If you’re trying to scale into bigger commercial real estate deals but you’re guessing what lenders want, this episode is your shortcut. Rachel Garcia is a former corporate banking executive (Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan) who left to start her own commercial loan brokerage, CRE Capital Investments, and then built CRE Capital Finders: AI software that underwrites your deal, scores funding probability, and matches you to 15,000+ lenders in seconds. In this conversation we cover: - Why most banks automatically decline the deals investors actually want - How Rachel’s software analyzes DSCR, LTV, sponsor strength, and market risk in minutes - The biggest mistakes residential loan officers make when they jump into commercial - How investors, brokers, and realtors can use AI underwriting to stop wasting months on dead deals- Where Rachel sees real opportunity in today’s commercial market If you want to stop wasting months chasing lenders who were never going to fund your deal, Watch this episode and learn how to evaluate your commercial real estate deals like a banker, increase your chances of approval, and find the right lenders before you submit a single application. —Want Rachel’s AI underwriting + lender matching tool? CRE Capital Finders: https://app.crecapitalfinders.com/ —CRE Capital Finders community / coaching: https://tools.crecapitalfinders.com/residential/ —Connect with Rachel Garcia• Website: https://crecapitalinvestments.com/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-garcia-83695564/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cre_capital/?hl=en —

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