Kahr’s Challenge Cases v.1

Over the last 15 years, I have collected real estate private equity modeling entrance exams from some of my former students. The cases run the gamut across product types and strategies. I have taken those “real world” examples, cleaned them up for clarity, adjusted...

Tit for Tat

One of my former grad students just reached out to me to see if I have any good examples of modeling tests for incoming analysts/associates in real estate private equity. She’s applying for a job, and she wants to be prepared. In this market, you need every edge...

Talking About Distress

Everything old is new again. Back in 2010, I taught a 1/2 quarter course at Kellogg (Northwestern University’s Business School) on “Special Topics in Real Estate Finance: Distressed Debt and Real Estate Private Equity”. It was a good class, and I...

Spending Free Time Wisely

This pandemic has given me time to think, and more importantly, time to create. I’ve been working on a bunch of higher-level Excel tools for analysis, and I’m going to get the chance to share what I’ve developed in an upcoming webinar with the Urban...