforward, real-life guidance to others. I’m now proud to serve as a RICS trainer, delivering practical DCF training that truly reflects the way professionals work in the field.

WHAT REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS ARE SAYING...

“I’ve been away from modelling for a few years – this crash course was a great way to get back into it. I’m signing up for the Academy next.”

Director, Real Estate

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