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Cap Rate Yoga: Excel Says 1.28x DSCR, Reality Says 0.97x
Broker: It’s a clean deal, light value-add, easy 6.0 cap Lender: Cool, send T-12, rent roll, estoppels, SNDA, and proof you can time travel Excel: DSCR 1.28x after 'Other Income - Vending/Manifestation' + negative TI/LC 😇 Reality: Taxes reset, roof cries, CAM true-up nukes NOI—hello 0.97x and my IRR left the chat Me at 4:59pm: refreshing rate lock while Argus and Excel fight in a parking lot 🥲
ricklahkar
4 days ago1 min read
Underwrote a Unicorn, Closed a Dumpster: The DSCR Plot Twist
Expectation: 9-month stabilize, DSCR 1.35x, squeaky-clean Phase I Reality: Lender’s global cash flow says my dog eats 0.20x of NOI Seller: 'Tiny detail'—anchor go-dark 30 days post-close Me to Excel: stop circular referencing my emotions 😂🥲
ricklahkar
4 days ago1 min read
LOI Says Turnkey, My Pro Forma Says Turn-cry
Broker: We're clear to close Friday Lender: Cool - just need T-12, clean rent roll, SNDA/estoppels, and a Phase I that time-travels Client: It's NNN | Me: Then why does CAM read like a multiverse? 😂 Excel: DSCR 1.25 | Reality: 0.98 after insurance; Title at 11:59 PM: surprise UCC-1 - see you in Q4 🤡
ricklahkar
4 days ago1 min read
NNN Dream, DSCR Nightmare: The Lender Bingo Edition
Broker: It’s a clean NNN, 6 cap, national-credit grocer, set-and-forget. Lender: Cool—just need T12, T3, estoppels from 11 tenants, roof cores, Phase I, flood cert, and your middle-school report card. Appraiser: Parking ratio 2.8:1 not 5:1; DSCR left the chat. Me: Modeled 18% IRR; after taxes, insurance renewal, and sneaky CAM recs—hello 7% 🧾💀
ricklahkar
5 days ago1 min read
When the 'Clean Phase I' Turns Into 'Surprise UST from 1963'
Broker: DD's a breeze Phase I: Surprise UST, vapor intrusion, and a raccoon HOA behind the dumpster Lender: Add $500k escrow, remediation plan, and move closing to yesterday 🤡 Me at 2:13am re-underwriting: If cap rate = 0, deal pencils; Seller: Hard by EOD? ☕️
ricklahkar
5 days ago1 min read
CAM Reconciliation Speedrun Any% (Crying in Excel)
Broker: We’re 95% leased Property Manager: Cool, who covers the 140% jump in trash + HVAC after-hours? Lender: Need a 24-month trailing on janitorial ‘strategy’ by EOD Me at 2:03am rebuilding CAM in Excel: is coffee a capital improvement ☕🧮
ricklahkar
5 days ago1 min read
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