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Friday Close Starter Pack: Broker vs Lender vs Client

ricklahkar
Apr 19
1 min read

Broker: It’s a clean 6-cap, light value-add, seller super chill Lender: Need updated rent roll, T-12, estoppels, SNDA, Phase I vapor screen, and your firstborn Client: Can we close Friday if we add a drive-thru, swap to 1031, and double TI? Me (2am underwriting): OM says 95% occ; rent roll says 83%; CAM recon says “lol” 😵‍💫📉

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