Commercial Real Estate Accelerator | Elevate OS
Elevate Commercial · 8 Week Accelerator

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.

The start of a pipeline

Prospects contacted, conversations held, appointments set, opportunities generated. Tracked weekly.

Curriculum

Eight weeks, eight deliverables

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.

Christian Harris, founder of Elevate OS
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.

Investment

$1,500 for the founding cohort

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.

Straight talk

Clear about what this is

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.

Questions

Before you enroll

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.