by josh@kahrrealestate.com | Mar 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
When I first starting teaching real estate finance, Excel, Argus, and all of the combinations of those three things, everything was done live. This was back in the early 2000s. I didn’t have a viable remote option; the options that were available were slow,...
by josh@kahrrealestate.com | Mar 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
As I’ve mentioned in previous issues, I’m building a 5,000 SF coworking development in Verona, NJ. We open in May. In order to make this happen, I reached out to a number of potential competitors and did some “secret shopping”. One thing became...
by josh@kahrrealestate.com | Feb 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Way back in 2002, I started a little newsletter called “Kahr Notes”. I ran it for around 10 years, and then sometime in 2012, a combination of ennui brought on by too much travel mixed with a lack of time brought on by too much work led to its death....
by josh@kahrrealestate.com | Jan 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
I was interviewed by TBG’s Real Estate podcast about my coworking venture and whatever else they could come up with. It’s always a strange feeling for me to be interviewed; I spend so much time in front of people presenting or teaching that I’m not...
by josh@kahrrealestate.com | Dec 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
I just posted video #5 in my “Real Estate Private Equity Modeling Test” youtube series. I took a real estate modeling test from a large RE PE shop and I’m solving it one video at a time. As I go, I’m finding mistakes. The test is screwed up....
by josh@kahrrealestate.com | Dec 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’m pleased to announce that my partner, Jack O’Connell, and I are developing a new coworking space at 25 Pompton Avenue in Verona, New Jersey under our newly launched brand, “Essex Suites” (www.essexsuites.com) to open in April 2020. We will...
by josh@kahrrealestate.com | Dec 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
I just posted video #4 in my youtube series called “Real Estate Private Equity Modeling Test”. Basically, I took a real estate modeling test from a large RE PE shop and I solve it piece by piece. I’m in 1.5 hours so far. That said, I made a mistake...
by josh@kahrrealestate.com | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
There is a ratio that is extremely useful when determining whether or not a rate of condominium sales will be able to pay off the outstanding construction loan balance. It’s sort of like a breakeven calculation, but for debt and not equity. You could use this...
by josh@kahrrealestate.com | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ve been teaching real estate financial modeling for almost 20 years. In that time, I’ve only done live classes. I never wanted to do prerecorded content because who has the patience and focus to watch 15 hours of prerecorded material? The solution is...
by josh@kahrrealestate.com | Apr 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’m pleased to say that I’ll be teaching Real Estate Finance 1 again at Columbia University’s MS in Real Estate Development program this Summer. I’ve taught there since 2005 every year as an Adjunct Associate Professor and in that time...
