How the work actually gets done.
Field notes on packaging, sizing and placing commercial real estate debt. Written for brokers, not for search engines.
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Commercial Loan Request Memo Template (CRE, Section by Section)
A copyable CRE loan request memo template, section by section, with what to write in each part and a filled-in summary a lender can read in two minutes.
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How to Find Commercial Real Estate Lenders for a Deal
How brokers find the right commercial real estate lenders: lender types, reading a lender's box, sourcing contacts, and running outreach.
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How to Package a Commercial Real Estate Loan (Step by Step)
Step-by-step guide to packaging a commercial real estate loan: documents to collect, how to size the deal, and what a lender-ready package contains.
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How to Read a Rent Roll and T-12 (and Tie Them Together)
How to read a rent roll and a T-12, reconcile the two, spot red flags, and build an underwritten NOI that a commercial lender will accept.
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How to Size a Commercial Real Estate Loan (DSCR, LTV, Debt Yield)
How lenders size a commercial real estate loan with DSCR, LTV and debt yield, how the mortgage constant works, and a worked example.
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What Do Commercial Lenders Look For in a CRE Loan Request?
What commercial real estate lenders check before they quote: cash flow, leverage, the property, the sponsor and the plan, plus the red flags.
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