You know how to sell real estate. Now learn to build commercial business.
A virtual accelerator for licensed real estate professionals who want to expand into commercial. Not a vocabulary class. Eight weeks of prospecting, analysis, representation, negotiation, and building a real commercial pipeline.
Starts October 5, 20268 Weeks16 Hours Live4 Deal Labs10 Seats$1,500
The problem
Commercial real estate has no on-ramp
Residential has a path. Commercial has a door with no handle on it.
You referred it out
A past client bought a building. A business owner asked about space. You handed it to someone else because you did not know what to do with it.
Nobody in your office teaches it
Your brokerage has residential training, scripts, and mentors. For commercial there is nothing, and no one available to walk you through a first deal.
The terms intimidate you
NNN, CAM, TI, escalations, cap rates. You could look each one up, but nobody has shown you what they mean when they are sitting inside a real deal.
Residential is getting harder
More work per dollar than three years ago. You want a business that is not thirty transactions a year forever, and commercial is the obvious next move.
Your market is underserved
There are three commercial brokers in your area and none of them are training anyone. The knowledge is real, it is just guarded.
You already work with investors
Residential rentals, small portfolios. You want to move up into retail strips, owner user buildings, and small multifamily but stall at the analysis.
What this is
This is not a commercial vocabulary class
Plenty of programs teach you what NNN stands for. That takes four minutes and does not change your business.
Deliverables, not homework
Eight weeks produce eight artifacts that exist in your business afterward.
A written commercial positioning statement
A 50 prospect database with an outreach plan
A completed site and property comparison
A prepared Letter of Intent
A leasing and marketing strategy
An investment analysis
A written 90 day plan
Four live Deal Labs
Optional 60 minute sessions every other week where you bring the real situation.
What is the client's actual objective
What information am I missing
What do these numbers mean
What questions should I be asking
What should I consider before responding
What am I overlooking
Ten people, that is it
You will be known by name and your specific market gets airtime.
Small enough to interrupt and ask
Your deal gets discussed, not a generic example
Live case studies every week
Peers building the same thing at the same time
Direct influence on how the program develops
What you leave with
Capability you can point at
And four numbers you track from Week 2 forward.
A named niche
You can describe yourself as a commercial professional without hedging.
A working prospect list
50 plus names with an outreach plan behind them, not a spreadsheet you never open.
Lease and deal fluency
Base rent, NNN, CAM, escalations, TI, free rent, total lease value, NOI, and cap rates.
One live two hour session per week, combining commercial education, real world examples, case studies, and discussion. Every session ends with something you go build.
WEEK 01
Commercial Foundations
Commercial vs. residential
Major asset types
Commercial terminology
Choosing a niche
Professional positioning
The commercial broker's role
Deliverable
Choose one or two target commercial niches and write your commercial positioning statement.
WEEK 02
Finding Commercial Business
Prospecting strategy
Finding property owners
Finding businesses that need space
Prospecting conversations
Networking
Referral development
Economic development relationships
Building a commercial database
Deliverable
Build an initial 50 prospect commercial database and create the outreach plan behind it.
WEEK 03
Tenant Representation
Tenant discovery
Understanding the client's business
Space requirements
Site selection
Property searches
Commercial tours
Zoning and permitted use
Comparing properties
Deliverable
Complete a mock tenant consultation and a commercial property and site comparison.
WEEK 04
LOIs and Lease Economics
Letters of Intent
Base rent
NNN leases
CAM charges
Rent escalations
TI allowances
Free rent
Lease options
Total lease value
Commercial commissions
Deliverable
Analyze sample lease economics and prepare a mock Letter of Intent.
WEEK 05
Negotiating the Deal
Negotiation strategy
Evaluating landlord responses
Negotiating concessions
Rent and term
Tenant improvements
Free rent
Commission considerations
When attorneys are necessary
Deliverable
Complete a commercial negotiation case study.
WEEK 06
Landlord Representation
Prospecting owners
Owner consultations
Understanding vacancies
Positioning space
Leasing strategies
Marketing commercial property
Managing inquiries and tours
Winning listings
Deliverable
Prepare a commercial property leasing and marketing strategy.
WEEK 07
Sales and Investment Fundamentals
Commercial sales transactions
Owner user vs. investment
NOI
Cap rates
Valuation concepts
Investment analysis
Due diligence
Identifying risk
Deliverable
Analyze a sample commercial investment opportunity.
WEEK 08
From Knowledge to Pipeline
A sustainable practice
Consistent prospecting systems
Follow up systems
Referral relationships
Repeat business
Commercial revenue goals
Planning the next 90 days
Deliverable
Complete and present your 90 Day Commercial Business Development Plan.
Who is teaching this
Christian Harris
Before brokerage, I managed a retail mall over a million square feet in Chesapeake, Virginia, and oversaw a shopping center portfolio in Raleigh. That is landlord representation learned from the ownership side of the table, which is most of what separates an agent who gets commercial deals done from one who submits offers and waits.
In real estate since 2007
Licensed broker since 2014
Licensed in VA, GA, MD, NC
Licensed real estate instructor
Commercial brokerage owner
Founder of Elevate OS, 2023
I got into commercial because two people decided to teach me. That is luck, not a system. Elevate Commercial is the version that does not require luck.
Ten seats. Sixteen hours of live instruction, four Deal Labs, eight implementation deliverables, the full Commercial Resource Library, class recordings, your 90 day plan, and a Certificate of Completion. Enrollment closes when the cohort fills or on October 5, 2026, whichever comes first.
Publishing the boundaries is how you know the rest is real.
What you get
16 hours of live commercial instruction across eight sessions
4 optional Live Deal Labs
8 weekly implementation deliverables
The full Commercial Resource Library
Real world case studies and live deal discussion
Class recordings for any session you miss
A written 90 Day Commercial Business Development Plan
Certificate of Completion
What is not included
Unlimited calls, texts, or individual instructor access
Private transaction management or document review
Brokerage supervision, since we are not your managing broker
Legal, tax, or accounting advice
Negotiating transactions on your behalf
Any promise of income, commissions, or closings
Continuing education or licensing credit
After the accelerator
Most training drops you off a cliff at the end
Graduates are invited into monthly training on the day they finish. It is optional, billed separately, and also open to professionals who have not taken the Accelerator.
$199
Monthly training
One 90 minute group Strategy Session and one 60 minute group Deal Lab every month, plus the resource library and the private member community.
$350
Deal Review
Dedicated one on one time on a single situation. 60 minutes at $350, 90 minutes at $500. Useful when something specific and time sensitive lands on your desk.
Firms
Brokerage training
Private commercial training delivered to your whole firm, customized to your market. Engagements start at $5,000.
What licensed professionals ask before they commit.
Do I need commercial experience to join?
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No. Week 1 starts at the beginning and assumes no commercial background. What you need coming in is an active real estate license and a willingness to prospect.
Can I do this while running my residential business?
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Yes, and it is designed for exactly that. Almost nobody leaves residential to start commercial. They build commercial alongside it.
The commitment is one two hour session per week plus the implementation work, which is business development you would want to be doing anyway. Many participants find their first commercial conversations inside their existing residential database.
What if I miss a class?
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Sessions are recorded and made available to enrolled participants. If you miss one, you watch the recording and complete that week's deliverable before the next session.
There are no individual make up classes. That protects the cohort's pace and everyone's time, including yours.
Will you help me with an actual deal I am working on?
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In Deal Labs, yes, educationally. We help you find the right questions, read the information in front of you, and decide the next step.
What we do not do is manage your transaction, review every document, negotiate on your behalf, or act as your broker. Those are your responsibilities and your brokerage's. If you want dedicated one on one time on a specific situation, a Deal Review is available separately.
My brokerage does not do commercial. Is that a problem?
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It is the reason a lot of people enroll. This is professional education and business development consulting. Elevate OS does not replace your supervising or managing broker and does not supervise transactions.
Bring your broker into the conversation early. Most are glad to see an agent developing a capability their firm does not have yet. You remain responsible for following your brokerage's policies and getting broker approval where it is required.
Am I allowed to practice commercial with my license?
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In most states a real estate license covers both residential and commercial, but requirements and brokerage policies vary. Confirm with your state licensing authority and your managing broker. We teach the business, you verify the rules where you practice.
Is the Certificate of Completion continuing education credit?
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No. The Certificate of Completion is a professional credential issued by Elevate OS. It is not continuing education, licensing credit, or a designation, and it is not marketed as any of those.
Why only ten seats?
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Because the format does not work at scale. Deal Labs, live case discussion, and market specific questions require a room where everyone can speak. Ten people means you get airtime. There will be another cohort, but it will not be this one, at this size, at this price.
What happens after the eight weeks?
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You leave with your 90 Day Commercial Business Development Plan and the beginning of a pipeline, and you are invited into monthly training if you want ongoing strategy sessions, monthly deal labs, and the professional network. That is optional and billed separately.
Not ready to enroll? Ask a question
This form is inquiry only. No payment and no commitment. Tell me where you are and I will tell you honestly whether the Accelerator is the right fit.
Ten seats. Then it is the next cohort.
The founding group gets the most access this program will ever offer: the smallest room, the most airtime, and direct influence on how the accelerator develops. Starts October 5, 2026.