Whether you are highly experienced in commercial real estate or not, financing your acquisition or refinance can still be a great challenge. Loan programs are constantly changing, rates ever in flux, and new lenders are consistently entering and exiting the commercial finance space. Who should I contact? How do I know if my loan terms are reasonable? How do I even know which lender type makes sense for my situation?

​There are many more questions like those that have plagued commercial real estate investors for decades. Many investors have been so dissuaded by their efforts to obtain small balance commercial financing with traditional or specialty assets that when they discover a lender willing and able to lend on a particular transaction, they assume that lender is their best, or only, option for all future commercial related transactions. This couldn’t be farther from the truth as the commercial lending world is far more dynamic than a one-size-fits-all approach.

Flipping houses looks like so much fun on HGTV, and it seems so attainable... until you start to think about financing. Sure, flipping is a lucrative business, but it also comes with great risk. Although it may take some creative number crunching (unless you have a giant pile of cash lying around), you have some good options when it comes to financing your first flip.

​Here’s an overview to get you started...