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Commercial Real Estate Finance

Commercial real estate loans.

Agency, bank, non-QM, bridge, CMBS, life company, and the specialty assets other lenders can't categorize. One advisor, every channel.

An advisor is only as valuable as the doors they can open.

Most borrowers take their deal to one lender and accept whatever answer comes back. A bank says no and the transaction dies — not because the deal was weak, but because it was the wrong lender for it. We work the other direction: read the asset, then place it with the capital source built for that scenario.

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Access

Every channel, not one lender's appetite.

Agency debt prices differently than a portfolio bank. CMBS answers to the bond market. A non-QM investor program qualifies on the asset instead of the borrower. Each has a box, and the difference between a closed deal and a dead one is usually knowing which box to approach first.

  • Agency multifamily — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac execution for stabilized apartment assets
  • Bank and portfolio — balance-sheet lenders with the flexibility to underwrite judgment, not just criteria
  • Investor non-QM — DSCR, bank statement, and P&L programs on 1–4 unit investment property
  • Bridge and construction — short-term capital structured around a defined exit
  • CMBS and life company — non-recourse, long-term fixed debt on stabilized commercial assets
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Insight

Knowing the questions helps you find the right answers.

Lenders decline on unanswered questions. A file that anticipates the objections — the occupancy dip, the entity structure, the licensed use, the thin year on the returns — gets a different reading than one that leaves the underwriter guessing. Knowing what they'll ask, and having the answer ready, is what gets you through the door.

  • Free consultation on any scenario, with a real assessment rather than a pitch
  • No upfront fees — we're compensated at closing, which aligns our interest with yours
  • Honest declines when a deal doesn't fit, with the reasoning behind it
  • Market intelligence drawn from a network across commercial real estate and adjacent disciplines
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Specialty

The assets that fall between the desks.

A licensed care facility is a business operating inside real estate. Residential underwriting misses the operation; commercial underwriting sees a house. The file bounces between desks until it dies, or the borrower takes hard money to close. Those are the deals we go after.

  • ALF and RCFE financing — licensed assisted living and residential care facilities, nationwide
  • Mixed-use and special purpose — property that doesn't fit a standardized program
  • Unconventional income — operating businesses, licensed operations, non-traditional rental structures
  • Previously declined files — often a category problem rather than a credit problem
Broad expertise

Compare your options.

Six lending channels, each suited to a different asset, leverage point, and timeline.

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Agency Multifamily

Among the largest sources of multifamily capital in the country. Long amortization, non-recourse structures, and pricing a bank generally can't match. Process is documentation-heavy.

Explore agency
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Bank & Portfolio

Balance-sheet lenders with flexibility securitized programs don't have. Local market knowledge matters, relationships matter, recourse is common.

Explore bank lending
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Investor Non-QM

DSCR, bank statement, and P&L programs for 1–4 unit investment property. Qualify on the asset's cash flow rather than tax returns.

Compare programs
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Bridge & Construction

Capital to acquire, reposition, or build. Structured around the takeout — used without a defined exit, bridge debt becomes the problem it was meant to solve.

Find bridge capital
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CMBS & Life Company

Securitized and insurance-company debt for stabilized commercial assets. Non-recourse, long fixed terms, pricing driven by capital markets.

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ALF & RCFE

Licensed assisted living and residential care facilities. Purchase, refinance, and cash-out — nationwide, with RCFE financing available in California.

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Process

Send the deal. Get an answer.

Property type, location, loan amount, and what you're trying to accomplish. No application, no credit pull, no obligation. We come back with which capital sources fit, what terms are realistic, and what the timeline looks like.

What you'll get back

  • Which channels your deal actually fits
  • Realistic terms, not best-case marketing
  • An honest read on the timeline
  • A clear no when it's a no
Submit a scenario

Tell us what you're working on.

Property type, location, loan amount, and the objective. That's enough for us to tell you which capital sources fit and what terms are realistic.

  • No application and no credit pull at this stage
  • No upfront fees — we're compensated at closing
  • A straight answer, including an honest no

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Clients

What investors and brokers say.

“Surest Capital delivered exactly what they promised — results.”
Keith Gordon, NCV Capital Partners
“The bottom line is, they will do the right thing for the client.”
Mike Keuhn, Real Estate Investor
“Knowledgeable, and they make it easy to get deals done.”
Robert Simpson, RMS Real Estate
For originators

Have deal flow and need execution behind it?

We work with producing commercial real estate professionals who need capital markets execution and lender access behind them. If you have transactions and want a partner to close them, let's talk.