Ever Wonder if a Week-Long Boot Camp was Worth the Investment: Part III

My ARGUS Boot Camp Experience (Part 3)
Every day we learned new concepts that built on what we had learned earlier in the course. I was impressed with myself when, on day two, I found myself building models without having to use a mouse. Probably my favorite parts of the course were the case studies. ACG gave us custom case study workbooks which reinforced the real world application of the software. Every day, we’d build models based on these case studies and each time we’d learn something new, like modeling complex reimbursables (which actually was covered in several case studies). Every time we did this, it reinforced what we had learned in previous cases, and they got more complex. By the end we were actually given a completed ARGUS model and told to find the flaws. This was a very gratifying exercise. I demonstrated that in a relatively small amount of time I had gained the skill set required to audit a model and understand where to look for errors and specifically what are the most common errors made.

As I’m sure it’s clear now, I had a great experience with the ARGUS Boot Camp. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about ARGUS, financial modeling or just real estate investment and management concepts.