Commercial Real Estate Software for Every Team Role
Solsten is most useful when a team needs deterministic underwriting, versioned assumptions, and clean audit trails across the full deal lifecycle. Whether you are screening new deals, monitoring asset performance, or teaching institutional modeling, Solsten keeps the math connected.
Primary Role Pages
These pages go deeper on the workflows, reporting needs, and search intent for the teams most likely to adopt Solsten first.
Acquisitions Analysts
Build deterministic CRE underwriting models, rerun scenarios quickly, and see exactly how assumption changes flow through NOI, DSCR, IRR, and equity multiple.
- ✓ Deterministic underwriting instead of fragile spreadsheet chains
- ✓ Versioned tenants, expenses, financing, and recoveries in one model
- ✓ Scenario reruns when pricing, debt, or lease assumptions change
Asset Managers
Track projected versus actual performance, explain variance drivers, and monitor lease rollover, vacancy exposure, and operating pressure points over time.
- ✓ Projected vs actual comparisons by period and data type
- ✓ Timeline views for rollover, vacancy, and occupancy-sensitive expenses
- ✓ Audit trails and activity history for governance and reporting
Lenders
DSCR-first CRE loan underwriting for community banks, private lenders, credit unions, and debt funds. Size deals correctly, stress test downside, flag refinance risk, and track covenants without rebuilding your model for every scenario.
- ✓ DSCR trajectory, LTV, and debt yield in one connected view
- ✓ Downside stress testing with documented assumptions
- ✓ 25+ loan fields covering fixed, floating, construction, and mezz structures
Appraisers
Institutional-grade DCF and income capitalization software with transparent methodology and documented assumptions. Built for the appraisers who defend their work under review, in court, or in front of a credit committee.
- ✓ DCF projection with visible, editable assumptions at every step
- ✓ Exit scenarios modeled in parallel for reconciliation and sensitivity
- ✓ Public methodology documentation to support defensibility under scrutiny
Students & Faculty
Teach and learn institutional underwriting structure, integrated assumptions, and scenario analysis in a production-style environment instead of static spreadsheets.
- ✓ Institutional underwriting workflows, not isolated classroom tabs
- ✓ Immediate feedback on lease, market, financing, and expense changes
- ✓ Assignment-friendly structure for faculty and job-ready practice for students
Why Role-Specific Teams Converge on the Same Platform
The real advantage is not separate tools for every department. It is one connected source of truth where leasing assumptions, operating expenses, financing, recoveries, and investor returns all stay aligned.
Deterministic underwriting: Same inputs produce the same outputs, which matters when teams are comparing deals or defending recommendations.
Versioned assumptions: Track how tenant, market, expense, and debt assumptions evolve instead of overwriting old context.
Audit trails: Activity history and actual-vs-projected comparisons support governance, investor communication, and post-close review.
Additional Specialty Fits
- • Leasing specialists modeling step increases, TI/LC, and renewal probabilities
- • Property managers tracking operational actuals against forecast periods
- • Brokers running buyer/seller what-if scenarios during negotiations
- • Developers and owner-operators comparing stabilize, lease-up, hold, refinance, and exit paths
- • Investor relations teams using consistent numbers between underwriting and reporting
- • Controllers and accountants reconciling budget assumptions against actual period outcomes
Frequently Asked Questions
Should commercial real estate software be tailored to each team role?
Yes. Acquisitions analysts, asset managers, appraisers, students, brokers, and lenders all use the same underlying deal math differently. The best CRE software keeps one deterministic model while surfacing workflows, timelines, and reports that match each role.
Why not just use Excel templates for every role?
Excel is flexible, but it breaks easily as assumptions change across tenants, recoveries, debt, and hold-period projections. Solsten keeps assumptions versioned and connected so teams can rerun scenarios without spreadsheet drift.
Which roles benefit most from Solsten first?
The highest-immediate ROI is usually for acquisitions analysts, asset managers, appraisers, and real estate students or faculty because each group benefits directly from deterministic underwriting, audit trails, and scenario-driven reporting.
Can appraisers use Solsten for USPAP-compliant income approach work?
Solsten produces income approach output that supports USPAP-compliant reporting. It does not certify a final appraisal report, and it does not handle the sales comparison or cost approach. It sits alongside your existing report software as the income capitalization engine.
Can lenders use Solsten for CRE loan underwriting?
Yes. Solsten is DSCR-first CRE loan underwriting software for community banks, private lenders, credit unions, and debt funds. It replaces the Excel underwriting model that lives inside the credit memo. It is not a loan origination system, credit decisioning platform, or servicing tool, so it sits alongside your LOS rather than replacing it.