Real Estate Vendor Management for CRE Insurance

Many major commercial real estate loan servicers lack an in-house insurance team with the expertise needed for the mortgages they provide borrowers. As a bank or private lender underwriting CRE for investors, especially multifamily, the benefits of using an outside real estate vendor management company outweigh maintaining in-house insurance professionals. Relying on outside vendors to […]
Armada Analytics Acquires f3 Inc.

Joel Willard, Armada Analytics, [email protected] Greenville, South Carolina – Recently, Armada Analytics, a premier commercial real estate services provider, announced that they would be acquiring f3 Inc., an Engineering and Environmental Due Diligence firm in St. Louis, Missouri. For decades, Armada Analytics has set the industry standard in inspections of multifamily and other commercial properties […]
Virtual Inspections in Commercial Real Estate

When you’re outsourcing your property inspections to a single firm, you want to know that they’re up on the latest and best technology to complete the task. Armada was quick to see the benefits of working with Matterport. With the purchase of their Pro 2 Cameras, our inspectors can now deliver: 3D Tours of Unit […]
Multifamily Loans and Rate Hikes

Multifamily loan originations will likely be less impacted by rate hikes than other CRE. The underwriting of multifamily loans by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the FHA have yet to see a significant decline as of the writing of this article. Many underwriting agencies have even seen a slight uptick in multifamily originations over the […]
Benefits of Outsourcing Your Commercial Real Estate Underwriting

Navigating the Complexities of Multifamily Underwriting Transactions Outsourcing your underwriting helps lenders save on overhead expenses, while also providing a responsiveness that current capacity does not always allow. That is, lenders in commercial real estate outsource their underwriting because they want to reduce turnaround times and reduce expenses. Underwriting a commercial property regularly takes a […]
Commercial Asset Management Reporting Requirements

If you’re a Lender in commercial real estate (CRE) today, there’s a good chance you need a commercial asset manager to help you navigate the ins and outs of burdensome reporting requirements. As we explained in our prior article, both Borrowers and Lenders have come to face increasingly stringent reporting requirements postclose. These reporting requirements […]
What is Zoning in Real Estate?

A successful real estate venture is dependent on many variables, but the importance of zoning should not be overlooked. Zoning refers to the process of municipalities segmenting their land into “zones,” permitting and prohibiting how these zones may be used by real estate developers. By designating land for certain uses (for example, residential or commercial), […]
What is Real Estate Asset Management?

One way to answer the question of what real estate asset management is is to first address what it isn’t. Many confuse commercial asset management services with portfolio management, although the two are quite different. Portfolio management is fund management, and involves generating a cash flow for properties for a company or investors. Real estate […]
Join Armada Analytics at
MBA CREF 2022
in San Diego

Armada Employees in Attendance At the Manchester Grand Hyatt in sunny San Diego from February 13th-15th, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will host their 22nd annual Commercial Real Estate Finance (CREF) conference. MBA CREF offers those in commercial real estate asset management, commercial real estate underwriting, mortgage bankers, loan producers, and everyone in the field […]
Armada Analytics’ Charitable Giving in 2021

As our country began to emerge from the tragedy of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, many of us felt immense gratitude. After a year of confinement, and with so many loved ones lost in this once-in-a-generation virus, it made sense that we reassess our priorities. Armada has been a great success in the realm of […]