Resources
Educational guides comparing commercial real estate financing types, capital structures, and lending strategies to help you evaluate the right approach for your next transaction.
Financing Comparisons
Side-by-side breakdowns of the most common financing decisions facing commercial real estate sponsors.
Bridge Loans vs. Permanent Financing: Which Is Right for Your Project?
Understand when short-term bridge financing makes sense versus long-term permanent debt, and how sponsors transition between the two.
CMBS vs. Life Company Loans: How to Choose
Compare securitized CMBS execution with portfolio life company lending across rate, flexibility, prepayment, and borrower experience.
Mezzanine Debt vs. Preferred Equity: Key Differences
How mezzanine debt and preferred equity differ in structure, lien position, foreclosure rights, and impact on the capital stack.
Agency Lending vs. Bank Lending for Multifamily
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac versus balance sheet bank lending for apartment properties — terms, leverage, rate locks, and execution compared.
C-PACE vs. Traditional Construction Financing
How C-PACE supplements or replaces traditional construction debt for energy-efficient projects, and when it makes sense in the capital stack.
Guides
In-depth guides covering how commercial real estate financing works from start to finish.
How to Choose a Commercial Real Estate Capital Advisor
What to look for when selecting a CRE capital advisor. The criteria that separate elite advisory firms from the rest, and why the right advisor changes the outcome of every deal.
How to Finance a Commercial Real Estate Acquisition
A step-by-step guide to evaluating capital sources, structuring the capital stack, and executing from term sheet to close on any CRE acquisition.
How to Build a CRE Capital Stack from Scratch
A practical guide to layering senior debt, mezzanine financing, preferred equity, and common equity for a commercial real estate transaction.
Five Things to Compare to Avoid the Wrong Loan Structure: CMBS vs Portfolio Loans
The five structural differences between CMBS and portfolio loans that matter more than the rate on the term sheet.
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