Commercial Real Estate Courses

By Tyler Cauble. Commercial real estate broker, developer, and educator.

Most first-time commercial real estate investors don't fail because the deals are too complicated. They fail because nobody ever showed them how the numbers actually work.

I build self-paced courses for that exact problem. Structured video instruction, the templates and spreadsheets I use on real deals, and the frameworks I teach inside Hamilton Development and the CRE Accelerator. You work through the material on your own time.

I'm Tyler Cauble. Founder of The Cauble Group, CEO of Hamilton Development (more than 2.1 million square feet acquired since 2019), author of Open for Business: The Insider's Guide to Leasing Commercial Real Estate, and the guy on the other side of 700-plus YouTube videos at @tylercauble.

If you're the kind of person who learns by watching, reading, and working through a problem on your own schedule, this is built for you. The Beginner's Guide is my flagship course, with more coming.

Enroll in the Beginner's Guide

The Beginner's Guide to Commercial Real Estate Investing


Self-paced video modules plus downloadable templates. Work through it at your pace, keep the templates forever, and come back to specific lessons when you need them.

Here's what you get when you enroll:

  • 6 modules, 80-plus lessons, 17-plus hours of video. Structured to walk you from "I've never bought commercial property" to "I can find, fund, and close my first deal."

  • 20-plus downloadable worksheets and resources. Worksheets you actually fill out, not just read.

  • Sample leases, checklists, and underwriting spreadsheets. A full template library valued at $2,500-plus if you bought it piece by piece.

  • 5 exclusive interviews with real estate experts. One in each part of the course. Real operators, real lenders, real lessons.

  • Lifetime access. Pause, re-watch, and reference the material as long as you need it.

Here's how the five parts are structured.

Part 1. Preparing for the Deal.

Educate yourself on commercial real estate, build your team of professionals (broker, attorney, CPA, GC, property manager), choose your property type, choose your investment strategy, and walk through BRRRR, development, and long-term hold case studies.

Part 2. Finding the Deal.

How to actually find commercial deals, how to evaluate them, how to run numbers on the opportunities you're seeing, why cash flow is king, how to dig into operating expenses, and how to perform your due diligence. This is the part most people skip in free content and pay for later in expensive mistakes.

Part 3. Funding the Deal.

The pros and cons of using leverage, the different types of commercial funding (bank, SBA, private, seller, creative), how to pitch lenders, how to raise capital from investors, why syndication might be your secret weapon, and creative acquisition and financing strategies.

Part 4. Operating the Deal.

Taking over operations after closing, hiring (or firing) a management company, managing the asset at a big-picture level, operational tax strategies, and how to market and lease your properties.

Part 5. Exiting the Deal.

The real impact of proper management on value, your options after stabilization, the new build versus the renovation call, and how to decide when to hold, sell, or refinance.

Bonus Module.

Deeper-topic lessons, behind-the-scenes content, and supplemental material that sits alongside the core five parts.

Who This Is For, and Who It's Not For

Same filter logic as the Accelerator. I'd rather you not enroll if it's not a fit.

This is for you if:

  • You're new to commercial real estate and want a structured path instead of a YouTube rabbit hole.

  • You learn best on your own time. You can watch at 11 pm after the kids are asleep, take a break for two weeks, and come back where you left off.

  • You want the actual templates and spreadsheets used on real deals, not generic download-and-guess files.

  • You're not ready (or not sure) to invest in a coaching program yet. The course gives you the fundamentals to decide.

This is not for you if:

  • You're already comfortable underwriting deals and writing offers. You're past this content. Look at the Accelerator instead.

  • You want a coach in the room when you're looking at a specific deal. The course doesn't do that. The Accelerator does.

  • You want guaranteed returns or a "system" that produces deals automatically. That product doesn't exist anywhere. Be careful of anyone selling it.

If the course isn't a fit, the Beginners pillar page is free and will get you a lot of the way there. Come back when you're ready for structure.

What Students Are Saying

I'm already almost done with your course, I spent the whole weekend doing it. I love it. It definitely opened my eyes to a lot of things, just how the deals get put together and the opportunities to get funding from investors. I always thought I could never do this. There's no way I can afford this. It's definitely something I'll be watching over and over again.

- Charles G.

Tyler's videos provided invaluable practical advice on critical topics like approaching building owners, lease structures, building out properties, etc. After a call with Tyler, his idea to create micro-spaces with multiple tenants rather than fewer larger ones increased potential income by $20,000 to $25,000 annually. Over the next 1.5 years with Tyler's ongoing advice, I developed the property, leased it out at max capacity, and now have a stable, cash flowing asset. I strongly recommend connecting with Tyler to learn commercial real estate investing.

- Chris T.

I thoroughly enjoyed taking this course and believe that it provided crucial information, in an easy to follow format, that will help me succeed in commercial real estate investing. As someone who is new to the game, Tyler's course provided valuable information on various different investing strategies and the needed due diligence steps to ensure success. One thing that I really found interesting was how Tyler incorporated real life examples into the course. I would highly recommend this course to anyone that is serious about CRE investing.

- Tom K.

Your teaching style is excellent, getting straight to the point. You also speak clearly. That makes the content easy to follow. Your section on underwriting was particularly useful to me. I'd say the course is a bargain to the person who is serious about investing in commercial real estate.

- Patrick S.

With little resources available for a CRE Broker starting out, this course is a saving grace. The course provides in depth explanations and real life examples to help prepare you for the world of commercial real estate brokerage. I can't recommend this course enough for someone interested in beginning their career.

- Tyler B.

 
 
 

Templates and Tools You'll Walk Away With

The templates are the part most courses skip. Generic "deal analyzer spreadsheets" you can find on forums are fine for residential. They break on commercial because they don't handle rent rolls, CAM reconciliation, tenant reimbursements, or NNN structures.

Enrolled students walk away with a full template library valued at $2,500-plus. Same documents I and my team reach for on live deals, not generic files pulled off the internet. Here's the full list of downloads included with the course.

Underwriting and financial worksheets

  • NOI and Cap Rates vs. Project Value

  • Sample Commercial Rent Roll

  • How a Cash Out Refi Works

  • The Impact of Debt on Commercial Real Estate

  • Leasing Commissions Calculator

  • Personal Financial Statement Template

  • Schedule of Real Estate Owned (SREO) Template

Due diligence and acquisition

  • Due Diligence Checklist

  • Sample Property Conditions Assessment

  • Sample Zoning District / Land Use Table

  • Closing Cost Checklist

  • Commercial Loan Checklist

  • The Value-Add Checklist

  • Value-Add Case Study

Offers and capital raising

  • Sample Purchase Letter of Intent

  • Sample Offering Memorandum

  • Investment Offering One-Pager

Leasing and operations

  • Sample Multi-Tenant Office Lease Template

  • Sample Multi-Tenant Retail Lease Template

  • Sample Tenant Application

  • Sample Property Marketing Flyer

  • Sample Property Leasing Flyer

Team-building worksheets

  • Interviewing Commercial Brokers

  • Interviewing General Contractors

  • Interviewing Property Managers

And a bonus PDF copy of my book Open for Business: The Insider's Guide to Leasing Commercial Real Estate included with enrollment.

The free Deal Analyzer on tylercauble.com is a useful companion to the course, and the commercial real estate calculators cover the quick-math use cases (cap rate, PSF, mortgage, lease type) in seconds. If you want the deeper member-level analyzer with pipeline tracking and due diligence workflow layered on top, that lives inside the Accelerator.

Three Ways to Learn Commercial Real Estate from Me

The course is one of three tiers I offer. Start wherever fits you today, and move up when you're ready.

Tier 1. YouTube and Office Hours. Free. Subscribe to @tylercauble on YouTube. 700-plus videos, 3.9 million-plus views, and a free weekly Office Hours call where you can ask me anything live. If you're curious but not committed, spend a few weeks here first.

Tier 2. The Beginner's Guide to Commercial Real Estate Investing. What this page is about. Self-paced video course plus templates and spreadsheets. Good fit if you want a structured on-ramp you can work through on your own time.

Tier 3. The CRE Accelerator. Done-with-me annual coaching inside a community of 150-plus serious operators. Two live calls a week, deal review, proprietary software, Nashville events, and direct access to me. Good fit if you're ready to actually buy a deal this year. Learn more.

The three tiers aren't competitive. They're sequential. Most of my best Accelerator members were YouTube subscribers for a year and some of them took the Beginner's Guide in between. That's how it's supposed to work.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • There are a handful of decent ones. The Beginner's Guide to Commercial Real Estate Investing is my self-paced video course, built around the same frameworks I teach inside the CRE Accelerator mastermind and use every day at Hamilton Development. It's linear, covers the fundamentals of underwriting, financing, lease types, and deal structure, and includes the spreadsheets and templates I use on real deals.

  • Commercial real estate courses range from free YouTube playlists to $5,000-plus coaching-adjacent programs. The Beginner's Guide is priced as a self-paced entry point, well below the cost of coaching. Current pricing and enrollment is on the course sales page at tyler-cauble.mykajabi.com/beginners-guide. If you're deciding between a course and a coaching program, the coaching page has more on what's different.

  • Start with the three fundamentals. First, how commercial properties are valued (NOI divided by cap rate, not comps like residential). Second, how leases work (NNN, modified gross, full service gross, and why they change the economics of the deal). Third, how commercial financing differs from a home mortgage. The Beginner's Guide walks through all three in the right order.

  • No. The Beginner's Guide is built for investors and principals, not agents. You don't need a license to invest in commercial real estate. You do need to understand the valuation, financing, and lease mechanics, which is exactly what the course teaches. If you are a licensed agent looking to move into commercial brokerage, the course also works as a strong foundation.

  • No. It's a self-paced training program, not a certificate program or continuing education credit. The goal is practical skill, not a credential. If you need CE credits for your real estate license, your state board's approved provider list is the right resource for that. This course is for people who want to actually invest.

  • The course includes 17-plus hours of video across six modules and 80-plus lessons. Most students finish the core content over a few weeks of evenings and weekends at their own pace. If you're working through the templates on a real deal alongside the lessons, it naturally takes longer because you're applying the material as you go. You have lifetime access, so there's no pressure to rush.

  • Yes. A good chunk of current Accelerator members took the course first, then joined the coaching program when they were ready to actually make offers. The course covers the fundamentals. The Accelerator is where you go when you want a coach in the room, live calls, proprietary software, and a community of 150-plus operators while you're working on real deals.

  • A course delivers content on a schedule you set. A coaching program delivers feedback on the specific deal you're working on this week. Courses are cheaper and work well for people who learn by studying on their own. Coaching is more expensive and works best for people who want a coach in the room and are ready to act on real deals soon.

Ready to learn commercial real estate the right way?

The Beginner's Guide is the structured path through everything I teach on YouTube, in the order it actually makes sense to learn it. Self-paced, lifetime access, and the spreadsheets and templates I use on real deals.

Enroll in the Beginner's Guide

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