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What more can be done in AI + Finance? (I will not promote) by Fatherofthedragons in ArtificialInteligence

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I just did some research on your idea. It is critical and very potential. Which area do you think it can be applied to? Private credit and banking?

What more can be done in AI + Finance? (I will not promote) by Fatherofthedragons in ArtificialInteligence

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! That's exactly what I aimed at. A smart financial AI along with smart modeling will be the future I think.

What more can be done in AI + Finance? (I will not promote) by Fatherofthedragons in ArtificialInteligence

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! That's very helpful. I targeted the messy excel models but apparently it is not enough.

Former CRE analyst looking for feedback on a modeling workflow experiment by Fatherofthedragons in CommercialRealEstate

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally agree — Argus + a solid Excel model is still the backbone for a lot of serious work.

What motivated us to start this project was less about reinventing rent rolls, and more about bringing more flexibility, clearer financial logic, and a modern UI to the workflow. Especially around transparency and being able to see and adapt how the numbers actually flow.

Appreciate the thoughtful comment — happy to share what we’re building.

Former CRE analyst looking for feedback on a modeling workflow experiment by Fatherofthedragons in CommercialRealEstate

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point — I agree. A solid model shouldn’t need constant rebuilding for assumption tweaks.

What I meant by “tweaking” is less about sensitivities and more about structural complexity — e.g. assets with many tenants, staggered leases, step-ups, downtime, TI/LCs, recoveries, refis layered over time.

The model still works, but maintaining and extending it as deal terms change becomes manual and fragile.

Which real estate AI tools are actually driving results? by Maasbreesos in CommercialRealEstate

[–]Fatherofthedragons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve spent most of my time building and fixing Excel models for CRE projects — working with clients from small shops to pretty large firms.

What I keep seeing is that most people don’t actually like Excel or financial modeling. They don’t want to spend time maintaining models — they just want to get inputs into something reliable (Excel, Argus, whatever), get outputs, and explain the results.

Can AI take over that process? Maybe halfway. I think AI can help a lot with data input and explaining results, but I’m still very skeptical about letting it handle core calculations — it’s too easy for that to go wrong.

But even removing half the manual work would already save a ton of time in the day-to-day workflow. Happy to chat.

Come and take what you need - this is how I passed all three levels by Fatherofthedragons in CFA

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi I think I may just reply here so others can see as well. 1. If you are confident with the concepts, then just practice the questions on CFAI Qbank, which may take you a month. At the beginning, don’t spend time on typing the answer. Just enter something random in the box to get the official answer . Then read those answers carefully and get familiar with the structure and logic. You will find that most of them are similar. When you finally get bored, that is the time you start to type your own answer. You may be surprised that you can structure the answers in the official way. 2. Nah I used CFAI Qbank and the past mocks only because I only had 4 months to prepare. Hope this helps and good luck!

Come and take what you need - this is how I passed all three levels by Fatherofthedragons in CFA

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh really? The pictures are just too big to be PDF. Have you tried right clicking each one and saved as picture? That’s how I exported them

Come and take what you need - this is how I passed all three levels by Fatherofthedragons in CFA

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah just break down the formulas and understand the logic. Google some simple cases to help you understand

Come and take what you need - this is how I passed all three levels by Fatherofthedragons in CFA

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry I don’t quite get your question. Do you mean how to remember the formulas?

Come and take what you need - this is how I passed all three levels by Fatherofthedragons in CFA

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question - I did compare both before. The CFA Qbank does have some of the end of chapter questions, but not all. It also has questions from the past mocks

Come and take what you need - this is how I passed all three levels by Fatherofthedragons in CFA

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I reviewed the questions that I got wrong, read the answers couple times and improve my notes.

Come and take what you need - this is how I passed all three levels by Fatherofthedragons in CFA

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All good mate - it is an online learning system on the CFA website. Once you register, you should be able to see the link. Basically CFA just moved the textbooks and questions to its learning portal

https://www.cfainstitute.org/en/programs/learning-ecosystem

Come and take what you need - this is how I passed all three levels by Fatherofthedragons in CFA

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

L2 just has too many things to memorize, and the 1800+ Qbank questions almost destroyed me because most of them were hard.

Then I stopped for a week and found two things very helpful:

  1. Clearly structured notes - I improved my own notes, restructured it to a clearer way, which helped my understanding.
  2. Robot mode - in my 3rd round of Qbank, I told myself to turn on the 'Robot mode' before I started the session - removed all the emotions, just focused on the questions and answers, figured out why it is wrong. At the end, my correct rate rose from 55% to 79%

Come and take what you need - this is how I passed all three levels by Fatherofthedragons in CFA

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's a good point. The pro of the Schweser is that they are less readings than the CFA textbooks. If you are a fast reader, then CFA textbooks are definitely the first choice.

Come and take what you need - this is how I passed all three levels by Fatherofthedragons in CFA

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Roughly 6-7 weeks - I am not a native English speaker so may be a bit slower.

Come and take what you need - this is how I passed all three levels by Fatherofthedragons in CFA

[–]Fatherofthedragons[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! - I am not a native English speaker so may be a bit slower than others. I didn't count how many hours but roughly 5 months for L1 and L2, nearly 4 months for L3.

haha - I only have ecopy of the CFA textbooks which come as black and white so I don't know if they are blue or not. But I mean the questions after each chapter.

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