Value Add NetworkStep from residential into commercial with an active investor community, practical knowledge and potential deal partners.
Rafik Moore Investor & operator · Watch on YouTube ↗
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Sean Stark · community member
First-year broker, no portfolio → Operating partner in ~$60M of assets
Member-reported experience, not a promised or typical result of this tier. Includes partner-held assets where applicable; projections are not realized returns.
Meet active investors and operators. Find where your experience fits.
Turn residential experience into CRE skills with training and live deal reviews.
Use the tools, prepare an opportunity and explore potential partnerships.
Rafik Moore · CRE investor & operator
Rafik’s coaching and the community connect the lessons to real acquisition, financing and leasing decisions. Bring your questions and opportunities; build the confidence and relationships to take the next step.
Apply for ApprenticeShare your market, experience and goals. Get to know the investors and operators whose strategies match the work you want to do.
Study the training and define your Buy Box. Use live reviews to connect CRE concepts with the numbers and decisions behind actual properties.
Use the tools to screen a property, identify its value-add plan and prepare it for a deal review or investor conversation.
Discuss feedback, follow up with potential partners and agree on responsibilities if an opportunity progresses. Every transaction is reviewed separately.
11 modules. 100+ lessons. A clear, execution-focused path from fundamentals to your first commercial real estate deal — taught by practitioners.
Every module ships with the actual working documents — checklists, scripts, spreadsheets, and templates you use on real deals.
Education and strategic support; your progress depends on your experience and execution. Deals, funding and partnerships require separate review and agreements. No closing or financial result is guaranteed.
Commercial deals closed by Rafik Moore and members of our community – bought, improved, and sold.
Sold6.8×915 8th Street, Farmington, MN
Sold4.1×500 Cedar St, Monticello, MN
Sold2.0×9124 Grand Ave S, Bloomington, MN
Sold1.8×5406 S 34th Ave, Minneapolis, MN
Past transactions, not a promise of future results. Individual results vary.
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Rafik and the program helped me make the transition from residential real estate into commercial investing. The structure, guidance, and support gave me a clearer process for evaluating deals and building confidence as a commercial real estate operator.
Community gave me the confidence and guidance to take a much more active role in commercial real estate. I became more comfortable evaluating opportunities, structuring deals, and making decisions as an operator.
Before joining, my experience in commercial real estate was primarily as a passive investor. The program helped me understand the process from an operator's perspective and gave me practical guidance as I started working on my own commercial deals.
Working with Rafik changed the way I approached commercial real estate ownership. His mentorship helped me think differently about partnerships, creative deal structures, and building long-term equity instead of relying primarily on fees and commissions.
Apprentice is for residential investors moving into CRE, agents, brokers and other professionals who want to contribute to commercial deals. You can join without being an accredited investor. Any investment, compensated role or partnership is a separate arrangement subject to applicable requirements.
If you’re a broker or agent, your market knowledge can open the conversation. Meet people actively buying and operating commercial assets, learn what they are looking for and bring them opportunities that fit. If you’re moving from residential investing, use their experience, deal reviews and working tools to develop your own first-deal plan.
Apprentice is for residential investors moving into CRE, agents, brokers and other professionals who want to contribute to commercial deals. You can join without being an accredited investor. Any investment, compensated role or partnership is a separate arrangement subject to applicable requirements.
Build relationships with investors and operators in the private community and Deal Room. Share your market knowledge, learn their Buy Boxes and present prepared opportunities for discussion. Strong relationships and a well-supported deal can create the basis for a potential partnership. Rafik describes debt and equity capital relationships in the webinar. Any funding or partnership depends on the deal, eligibility, due diligence and separate terms; enrollment is not a commitment to fund or invest.
The foundation combines three months of structured training, 11 modules, the tools library and 52 weekly live group coaching and deal-review Zooms. Study the lessons, look for opportunities in your market and bring your questions or prepared deals to the group sessions. Completion includes an assessment; the certificate does not guarantee investment or funding.
Plan for the weekly live call, independent lessons and work on your own strategy or deals between sessions. Your pace depends on your starting point and what you are pursuing; discuss your availability during the program conversation.
Apprentice includes the private community and live online coaching. Mastermind event admission is an added benefit of Elite Investor and Elite Operator; review event access in your enrollment agreement.
The program term is 12 months. The supplied mentorship agreements do not provide automatic renewal. Your signed agreement defines the exact access dates, session schedule and included services.
Under the supplied mentorship agreements, a full refund can be requested within 30 calendar days of the Effective Date, when both parties sign. After that period, payments are non-refundable except as required by law or your signed agreement. The period does not automatically begin at your first login.
Coaching is education and strategic support. Membership does not guarantee a deal, a loan, investor capital, a partnership or an investment return. Any investment or co-GP arrangement requires separate eligibility review, documentation and terms. CRE involves risk, including loss of capital.
Our team contacts you to understand your starting point and goals and discuss the program. You can review the support level, schedule and enrollment agreement before deciding whether to join.
Tell us where you are starting: residential investing, brokerage or another real estate role. We’ll discuss how the community and training can support your first commercial deal.