Any recommendations on classes, certificate programs, books, online courses etc... to improve underwriting and analysis skills 
I am transitioning to work on my own as a multifamily broker. I use to work in a large team that had several analysts that would do this part of the business. I am looking for a class or program that can quickly  improve my skills and help me learn more in depth analysis such as IRR.
[{"id": "c8yr85p", "text": "My broker did CCIM and is constantly bragging about it. It seems kind of intense (I've leafed through the curriculum) and I'm sure it's expensive and time consuming but there's TONS of stuff that has to do with investment and analysis especially.", "replies": [{"id": "c8yt8c7", "text": "I agree, CCIM courses are worth the money.", "replies": [{"id": "c8yts1w", "text": "I have a friend who is an MAI appraiser he also recommended the CCIM program. His other recommendations were ULI Real Estate School and some certificate programs at local Universities Extension programs.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "c8z8uhm", "text": "this is great, but CCIM does require that you have worked on a minimum number/amount of deals. you may want to look into it further to see if you qualify.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "c9nicpj", "text": "I'm a 28 year old commercial real estate broker. I've been asking people this question since I started the business at the age of 19. I have heard that CCIM classes are very useful and teach you most of what you need to know. If you want to go above and beyond that, then purchase Commercial Real Estate and Analysis by David Geltner.  It is The Holy Bible IMO. It comes along with a CD that provides financial models and answers to problem sets in the book. I have a PDF copy if you want to go through it, just send me a message.\n\nHope this helps and good luck ", "replies": [{"id": "cb1ed48", "text": "how do you make per year on average? if you have 9 yrs experience i assume you make over 100k per yr?", "replies": [{"id": "cb1o4mz", "text": "It all depends on how hard and smart you work. It also depends on the state of the market (nationally and locally) and how you can work around it. I can tell you that in my first year (2004) I made well over 6 figures, the same with the following year. In 2006 shit hit the fan in Las Vegas and no one was doing anything, except defaulting on all the bad loans they got. I was lucky enough to have a very knowledgeable Money &amp; Banking professor who taught me a lot. I researched what deals people were over-leveraged on and made a database. I then linked all the loans to the banks they originated from and waited for them to fail. Once the FDIC took over those deals, my investors and I picked them up at 80-90% of their sales price during the boom. \n\nI've learned that brokering deals just to make a commission will make you a slave and you will have to whore yourself to make money. If you decide to get in this business I believe everyone's ultimate goal should be to become an investor. ", "replies": [{"id": "cb5i3ah", "text": "thanks for the info. I get what your saying, you really want to be part of these deals to make the real money. Do the brokers who make 1+ million are just major whores, what are there secret? What do you think of real estate careers. I'm looking at MS real estate degrees but I'm unsure salaried positions are very lucrative. do you have any insight into any of that?", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]