Structuring Commercial Real Estate Workouts: Alternatives to Bankruptcy and Foreclosure, Second Edition presents a concise introduction to the legal and business considerations involved in real estate loan workouts. It is designed to aid lenders, borrowers and their legal counsel in confronting the variety of issues encountered in working out an acceptable solution to the dilemma posed by a loan in default. The parties associated with a defaulting loan face a number of potential pitfalls, ranging from imminent insolvency of the borrower (and the diminution in value or loss of a lender's security interest) to draconian penalties incurred through liability for environmental hazards present on the property. Structuring Commercial Real Estate Workouts introduces the varied issues, discusses the limitations and advantages of foreclosure and other remedies, and presents suggestions for guiding potential alternative courses of action. The Second Edition features extensive coverage of environmental liabilities that may arise under federal statutes and regulations such as RCRA and CERCLA and how lenders can avoid or minimize these liabilities. A new chapter has been added on the state mini-RCRAs and CERCLAs, necessitated by the growing importance of state environmental laws to real estate financing. A detailed discussion is presented on the laws and programs that have been developed to minimize lender liability at andquot;brownfieldsandquot; sites in urban areas. Excellent coverage is provided for such key areas as prepackaged plans, single asset real estate cases, cash collateral and adequate protection, deeds in lieu of foreclosure and dealing with guarantors and other sureties.

This up-to-date manual will help you analyze the factors that affect the workout decision, understand the pros and cons of each possible solution, and determine exactly what leverage you have. The authors discuss the real estate market and why the current climate is allowing for the easier consummation of workouts. They define a workout and describe an investment analysis approach to the initial determination of whether it makes sense to foreclose. How to formulate a workout strategy both from the borrower's and the lender's perspectives is then explained, with specific strategies given for workout negotiations. Also discussed in detail are the following possible pitfalls that each side must address: tax implications, bankruptcy, lender liability threats, and environmental risks of the real estate, inclduding the problem of 'brownfields'.

Commercial lending is an area which involves a certain degree of risk. This text aims to familiarize professionals with the pertinent issues, thus reducing the degree of risk. It disucsses the steps that must be taken before a commercial loan is granted and examines such topics as financial statement analysis and policy formulation.

Rev. ed. of: Commercial real estate analysis and investments / David M. Geltner ... [et al.]. Mason, Ohio: Thompson South-Western, c2007.

Aswath Damodaran, distinguished author, Professor of Finance, and David Margolis, Teaching Fellow at the NYU Stern School of Business, has delivered the newest edition of Applied Corporate Finance. This readable text provides the practical advice students and practitioners need rather than a sole concentration on debate theory, assumptions, or models. Like no other text of its kind, Applied Corporate Finance, 4th Edition applies corporate finance to real companies. It now contains six real-world core companies to study and follow. Business decisions are classified for students into three groups: investment, financing, and dividend decisions.