Commercial Real Estate Investment E-Learning for planEASe

The commercial real estate investment and development e-learning for planEASe walks you through case studies of commercial real estate financial analysis. The e-learning is completely free, but does require that you register for the free planEASe trial software. If you are new to commercial real estate financial analysis, try starting with the unit investment e-learning topic. All the E-learning commercial real estate investment for planEASe has practical example text and movies. The movies are broken into segments that generally do not exceed 5 minutes. In addition to the e-learning case studies here, there are e-learning movies available from within the software.

How to use E-learning for planEASe - 4:55 Min

The best way to learn planEASe is to install the planEASe Trial or the System Version of planEASe. Then use the "Train as you go" Videos that are accessed from the "HowToStart" or "Video" menu items.

In addtions to the "Train as you go" videos below are a few complete tutorial style walk through from practical examples.

E-learning Topic ~ Web Publishing ~ Click for Practical Example Walk Through

The planEASe Web Publication Service is a simple-to-use system that will essentially create a website from your analysis, so you can present your analysis over the web.

E-learning Topic ~ Unit Investments ~ Click for Practical Example Walk Through

This walk through is useful for investments like Apartments, Self-Storage, Mobile Home Parks, Marina Slips, Multi-Family, etc. The step by step method does not assume that you have any experience with planEASe, although any prior experience will make the walk through more pleasant. The example includes a Purchase and Sale, 10 year holding period, multiple income streams, multiple expense items, and 'What If' scenarios. Many risk ratios and measures like cash-on-cash and IRR are discussed in the suggested reports section.

E-learning Topic ~ Time to Sell? ~ Click for Practical Example Walk Through

This training topic shows you how to use planEASE to determine if it is time to sell your investment. First, you will find the investment base (sale proceeds) if the property is sold now. Second, you will find out what the return (IRR) would be if you leave this investment base in the current property using your own assumptions.

E-learning Topic ~ Development Commercial (Apartment, Self Storage) ~ Click for Practical Example Walk Through

This walk through is useful for Apartments, Self-Storage, Mobile Home Parks, Marina Slips, Multi-Family, Retail, Office, or Industrial Development projects. The step by step method does not assume that you have any experience with planEASe, although any prior experience will make the walk through more pleasant. The case study is Apartments, and the main topics will be entering the development costs, lease up of the units, and construction draw loan. Many 'what if' scenarios are coved in the sensitivity and risk movies.

E-learning Topic ~ Development Unit Sales (Land Development, Subdivision) ~ Click for Practical Example Walk Through

This walk through is useful for Unit Sales, Land Development, Subdivision, or Condo Development projects. The step by step method does not assume that you have any experience with planEASe, although any prior experience will make the walk through more pleasant. The case study is homesites, and the main topics will be entering the development costs, sales of the homesites, and construction draw loan. Many 'what if' scenarios are covered in the sensitivity and risk movies.

E-learning Topic ~ Tenant Representation ~ Click for Practical Example Walk Through

The only way to compare multiple leases for Tenant Representation with one file in planEASe is before tax utilizing the Lease Analysis. Lease Analysis only computes the Rev Revenue Pages. This training shows you how to make the Rev Revenue positive/negative, and combine them to accurately represent the lease. The main idea is to accurately represent what will happen to each lease, then compare them.

E-learning Topic ~ Owner Representation ~ Click for Practical Example Walk Through

The only way to compare multiple leases for Owner Representation with one file in planEASe is before tax utilizing the Lease Analysis. Lease Analysis only computes the Rev Revenue Pages. This training shows you how to make the Rev Revenue positive/negative, and combine them to accurately represent the lease. The main idea is to accurately represent what will happen to each lease, then compare them.