Due Diligence in Commercial Real Estate: A Guide to Best Practice

Clients who invest in and sell commercial real estate always have to verify what’s being sold and bought to ensure they achieve their objectives.

 

Our new 6 PDP Accredited hours course shows you how to conduct this due diligence process for commercial real estate sales.

 

Due diligence is a comprehensive and critical stage in any commercial real estate acquisition. It’s important to cover all aspects and review all available documents with your buyers or sellers to see if there are any red flags with the property, title, relationships with tenants, etc.

 

You’ll also learn how due diligence and underwriting can make or break a transaction. An incomplete due diligence process can spell disaster, whereas a thorough one can limit surprises, minimize risk and generate valuable insight into the opportunity for you and your client.

 

This course is ideal for those seeking to deepen their understanding of the due diligence process for investment real estate. Attendees should have at least a moderate level of experience with commercial transactions.

 

Learning objectives:

• Explain what due diligence is and why it’s important when representing your clients
• Describe what needs to be reviewed during the due diligence process and by whom
• Create a checklist of key areas of due diligence, which questions should be asked and answered and where to find the information
• Explain how lenders look at due diligence
• Review and explain the final report and recommendations so that the client can make an informed decision

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