Dear Chris,
You are looking for a model template. I was also a few months ago and decided to teach myself modeling and accountancy instead; now I do all my models from scratch. At some point I may want to create a template but I prefer to understand perfectly each model's structure by having conceived it myself.
I recommend corporatefinanceinstitute.com

Luke, I have the same question. I haven't been able to find one yet so I'm hiring a fractional CFO to build one out. If you find something please share. :-)

Hey Alex and Darin, Thanks for your input. I took a course on commercial real estate modeling and paid for this beautiful spreadsheet that I have and use. It gives me a go or no-go decision and then spits out really impressive data that you can screenshot and put into emails/pdf's... and like I said you can play with the equity share/preferred return, etc really quickly. Something like this has to be available for our purposes as well.

What I've done since posting here on SearchFunder is I put a job on Upwork looking for an existing model from PE freelancers and I got a pretty good response. I'm still communication with everyone and haven't seen anything yet... but things looks promising.

Here is the spreadsheet that I bought. You guys should watch this... it is what we need for analyzing deals: https://bit.ly/2BXbxfP skip to 5:50 and you'll see what I mean...

Very cool! Thanks, Chris! :-)

Hi @Chris, I have built many models during my time as a strategy consultant. While a template may help you in theory, I can assure you learning how to structure and build your own models will always be better as you can continuously customize and enhance them if required. In addition you will build a deeper understanding of the underlying drivers hence allowing you to visualize the mechanics even without the model. PM me if you are interested and I can guide you to a good starting point.

I may have a template that you need - it is focused mainly on returns modeling and GP/LP distributions, but has very limited business drivers - i.e. only cash-flow and equity-value build-up. Detailed business projections can be easily built on top of the model. Please send me an e-mail to [redacted] and I will send it to you

I sent you and email as well - thanks :-)

Thank you, Alexey! :-)

Adam,

Can you please share the spreadsheet with me too? I will connect with you and send you a PM.
Thanks
Vijay

Hey Alexey, I just sent you an email. Thanks!

Tariq, I'll PM you.

Everyone, thanks for your input... keep it coming!

Hi guys! Could you please share it to me as well? I would really appreciate it. Thanks!!

Likewise, I would also appreciate a copy :)

Hi all - I would appreciate a copy as well!

Same. Would appreciate this

Hey Chris - What sort of acquisition spreadsheet are you looking for?

A manufacturing company spreadsheet would be very different from a company involved in commercial (or for that matter any) real estate....

Hey Chris, if you're looking for help in building something out from scratch, shoot me a note. I spent 6 years in investment banking building financial models to evaluate various merger, acquisition and financing transactions.