CRE Underwriting Insights & Resources

How AI is Revolutionizing Commercial Underwriting

While you spend weeks analyzing deals manually, your competitors snap up the best opportunities. Research across top markets shows slow underwriting directly costs you millions in missed deals and lost revenue.

How Banks Decide Your Commercial Real Estate Fate

Learn exactly how lenders size CRE loans in 2025, the key ratios they trust, and how Cactus cuts weeks off underwriting timelines.

How to Start a Storage Unit Business with No Money: A 3 Step Plan

Many entrepreneurs have successfully built storage businesses with no money. This 3-step plan outlines financing options and strategies to acquire a storage facility with no money.

How to Underwrite Deals in Minutes with AI: A Step-by-Step Guide

How to Underwrite Self-Storage Properties

How to Underwrite Self Storage in 5 Steps

Migration Millions: How Cactus Unlocks CRE Opportunities in America's Relocation Boom

Multifamily Residential Underwriting: Step-by-Step Process

Stop losing deals to outdated underwriting methods. This guide breaks down exactly how successful multifamily investors evaluate properties in today's market—with real metrics and actionable steps you can implement immediately.

Optimizing Purchase Price Decisions with Real-Time Market Data

In real estate investing, every dollar counts. Mispricing shrinks margins before closing the deal. While investors traditionally relied on historical comps, static cap rates, and outdated underwriting models, volatile markets demand real-time market intelligence to sharpen underwriting and stay ahead of the curve.

The 5-Minute Real Estate Deal Analysis: Your Go/No-Go Guide

Stop wasting hours analyzing bad real estate deals. Our guide to a 5-minute real estate deal analysis shows you how to vet any property—fast. Learn our go/no-go framework now.

Understanding Cash Flow, DSCR, and LTV

Commercial real estate success hinges on understanding three critical metrics: Cash Flow, Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR), and Loan-to-Value (LTV). Calculating these metrics traditionally required complex spreadsheets and manual data entry, modern solutions like Cactus now automate these calculations, ensuring accuracy and saving countless hours.