Why Lenders Prefer the 85/45/24 Model How Structured Pricing, Escrow Control, and Day-One NOI Eliminate Retrades and Funding Risk

Why Lenders Prefer the 85/45/24 Model How Structured Pricing, Escrow Control, and Day-One NOI Eliminate Retrades and Funding Risk

Why Lenders Prefer the 85/45/24 Model

How Structured Pricing, Escrow Control, and Day-One NOI Eliminate Retrades and Funding Risk


Written by Jai Thompson

Introduction

I manage a private equity platform deploying 13–18 million per quarter across multiple real estate asset classes. Our model is asset-based, escrow-directed, and execution-driven, allowing us to close in 23 days or less with certainty and clean title flow.

We acquire and operate across:
• Luxury estates
• Single-family residential portfolios
• Multifamily communities
• Hospitality and hotels
• Mixed-use properties
• RV parks and mobile home communities
• Golf resorts and destination assets
• Specialized housing and income portfolios

Capital is structured, operators are paid, reserves are built in, and all disbursements are controlled through escrow. We deploy with discipline, transparency, and speed—while tithing back to the communities we serve.

This article explains why lenders consistently prefer our approach, how the 85/45/24 model works across asset classes, and how we eliminate late-stage retrades, capital gaps, and funding failures.


The 85/45/24 Framework (Plain English)

Offer Price: 85 percent of Fair Market Value
Recorded Price: 45 percent of Fair Market Value
Lender Position: 24 percent of Fair Market Value

This is not about leverage.
It is about risk control.

Lower recorded price reduces friction.
Lower loan basis protects downside.
NOI must work Day One, not later.


Use Case One: Luxury Estate (Chairman Model)

Conservative Assumptions

• 12 total rooms
• 9 revenue rooms (3 reserved for family use)
• 2,500 per night per room
• 60 percent occupancy
• 65 percent all-in expenses (staff, ops, reserves included)

Revenue Math

2,500 × 9 rooms × 365 days = 8,212,500
8,212,500 × 60 percent = 4,927,500 gross
4,927,500 × 65 percent = 3,202,875 expenses

Stabilized NOI

1,724,625 Day-One NOI with full staff and family on-site

Capital Stack Example

• FMV: 20,000,000
• Offer (85%): 17,000,000
• Recorded (45%): 9,000,000
• Loan (24%): 4,800,000

Debt Metrics

• Annual debt service (approx): 900,000
DSCR: 1,724,625 ÷ 900,000 = 1.92x
Day-One Yield: 1,724,625 ÷ 17,000,000 = 10.1%

Stress Test

• Occupancy drops to 50 percent
• NOI remains above 1.4 million
• DSCR still above 1.55x

Why Lenders Like This

• Family use treated as planned inventory, not lost revenue
• Staff costs baked in before underwriting
• NOI supports debt without upside assumptions


Use Case Two: Multifamily Community

Assumptions

• Stabilized NOI: 1,200,000
• Conservative expense ratio already applied

Capital Stack Example

• FMV: 15,000,000
• Offer (85%): 12,750,000
• Recorded (45%): 6,750,000
• Loan (24%): 3,600,000

Debt Metrics

• Annual debt service: 550,000
DSCR: 1,200,000 ÷ 550,000 = 2.18x
Day-One Yield: 1,200,000 ÷ 12,750,000 = 9.4%

Stress Test

• NOI reduced by 20 percent = 960,000
• DSCR remains 1.74x

Why Lenders Like This

• Low leverage absorbs vacancy and expense spikes
• No reliance on pro forma rent growth
• Escrow-controlled disbursements prevent leakage


Use Case Three: Boutique Hotel

Assumptions

• Conservative NOI after staffing: 2,000,000

Capital Stack Example

• FMV: 25,000,000
• Offer (85%): 21,250,000
• Recorded (45%): 11,250,000
• Loan (24%): 6,000,000

Debt Metrics

• Annual debt service: 900,000
DSCR: 2,000,000 ÷ 900,000 = 2.22x
Day-One Yield: 2,000,000 ÷ 21,250,000 = 9.4%

Stress Test

• NOI drops 25 percent = 1,500,000
• DSCR remains 1.67x

Why Lenders Like This

• Hospitality volatility neutralized by low leverage
• Staffing and reserves included from day one
• No seasonal dependency to survive


How I Structure Offers

• Price based on verified NOI, not asking price
• Recorded price kept intentionally low
• Loan sized to survive stress, not maximize proceeds
• Seller legacy payoff calculated cleanly inside escrow

This prevents renegotiation later.


Why Recorded Price Helps Sellers

Recorded price is not a discount. It is execution insurance.

Seller Benefits

• Lower transfer taxes
• Reduced documentary fees
• Faster title clearance
• Fewer lender conditions
• Higher certainty of closing

Sellers trade paper optics for real certainty.


How Agents Are Paid Through Escrow

• Agent commissions are baked into the capital stack
• Paid directly by escrow
• No side agreements
• No commission risk from retrades

Agents get paid because the deal closes.


How We Avoid Retrades and Funding Issues

Most deals fail because they rely on:
• Pro forma NOI
• Future rent increases
• Rate relief
• Last-minute equity

Our model eliminates those risks.

• NOI must work Day One
• Debt sized conservatively
• Capital verified before contract
• Escrow controls every dollar

If it does not work on paper, it does not go to contract.


Why Lenders Trust This Model

• Strong DSCR
• Defensive yield
• Low leverage
• Transparent escrow control
• Repeatable execution

This is not aggressive capital.
This is survivable capital.


Closing

We do not chase yield.
We engineer certainty.

Structure replaces speculation.
Discipline replaces hope.
Execution replaces excuses.


Contact
Mr. Jai Thompson
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MrJai@kingjairealestategroup.zohodesk.com

📞 Call or Text: 980-353-2408

Structure over sacrifice. Stewardship over struggle. Every deal builds legacy.