Learn Commercial Real Estate Free, Open and Built on Real Data
The skills professionals use to price, finance and judge commercial property, taught in plain language with real Florida numbers, working calculators and steps you can apply to a live deal. No tuition, no sign-up.
After 39 years in commercial real estate, I believe the knowledge behind good investment decisions should be open to anyone willing to do the work. Every course here is written from the deals and data we work with every day, and each lesson ends with what to do with it on a real property.
— Michael R. Linton, Florida Broker #BK703722
Financial Analysis for Commercial Real Estate
Time value of money, NOI, cap rates, loan sizing, leverage, DCF, NPV and IRR, taught through one Florida property, with “Apply it” steps and a capstone underwriting.
NOI · cap rate · DSCR · debt yield · NPV · IRR
Market Analysis
Reading a submarket: population and job growth, supply and permits, rents, absorption, pricing and distress, with live data for six Central Florida counties, plus a demand estimate and a one-page submarket brief.
Demand · supply · pricing · distress · demand estimate
Lease or Own: The User’s Decision
How a business decides whether to lease or buy its space, and how owners price leases: effective rent, tenant improvements, sale-leasebacks.
Net effective rent · lease vs buy · TI
Investment Structures and Returns
Partnerships, preferred returns, waterfalls, refinancing and disposition strategy for multi-year holds.
Waterfalls · pref · refinance · exit
Negotiating Commercial Deals
Letters of intent, due diligence periods, price and terms, and using your underwriting as your negotiating case.
LOI · diligence · terms
Distressed Assets and Non-Performing Loans
Bank-owned property, note sales, loan pricing and workouts: how distress is found, valued and resolved, from the lender’s side of the table.
REO · NPL pricing · workouts
Tools That Go With the Courses
- Commercial real estate calculators: NOI, cap rate, DSCR, loan sizing, NPV, IRR and more.
- Glossary: plain-English definitions with Florida examples.
- Linton Global Market Map: county and ZIP code data for practice and real deals.
Educational content only, not investment, tax or legal advice. These courses are original material from Linton Global Solutions and are not affiliated with, endorsed by or a substitute for any professional designation program.