Latest / The Hannah Hammond Show / How to Choose the Right Lender for a Commercial Real Estate Deal
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- 0:00There's a lot of devil in the details.
- 0:03I recently experienced with a client, this one lender, they
- 0:06said, OK, we will do this loan. Here's the term sheet.
- 0:09And it was very, very lengthy, very risky.
- 0:13I was like, I don't really feel confident about this lender.
- 0:16I hadn't worked with this lender before.
- 0:17I was very transparent with the client, like this seems like a
- 0:20shark. He ultimately decided to move
- 0:22forward with the loan and it was a total nightmare.
- 0:25Really know who you're working with, have those relationships
- 0:30with quality lenders that you know are going to actually
- 0:32execute. You know how they operate.
- 0:34You know, they have a good reputation as a real estate
- 0:36investor. I was always so intimidated by
- 0:40the financing piece of it. And it made me hesitant to want
- 0:43to even do it because I'm like, ah, I have to deal with these
- 0:46banks and these credit unions and how do I know who to go to?
- 0:49And so there was always like this financing piece that I
- 0:52didn't really fully understand. That was the problem that I
- 0:54really wanted to solve and and am solving.
- 0:57What was the red flag that you now look for in other lenders
- 1:01when you are building a new relationship?
- 1:03It's what you don't know that gets you in trouble.
- 1:05And I know that I'm young. I know most people like who is
- 1:07this girl talking about commercial real estate finance?
- 1:09Like she's a young blonde female and a good old boy, male
- 1:12dominated world, massive conglomerate.
- 1:15But I lean on who, not how. If I want to be the best, I have
- 1:19to partner with the best. That was the first thing.
- 1:22The second thing is. What's up?
- 1:25And welcome back to the Hannah Hammond Show.
- 1:26We got Hannah Hammond and we're just going to go into the
- 1:30powerful impact that she's having in CRE, which is
- 1:34commercial real estate lending. And there's so much you're doing
- 1:36there. There's so much innovation that
- 1:38you've brought to the marketplace.
- 1:39And I know you're solving so many problems.
- 1:41And I want to give people basically the secret scoop of
- 1:45the best ways to go into this type of lending and some of the
- 1:49problems that you're solving because I think it's going to
- 1:51help a lot of people. So when it came to HP Capital,
- 1:56like what made you want to transition into that from like
- 1:59the real estate brokerage that you had originally?
- 2:00Like what was the opportunity you saw there?
- 2:04But also what was the problem that you wanted to solve that
- 2:06maybe you saw? Maybe it was just other people
- 2:09not prioritizing the relationship?
- 2:11Like what was it that you wanted to enter that market and fix?
- 2:15So as a real estate investor, I was always so intimidated by the
- 2:19financing piece of it. And it made me hesitant to want
- 2:23to even do it because I'm like, I have to deal with these banks
- 2:27and these credit unions and how do I know who to go to?
- 2:29And how do I know what they're looking for?
- 2:31And how do I get a deal under contract if I don't really know
- 2:34the financing in place, but I can't really get the financing
- 2:36until they underwrite the deal. And you know, what if I don't
- 2:39have the income to qualify for it as a younger investor, what,
- 2:43what do I need to know in this space?
- 2:45Like how do I really execute on my dream of having a large
- 2:49commercial real estate portfolio, helping people create
- 2:52and live their best lives through real estate investing,
- 2:54take advantage of all the tax advantages and in all those
- 2:57things and make it easy and seamless.
- 2:59So I could focus on what I did best and let other people focus
- 3:04on the rest. And what I didn't do best, which
- 3:06that, that I just kind of dove into the thing I was afraid of.
- 3:09And I the thing I was afraid of was financing and how to really
- 3:12get the capital for the projects, whether it was the,
- 3:16the debt side, which is, you know, the lending side or the
- 3:18equity side, which is your JV, Co GP or capital raising side on
- 3:24equity. And so that was kind of the
- 3:25problem that I wanted to solve for myself.
- 3:27And I got into real estate investing at 18 years old,
- 3:31started as a commercial real estate broker, still am a
- 3:34commercial real estate broker owner and designated broker of
- 3:36the firm here in Arizona. And then along the way, I was
- 3:40investing in real estate while I was helping other people invest
- 3:43in real estate on their own. And so there was always like
- 3:46this financing piece that I didn't really fully understand.
- 3:50I understood, you know, the, the deal, the underwriting of the
- 3:53deal, the income of the deal, the cap rate of the deal, the
- 3:56real estate broker side of the transaction.
- 3:59And then there was always just the lender that I was working
- 4:01with. And it was always kind of
- 4:02complicated and complex. And I wanted to dive into that
- 4:05and make it an easier, more seamless process and really make
- 4:10sure that my clients were getting the best loan product
- 4:13they could. And also knew all the different
- 4:16loan products they could without having to reach out to 7000
- 4:20different banks and try to build relationships with all these
- 4:22different banks And try to really understand what they
- 4:25wanted to lend on, what their underwriting criteria was and
- 4:28how that was shifting over time. Because what one bank might see
- 4:32as a deal that they wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole,
- 4:35another bank or life insurance company or credit union or debt
- 4:38fund might be like, hey, this is the perfect deal for us.
- 4:41We would love to lend on this. And sometimes it might take 100
- 4:44lenders going through 100 lenders to really find that out.
- 4:47And it's just not realistic to be able to do that type of
- 4:51research and have those kind of relationships.
- 4:53If you are the investor that's also sourcing the deals,
- 4:57managing the projects, you know, running your construction teams,
- 5:00leasing up the deals, selling the deals and all the things.
- 5:03And that was the problem that I really wanted to solve and and
- 5:06am solving and still wanting to continue to solve with HP
- 5:10Capital. So good.
- 5:11I'm sure there's so many mistakes you've made, but the
- 5:13mistakes are what make you more of an asset, especially when you
- 5:16learn from them. What would you say was like a
- 5:19story about like an area where you did make a mistake that
- 5:22you've learned from and now you could like share that mistake
- 5:25with people and you're like, hey, don't do this if you're
- 5:28going to go and try and get lending because XYZ will happen.
- 5:31You have any sort of those stories that have really helped
- 5:34you and now helps your clients now that you have this post
- 5:37knowledge? Yeah.
- 5:38So the first one is know who is doing the loan, you know, or if
- 5:44you're raising equity, who your partner is on that because
- 5:48there's a lot of devil in the details.
- 5:51And I recently experienced with a client he was going to, we got
- 5:57a term sheet from a debt fund. It was a very complicated loan.
- 6:00Like 100 lenders said, no, we, we don't want to do it as land.
- 6:04A lot of lenders don't like lending on land because it
- 6:06doesn't cash flow and it's hard to sell and hard to value and
- 6:09all these things, right? So this one lender, they said,
- 6:12OK, we will do this loan. Here's the term sheet.
- 6:15And they sent the loan commitment and it was very, very
- 6:19lengthy, very extensive, very risky.
- 6:22And so I was like, I don't really feel confident about this
- 6:27lender. I haven't worked with this
- 6:28lender before. I was very transparent with the
- 6:30client, like this seems like a shark.
- 6:33And this seems like a very litigious, litigious lender.
- 6:37And I probably wouldn't go forward with this loan, but he
- 6:40had his attorney review it. And, you know, I made sure he
- 6:42had an attorney involved because it was, you know, far on my pay
- 6:46grade as far as like the legality of it.
- 6:48And he ultimately decided to move forward with the loan And
- 6:52it was a total nightmare. And that it was just like
- 6:55attorneys back and forth for months and months and months.
- 6:58And the amount of, you know, as a lender, they kind of have all
- 7:03the say. And he had, they requested a
- 7:05very large commitment fee, like hundreds of thousands of dollars
- 7:10of commitment fee that's non refundable.
- 7:12And ultimately they did get to the finish line and there was
- 7:17this whole thing. But anyway, that was a big
- 7:19thing. It's just like really know who
- 7:21you're working with and have those relationships with quality
- 7:26lenders that you know, we're going to actually execute, you
- 7:28know how they operate. You know, they have a good
- 7:30reputation. And I was in this kind of
- 7:33challenging position because I knew I hadn't worked with them
- 7:36before and I knew they didn't have a good reputation.
- 7:38But the client ultimately still wanted to go with them because
- 7:41it was kind of his only option at the time.
- 7:43And it, it wasn't a very comfortable feeling for me.
- 7:46So that's why I really love to work on building really strong
- 7:50relationships with various different lenders and you know,
- 7:54like our executive managing director and partner at HP
- 7:57Capital, he's been a top producing commercial mortgage
- 7:59broker for almost 27 years. He's done billions and billions
- 8:02of dollars of loans and he has amazing lender relationships
- 8:07that he can get things done that you're not going to get done if
- 8:11you go walk into that bank. You know, and like he can
- 8:14because of the business and because the relationship that he
- 8:17has with these lenders, he can make things happen like pull
- 8:20strings, make timelines happen, negotiate term streets.
- 8:23That's another thing is like you can actually negotiate a term
- 8:27sheet that the lender proposes. You don't just have to accept
- 8:30it. You can try to work some things
- 8:31out or try to get the rate down if you deposit some money or try
- 8:34to have a carve out on the personal guarantee like dot,
- 8:37lots of different strategies that when I was first an
- 8:41investor, I didn't know that I could negotiate with the lender.
- 8:44So that's something just the value of the relationship
- 8:47because it's so, so, so important to really like in a
- 8:51sense know who you're getting into bed with because they're
- 8:54technically your partner at that point, like they have control
- 8:57over the asset. So much control.
- 8:59What was it like with that lender that raised a red flag
- 9:02for you of like this could be a shark?
- 9:04Was it just that they were overcomplicating the contractor,
- 9:06the terms was there just how they were conducting business
- 9:09and communicating? Like what was the red flag that
- 9:12you now look for in other lenders when you are building a
- 9:15new relationship? Super high loan commitment fee
- 9:18that's non refundable. That was the first one, very,
- 9:23very, very, very lengthy and extensive and demanding
- 9:28commitment, loan commitment that didn't leave a lot of options
- 9:32for the borrower to have any sort of protection.
- 9:35And then just their reputation online, the reputation that we
- 9:39hear from other brokers in the business and other lenders in
- 9:44the business. And just like these people don't
- 9:46have a good reputation and they really like to take people's
- 9:48fees and not actually close loans and then make it very
- 9:51difficult to close loans. So those are some of the red
- 9:54flags. And then we have to decide, is
- 9:57this something that we even want to present as an option moving
- 10:01forward? I would never present that
- 10:03lender again. Even though I was very
- 10:04transparent about the risks that I saw with the lender, I still
- 10:09in a way thought that, you know, my client is looking to get this
- 10:12loan. And if he knows his risks and he
- 10:14wants to move forward and there's transparency there, then
- 10:16it might be something that would work out well for him.
- 10:19But moving forward, I would probably just completely opt out
- 10:22of even like introducing him to that lender because they're just
- 10:27not aligned with the integrity of what we do and and how we
- 10:30operate as a company A. 100% just makes your life harder, it
- 10:34gives you now a bad reputation and it just effects both parties
- 10:38in a negative way instead of becoming a win win.
- 10:40Yeah except yeah. So I guess with like how you're
- 10:45doing business, like where do you feel like you're creating
- 10:47better innovation? Like whether it's like the
- 10:49software AI tools you're using, like, how is it that you're like
- 10:53really standing out against, you know, other similar companies
- 10:56who are competing with you? Yeah.
- 10:58So partnering up with somebody who's been a top producing
- 11:02commercial mortgage broker, you know, on the debt and equity
- 11:05side for almost as long as I've been alive was a big one because
- 11:10it's what you don't know that gets you in trouble.
- 11:12And I know that I'm young. I know most people like who is
- 11:14this girl talking about commercial real estate finance?
- 11:17Like she's a young blonde female and a good old boy, male
- 11:20dominated world, massive conglomerate, you know,
- 11:24companies that are competing with us in this world.
- 11:27But I lean on who not how, you know, and I under I've been in
- 11:32real estate eleven years in commercial real estate.
- 11:34I understand how it works. I know that I don't have the 30
- 11:39years or 50 years or any of that amount of experience.
- 11:42You know, I'm about 5 years in the lending space, which started
- 11:46from launching my own private lending firm with my own money.
- 11:49So I made some serious mistakes there too, that I actually was
- 11:52the lender. I wasn't just getting a
- 11:55Commission for helping navigate the dealer, find the right
- 11:57lender. I was lending my own capital.
- 11:59And I really learned quickly, like how to underwrite a deal
- 12:03and what to look for and what the red flags are because I gave
- 12:07out about a bunch of bad loans on bad assets, bad borrowers,
- 12:10bad credit, not solid underwriting, like not really
- 12:15looking at the financials, not really having good surveys or
- 12:20appraisals or any of that stuff, right?
- 12:22So I made all those mistakes, which helps me now as an owner
- 12:26of a capital advisory firm, but leaning on that relationship and
- 12:30his team and his experience and understanding, like, if I want
- 12:33to be the best, I have to partner with the best.
- 12:35That was the first thing. The second thing is 1 finding a
- 12:40partner who has his skills are not mine and my skills are not
- 12:45his. And so being able to come
- 12:46together and build a team of all the skills and I fill in where
- 12:52other people on the team lack and they fill in where I lack.
- 12:55And we all kind of have our lane and our unique gifts and
- 12:58abilities. Something that I'm very good at
- 13:01is technology. I'm very good at systems, you
- 13:03know, I as systems engineer and industrial engineer and so
- 13:07business efficiency, eliminating waste in a process, eliminating
- 13:11unnecessary steps in a process, optimizing the outcome, the
- 13:16output, the quality of the output has something that I'm
- 13:19really good at and then implementing technology.
- 13:21And so I've been on the cutting edge of AI, like diving into AI.
- 13:24We were talking about this last time as I really want to hire a
- 13:27chief of AI immediately, if not sooner.
- 13:31If anybody's watching this that wants to be our chief of AI, let
- 13:34me know or director of AI. And one of the edges we have at
- 13:39HP Capital that a lot of our large competitors don't have,
- 13:44like CBRE would be a big competitor of ours, JLL North,
- 13:48Mark Walker and Dunlap, all these, some of them are multi
- 13:52billion dollar firms and they are so big that they just can't
- 13:58be as nimble and quick to adopt some of these new technologies
- 14:01as we can. And there's abundance in the
- 14:03world. Like there's always enough debt
- 14:05to business to go around. Like the commercial real estate
- 14:09market is like massive. It's so massive.
- 14:13It's I don't know what the the market cap is, but it's very
- 14:16big. And anyway, So what we did is we
- 14:23brought in an AI driven software that basically has our entire
- 14:29database of all of our lender relationships in it, like over
- 14:327000 lenders. It knows all their underwriting
- 14:34criteria. It knows every single loan
- 14:36they're closing. It knows what deals they like,
- 14:38what deals they don't like, what volume they like, where they
- 14:40lend, what type of loans they do.
- 14:43And these are lenders that, you know, my partner has built up
- 14:47over his 30 year career and all his team has built up over all
- 14:50of their careers. And other people at the company
- 14:53have built as well as lenders that we've gathered from systems
- 14:58like from technology to be able to go out there and search.
- 15:00Who are the lenders both on the debt and equity side in the
- 15:02marketplace? What are their underwriting
- 15:04criteria? How can we start to build these
- 15:06relationships with them, understand how they work?
- 15:08And so it also helps us basically create a deal room for
- 15:13each opportunity. So when a client comes to us and
- 15:15said, hey, we're doing this retail shopping center
- 15:19development project in, let's just say Arizona, cuz that's
- 15:22where we're at right now in Arizona.
- 15:25We want you to help us finance the property, get the best
- 15:27financing. Well, now our job is to make
- 15:29that process as seamless, as quick and as easy as possible
- 15:34and for them to get the absolute best rate in terms as they
- 15:37possibly can for that project. And each project has so many
- 15:41nuances. Different things are important
- 15:44to different people and for different projects.
- 15:46So you might say it's very important.
- 15:50I don't sign a personal guarantee.
- 15:51I'm not comfortable with it. I do not want to sign a personal
- 15:53guarantee. And you're like, but I'm willing
- 15:56to put more money down because I understand there's more risk for
- 15:59the lender. Great.
- 16:00So we're going to use this software and use our
- 16:02relationships to know what lenders are going to be a good
- 16:05fit for you based on what your goals are for that project.
- 16:09Yeah. And then we might have another
- 16:10client that's like all signed personal guarantees all day
- 16:12long. I already have 400 million
- 16:14personal personally guaranteed. Like what's another 20 million
- 16:18And we just want the Max LTV, the Max loan to value.
- 16:22We want as much debt coverage on this as we can get.
- 16:25Great. We're going to go out there and
- 16:26we're going to find the lender that is OK with personal
- 16:28guarantee and they're going to give the Max debt coverage.
- 16:30And so if they didn't work with us and the value that we really
- 16:34provide is that investor or that developer, instead of using
- 16:41their unique gift and their highest and best use of time to
- 16:45source deals, manage projects, lease up deals, sell deals, all
- 16:48the deal things that that their gift is in.
- 16:51And they're spending all their time trying to go find the one
- 16:55out of these 10,000 different lenders that could potentially
- 17:00be a good fit for the deal or the best fit for the deal.
- 17:03That's going to take them a lot of time.
- 17:05They're not going to be able to build those relationships that
- 17:07quickly. And it's not the best use of
- 17:10their time. And there's opportunity cost
- 17:11because now their time is being spent trying to find financing
- 17:14instead of looking for more deals or making sure that this
- 17:17project is going well and running smooth and that they're
- 17:19going to maximize their potential profit on the deal.
- 17:22And so that's one thing. And we see a lot of a big
- 17:26mistake we see a lot of investors and developers make is
- 17:30they just go to the same bank all the time because it's easy.
- 17:33It's the path of least resistance, right?
- 17:35The bank has the file, they know the, the, they have the
- 17:37financials, they have the balance sheet, they, they have
- 17:40the deal, they have everything and they've already have the
- 17:42relationship. And so they just keep lending
- 17:44with that bank or borrowing from that bank rather.
- 17:48But they have no idea what other banks out there out of the
- 17:52thousands and thousands and thousands of banks might be
- 17:55like, actually, we'll lend you more money.
- 17:56We won't do a personal guarantee.
- 17:59And we're going to give you a rate that's 200 basis points
- 18:02lower. And when you add those numbers
- 18:05into a project, I mean we could be talking hundreds of
- 18:08thousands, we could be talking millions or 10s of billions
- 18:11depending on the scope of the project like you know some of
- 18:14these projects people do or in the billions.
- 18:16So these little numbers if it's a 5% rate versus a 7% rate that
- 18:22adds up especially if you have a long term loan.
- 18:26Yeah. So those are those are some of
- 18:28the keys. So our job is to really automate
- 18:30the process, really understand all the options out there for
- 18:33our clients and it could be various different asset classes
- 18:37in different stages of the deal. So like, let's say you found a
- 18:42distressed a retail center or storage facility that's in
- 18:47default and that it's, you know, about to be in pre foreclosure.
- 18:51The bank has this defaulted note and the bank wants to sell the
- 18:54asset at the discount. You have someone with the
- 18:56relationship or you know, your mortgage broker knows the
- 18:59relationship and knows what you're looking for and brings
- 19:02that opportunity to you. And there could be a couple
- 19:05options on this deal. Either a, we could try to
- 19:08negotiate with that bank to extend the loan and allow you
- 19:12time to get it performing, or you could also, we could find a
- 19:16debt fund or a private investor to give you a bridge loan on
- 19:20that property, which is going to be a higher interest rate.
- 19:23But generally, you know, it may or may not be personally
- 19:26guaranteed depending on the the fund.
- 19:28But basically they're going to provide you quick capital to
- 19:31take advantage of getting that deal at a lower price and
- 19:34getting a big discount on the deal.
- 19:36So let's say if we're doing a bridge loan with a debt fund, it
- 19:40may be a 12% rate for a 12 or 18 month term.
- 19:45So you're paying a higher interest rate, but you're able
- 19:47to take down that property, you're able to add value to it,
- 19:51get it stabilized, get it repositioned.
- 19:53And then we can go to another lender, whether a bank or credit
- 19:57union or life insurance company, CMBS, anything like that.
- 20:01And then get you a loan into permanent financing and make
- 20:04sure you're getting the best rate in terms there maybe at a 5
- 20:071/2 or 6 or 6 1/2 percent rate just depending on the deal and
- 20:10where we're at. So that's kind of where we come
- 20:12in is having. Those different relationships to
- 20:14be able to get different loan products for different phases of
- 20:17the deal, yeah. So just having that flexibility
- 20:21and that ability to use financing to weather storms and
- 20:26to take advantage of opportunities is a big value
- 20:29that we provide. 100% And the most valuable thing out of all
- 20:32of that, which ties it all together, is how much time you
- 20:34save people. It's just the crazy amount of
- 20:37time people spend on the research and like making sure
- 20:40they're going with the right lender.
- 20:41Like what a nightmare. So the fact that you're able to
- 20:44do that and you're innovating the technology to save that time
- 20:46as well is insane. Like for you, like what do you
- 20:50feel like is one of the best opportunities?
- 20:51Like if somebody's trying to look for the right asset class,
- 20:55like what do you think is like one of the best asset classes
- 20:59personally to you based on what you've seen in your industry?
- 21:02I think investors can really win in every asset class.
- 21:05Now with that said, it comes down to your experience and your
- 21:11relationships is super, super key.
- 21:14If you have been a storage facility developer and investor
- 21:16for 25 years, probably doesn't make sense to jump into office
- 21:2125 years later, right? Like you have all the expertise,
- 21:24you have knowledge, you have an edge, you have a big edge.
- 21:27And so leaning into like where you're already an expert, I
- 21:30think is always a good thing. But that's not to say that
- 21:33there's never a time to shift and pivot into a different
- 21:36sector asset class. And then with that, different
- 21:40asset classes have different opportunities.
- 21:42For instance, office, it's the most distressed asset class.
- 21:46Defaults are at CMBS, which is commercial mortgage-backed
- 21:49securities. Those are hovering around 10%
- 21:52nationally right now. I think they're economist.
- 21:56I think it was the economist I was listening to on the podcast
- 21:58for CMBS. He said he wouldn't be surprised
- 22:00if they hit 20% defaults by the end of the year.
- 22:02So you might say asset class or Office is the worst asset class
- 22:07to be in. Or you might say Office is the
- 22:11biggest opportunity. Fags.
- 22:13So it kind of depends, right? It is the worst asset class
- 22:17right now as far as performance goes.
- 22:21However, it is the biggest opportunity as far as getting a
- 22:24big discount goes. You know, we're seeing some
- 22:26office buildings trade at 50 to $0.60 on the dollar for like
- 22:30land value and these can be converted or repositioned or
- 22:35scraped, you know, and a different asset class rebuilt
- 22:39like a mixed-use or retail or Co living is a big thing popping
- 22:43up. So it really just depends.
- 22:44But overall like office is a very challenged sector right
- 22:48now. Industrial is very strong,
- 22:51especially with near shoring or onshoring coming back and the AI
- 22:55revolution and the need for big, big, big, big, big power
- 22:58centers, data centers, industrial is strong.
- 23:02Storage is still a very strong asset class, although we are
- 23:05seeing some over saturation in certain markets that we're a
- 23:09little bit overbuilt, a lot of supply hits.
- 23:11So it, you know, it can become very market, it is very market
- 23:15specific, even micro market specific like downtown Phoenix
- 23:19might be really struggling in multifamily, but Scottsdale
- 23:22might be doing really well in multifamily.
- 23:24And it kind of comes down to supply and demand and absorption
- 23:27rates and all that stuff. So it's very specific.
- 23:30But I like retail has actually done really well since COVID.
- 23:35Vacancy rates are down to 4.5% nationally, which is really good
- 23:39because during COVID a lot of people stopped developing retail
- 23:43and there's a need for really nice like experience based power
- 23:46centers out there. And so I think you really can
- 23:49win in all of them. And it ultimately comes down to
- 23:52supply and demand. Yeah, 100%.
- 23:55That's so good. The amount, the time you save
- 23:57and just like the amount that you can maximize in terms of the
- 24:01ROI is insane. If somebody wanted to get a hold
- 24:05of you or ask some questions or learn about what you might do in
- 24:10their shoes, what's the best way for them to like reach out to
- 24:13you or learn more about HB Capital?
- 24:16Yeah. So our website is HB
- 24:17capitalre.com or you can DM me on LinkedIn, Hannah Hammond on
- 24:24Instagram, Facebook, any of those things, but just go to the
- 24:27website. You can fill out a form, Phil,
- 24:29or you can e-mail me directly at hannah.hanah@hbcapitalre.com.
- 24:37Wow, thank you so much for sharing all that.
- 24:40That was gold, Hannah. Thank you.
- 24:42Just like your presidential. Exciting, yeah.
- 24:44Which means she knows what she's talking about, yeah.
- 24:46I don't know about that. I know she's humble, too.
- 24:48Yeah. It's exciting.
- 24:49You know, everyone loves to talk about commercial real estate,
- 24:52finance, about the most boring topic ever.
- 24:55Yeah. But I think it's exciting
- 24:57because there's just so much creativity.
- 24:59And something that I value so much and have been really great
- 25:02at in my life has been relationships, because I truly
- 25:05love people. I love working with amazing
- 25:08people. I love connecting amazing
- 25:09people. And so I really value trying to
- 25:12be that end to end solution for investors, whether they need
- 25:15financing, whether they need equity capital or whether
- 25:18they're looking for off market properties.
- 25:20And those types of opportunities is just how can I connect them
- 25:23with my network? And I have an amazing network
- 25:25that I've built over time through masterminds and teaching
- 25:29and talking and podcasting and doing business.
- 25:32And so really, if I could ever be a resource for anything, even
- 25:35if it's not directly you need a loan on your commercial
- 25:38property, let me know and I'm happy to connect you with
- 25:40whoever can help. Yeah, you're the great
- 25:42connector, by the way, in the book The Go Giver, which you've
- 25:46got to read sometime. Have you?
- 25:47It's one of my favorites. Yeah, the connector, the
- 25:49connector was the most valuable person out of everybody.
- 25:52And so if you need connections or, you know, lending, Hannah's
- 25:57your girl. Thanks so much for being on
- 25:59Hannah. Thank you.