The Definitive Real Estate Due Diligence Checklist (And How to Digitize It)
This blog post was last updated on Wednesday, July 5th. Before finalizing a new acquisition, development, disposition or lending deal, investors thoroughly vet the deal during due diligence to ensure it aligns with their ideal risk-return profile and identify red flags. Exhaustively investigating the property, financials, zoning, and nearly all other investment criteria creates much-needed […]
Data Center Real Estate: Challenges & Opportunity in a Growing Market
In a rapidly digitizing post-pandemic world, advances in new technologies have spurred a heightened need for data center real estate. From supporting AI’s growing infrastructure to explosive growth in eCommerce, streaming, and communication technologies like 5G, data centers continue to play a pivotal role in enabling entertainment, technology, and even financial institutions to reach growth […]
23 Commercial Real Estate & Technology Trends to Know in 2023
This blog post was last updated on May 22, 2023 with new information about the latest commercial real estate trends. While the post-pandemic recovery saw record funding levels and investment volume, commercial real estate continues trending toward a steep slowdown. Macro headwinds, which initially slowed deal flow in the second half of 2022, have now […]
The 4 Types of Commercial Real Estate Investment Strategies [Guide]
Institutional investors share the common goal of generating revenue by building a portfolio with compounding value, but different investors accomplish this in various ways. Depending on risk tolerance, fund specifications and expertise, there are several types of real estate investment, as well as real estate investment strategies, that investment managers can employ. Each strategy presents […]
3 Reasons to Reevaluate Your CRE Debt Origination Process
Siloed data and information often complicates the debt origination process, leaving teams to navigate challenging workflows fraught with friction and, ultimately, delaying closings. As the real estate industry undergoes a digital transformation with proptech, though, new deal management software has empowered firms to accelerate deal turnaround times and gain a competitive advantage. Rising capital costs […]
From Excel Jockey to Dealmaker: Prioritizing Strategy and Negotiation
Balancing repetitive weekly tasks with urgent, ad-hoc requests from leadership leaves real estate deal teams with minimal time to tackle strategic priorities. At the end of the day, the most important thing is that your pipeline is on track and leadership, whether that means the VP of Acquisitions or Managing Director, can see deals are […]
Dealpath Data Ingestion: Evaluate First & Act Faster
In commercial real estate, optionality wins. Whether your firm sources hundreds or thousands of deals per week, you always want the earliest access to lucrative deals across your target markets. Spending time screening each deal prevents your firm from investing team resources into deals that would never pencil out. But what if your firm could […]
10 Types of Commercial Real Estate Buildings & Asset Classes [Guide]
This blog post was last edited on Wednesday, April 5th, 2023. As an asset class, commercial real estate encompasses any property that’s specifically intended for business activities, with the goal of appreciation and generating rental income. The real estate asset class includes numerous property types, offering investors with unique strategies various options when it comes […]
Real Estate Reporting Software: 6 Reports CRE Investors Can Automate
This post was last updated on March 15, 2022. To build conviction to act before the competition and close deals faster, deal teams must prioritize the most lucrative pipeline deals while keeping stakeholders informed. Unfortunately, your data is only as valuable as it is accurate. Managing, tracking, and updating data within disparate spreadsheets complicates manual […]
Breaking Into a New CRE Sector: The Data-Driven Approach [Guide]
According to CBRE, year-over-year global investment volume fell by 60% in Q4, including a decline in investment across all property types. Even multifamily, which had the highest investment volume of any sector in 2022, declined by 70%. Data is no longer supporting evidence for real estate investment decisions; it’s the driving force behind them. In […]
