This is the exact model we use to underwrite multifamily deals, stripped down to what actually matters!

In this week I break down everything you need to know about getting a deal funded. We start with the fundamentals — the different loan types you'll encounter and what the terms actually mean for your bottom line. Then we get into strategy, which loans work best for value-add deals versus turnkey properties, and why getting this wrong can kill your returns before you even start.

The systems that keep a portfolio running. Every repeatable task in this business, acquiring, renovating, leasing, turning, and managing, should run off a checklist instead of your memory. These are the SOPs we actually use, written to be printed and followed step by step. Use them as-is or adapt them to your market and your team. New procedures get added here as they're built.

The nine-stop path from liquid capital to a stabilized 5–20 unit building, with the numbers we underwrite to at each stop. Covers: setting a buy box (DSCR floor, vintage, renovation-to-rent test), sourcing volume, rebuilding seller pro formas, property walkthroughs, LOI and due diligence timelines, earnest money, lender sequence and third-party reports, closing, then renovation order and the 6–12 month refinance.