The Complete Guide to Financing Real Estate Developments

Get Answers to All Your Questions About Financing Real Estate Development – and Tailor a Finance Package that Meets Specific Your Needs
The Completee Guide to Financing Real Estate Developments offers a detailed roadmap to navigate the complex process of financing small to large-scale real estate projects, such as office buildings, apartment complexes, and hotels.
Real estate expert Ira Nachem explores the pros and cons of large versus small institutions; how to structure and present a loan proposal, the approval and closing processes; the truth about appraisals, guarantees, insurance and lien law; financial and physical bonuses and constraints, environmental issues and many other topics.
Nachem presents in-depth information and explanations that answers questions on:
Who the Commercial Real Estate Lender Really Is
What Information Should the Borrower Produce
How a Workable Budget is Created
How the Lender Evaluates a Borrower
What the True Value of an Appraisal Is
What goes into a Lender's Loan Presentation
What to Expect at a Closing
What Key Legal Documents are Most Important
What the True Value of a Guarantee Is
How the Borrower and Lender Prepare for the Funding Process
What Is involved in Loan Administration After the Closing
What Is the View from the Borrower's Perspective
What Are some of the Constraints and Incentives to Development
What Are the Values and Risks of Insurance and Bonding
What Is the Reason for Title Insurance and how does it work
What Are the Complexities of Lien Law and how does it work
How Is the Loan Eventually Repaid
What Real Estate Math Is Essential for the Professional
How Important Are Environmental Issues
How Can the Lender Find New Loan Prospects
What Are the Risks and Rewards of Loan Participations
Featuring a wide range of helpful examples and illustrations, The Complete Guide to Financing Real Estate Developments covers many of the day-to-day realities faced in the real estate industry including the differing perspectives of lenders and borrowers, their personal pressures, personalities and politics, and much more.