The Real Estate Development Modeling Master Class (Udemy.com)
The Complete Guide To Building Real Estate Development Pro Forma Models From Scratch For Smarter Real Estate Investing
Created by: Justin Kivel
Last updated August 2026
What you will learn
- How to build dynamic, institutional-grade real estate development models from scratch in Excel
- How to model construction loan draws and equity funding to finance ground-up development projects
- How to model dynamic revenue and expense projections during the lease-up of a newly built development project
- How to model construction budget cash flows over time to reflect projected costs during a development project
How it compares
Against the other 75 rated Udemy courses in Real Estate on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 58% of them
- Reviews2,201#11 of 76 by number of reviews
- Length19.1 hourslonger than 98% of them
- Last updatedAugust 2026more recently than 68% of them
Course Description
Welcome to The Real Estate Development Modeling Master Class!
This course will walk you step-by-step through building a complete, institutional-quality real estate development model for ground-up construction projects. And at the end of the class, you’ll have a complete, dynamic pro forma template that you've built from scratch in Excel.
My name is Justin Kivel, and throughout my career, I've worked on over $1.5 billion of closed real estate investment transactions, working for and with some of the largest real estate investment, brokerage, and lending firms in the world. And through the Break Into CRE coursework, I've also taught over 100,000 students real estate financial modeling and analysis.
This course was designed to be a practical, step-by-step guide to building a real estate development model from scratch in Excel, even for someone without years of experience in the real estate industry. And at the end of the class, you'll have a fully functional, dynamic, institutional-quality development model that you've created.
So whether you're a real estate entrepreneur looking to build out a model to analyze your own development projects, or you're trying to land an analyst or associate role at a top real estate development firm, this course will give you the confidence and the skills you'll need to take your career to the next level.
At the end of this course, you'll be able to:
Build an institutional-quality, dynamic real estate development model from scratch in Excel
Utilize Excel shortcuts and hotkeys to improve your modeling speed
Modify and customize existing real estate development templates to analyze different scenarios
Model key investment metrics including stabilized yield on cost, IRR, and equity multiple
Build a dynamic construction budget using an "S-Curve" framework
Model dynamic lease-up revenue and expenses that change automatically as construction timelines change
Build out floating-rate construction loan draws, dynamic equity draws, and permanent take-out financing to model the financing of a development deal
Here's what some of our students have had to say:
★★★★★ "I have taken other RE Development courses and they were over-complicated and hard to follow, this course was just the opposite. As with all his other courses, Justin delivers a clear and easy to follow lesson, making him easily the best Real Estate modeling instructor on the internet. I honestly bought this course within 3 minutes of its release, and it was worth every penny.”
★★★★★ "I've been in CRE valuation, investment sales brokerage, and realty capital for over 30 years, and I've never taken a class with this much detailed content. Justin not only crushes this course, but more importantly pulls back the curtain on how institutional investors view and model their deals. You'd have to work at an institutional PE or CRE firm for years to learn what he is offering here. It's not an easy walk but if one can master this content, you can size and model anything in the CRE universe. Congrats, Justin - job well done!"
★★★★★ "Another flagship course by Justin! First, it's all about the thoroughness of the course design (takes me step-by-step). Second, and more importantly, Justin keeps the communications going with his students. I am experiencing this myself and you could verify this by how many I post in the Q&A section, and how many got answered. I don't get this treatment often."
★★★★★ "Something that I've been looking for for a long time! I feel like I understand how to approach almost any RE modeling going forward."
★★★★★ "I've taken several real estate financial modeling courses to improve my skill level for my job. This is by far the best I have taken. Everything is taught step by step with clear instruction and explanations of formulas."
★★★★★ "Another great course taught by Justin, this was filled with many in depth excel modeling techniques to implement when forming a development model. Trying to break into CRE finance/ development can be tough and these skills can really give you an upper hand on the competition. Thanks!!"
If you’re ready to get started building your development model with me, I’d love to have you in class - go ahead and click that "Buy Now" button, and I’ll see you on the inside of the course!
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
2,201 Reviews
Justin Kivel
Master real estate financial modeling, advance your career, and earn more money.
If you’re an aspiring real estate investment professional looking to break into the real estate investment field, or a current real estate professional looking to advance your career and increase your compensation, you’re in the right place.
My name is Justin Kivel, and I’m a real estate investment professional with a love for teaching. Throughout my career, I’ve worked on over $1.5 billion of closed acquisitions across multifamily, retail, office, and mixed-use properties. I’ve had the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in real estate investing and have spent almost a decade in the industry across private equity, finance, and brokerage roles.
Unfortunately, most of what I know today I had to learn on the job. Although great courses exist on Microsoft Excel and financial modeling, I couldn’t find a resource that was specifically tailored toward real estate investment professionals that would actually walk me through exactly what I needed to know to succeed in the real estate investment industry.
These courses are that resource.
After dozens of phone calls and coffee meetings with college students and aspiring real estate investment professionals, I realized that most people were asking exactly what I was asking when I was in their shoes.
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Reviews
By Venus D on 9/16/2024
Justin, thank you so much for making accesible this course! This is the 3rd of your courses that im taking and i'm going for more (bought 3 more). Again I want to thank you a lot for your time, for answering all my questions and for making this awesome material. I will of course leave a 10/10 review, you deserve it!
By Nick McIntyre on 12/3/2023
This guy is next level amazing at what he does! I was not able to get the same calculations having much higher interest rates. I hoped I can learn how to understand all the thought into the advanced formulas, understand how to use this, and hope it functions correctly. The Checks tab at the end did not produce green OKs like his did.
By Spencer J Lapointe on 9/17/2022
Amazing course which I used to help prepare for a modelling interview. The level of complexity in the model is perfect to make whatever you might face in an interview setting seem easy. The delivery of the course is shockingly error free which makes each lesson flow so much smoother and efficient. Thanks.
By Marshall Johnson on 1/11/2022
Justin is very thorough. It's one thing to teach a modeling course, but he goes above and beyond to teach you how to fix your mistakes. I'll be using this development sheet to work on my own deals from now on!
By DJ Gregory on 10/22/2020
Well spoken and perfect pace for my style.
By Jacob Johnston on 10/21/2020
The best course I have ever taken.
By Petar Elieff on 10/15/2020
gr8st ever
By Daniel Wright on 10/11/2020
This course really was fantastic just like the rest of Justin's courses. I cannot recommend them enough !
By Omar Yunus on 10/7/2020
Looking good so far, though this seems like it is very focused on multifamily projects, and I was hoping for something broader.
By Albani V on 10/6/2020
Thank you!!
By Emmanuel Simon on 10/2/2020
I spend most of my time designing buildings - this course has helped me see Real Estate from a new and refreshing perspective! I would recommend it to anybody working in the building industry.
By Filippo Borzatta on 9/27/2020
Valuable step by step building, but tricky to use a second time given the circularity of some formulas. Need to practice more on excel myself
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Overall Score : 94 / 100










