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The commercial lending reference desk.
Guides, definitions, comparisons, and news. Written in the vocabulary of a lender’s desk, kept current by the team that builds Prodeal.
GuidesThe lending workflow, written down.Long-form guides on checklists, timelines, and audit trails. The reference material for how commercial closings actually run.24 guidesGlossaryCRE deal vocabulary.Short, precise definitions of the terms on a commercial lender's desk, cross-linked to the guides that use them.241 termsCompareProdeal against the alternatives.Side-by-side comparisons that stay honest. Verified capabilities on our side, pending flags where research is not done.22 comparisonsNewsroomWhat moved this week.Commercial lending news in brief: deals, capital markets, and regulation, written for lenders. Also available as RSS.3 briefsAnnouncementsOfficial Prodeal news.Product releases, customer stories, and security updates, straight from the team that builds Prodeal.5 postsBlogNotes from the lending desk.Shorter than the guides, more argued than the news. What we see across commercial closings, written for the people who run them.36 postsToolsThe math, done for you.Free calculators and templates for commercial lenders: DSCR, LTV, debt yield, a closing timeline estimator, and downloadable rent roll and checklist templates.12 tools
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GuideIntercreditor Negotiation BasicsThe basics of intercreditor negotiation: what these agreements govern, the senior-mezzanine and senior-subordinate patterns, and the terms that matter when5 min readGuideThe Commercial Loan Documentation GuideA guide to commercial loan documentation: the core documents, what each one does, how they fit together, and why the loan agreement effectively defines the5 min readGuideThe Private Equity Due Diligence Checklist for Real Estate DebtA private equity due diligence checklist for real estate debt funds: what LP-grade diligence adds to a standard commercial checklist, and the record4 min read
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From the lending desk.
AIHow Lenders Use AI in the Loan Closing ProcessLenders use AI in the closing process to extract document data, draft and summarize, and answer status questions when the AI is connected to the deal file. Here is how.July 14, 2026 · 3 min readComplianceHow to Pass a Commercial Loan Exam or AuditYou pass a commercial loan exam by building the record as you close, not scrambling when the request list arrives: complete files, access history, and approval trails. Here is how.July 14, 2026 · 3 min readBuyingDeal Room vs Document Management SystemA deal room runs a transaction with a request list and workflow; a document management system stores and organizes files. Here is the difference and which lenders need.July 14, 2026 · 3 min read
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