Commercial real estate
Deals aren’t found. They’re forged.
Forge Capital Advisory is Big Think Capital’s commercial real estate division. We shape every deal to hold up under pressure, and our deal-placement engine, Forge IQ, matches it to the right lender.
Who we are
Big Think Capital’s commercial real estate division. Built to execute.
Big Think Capital is a national small-business lender with more than a decade of working capital behind it. Forge brings that execution discipline to commercial property.
Dedicated
Specialists who own every deal, start to finish. One coordinator, one point of contact, no handoffs you have to chase.
Backed
The reputation and platform of Big Think Capital: underwriting, processing and a lender network built over years of funding small businesses.
Connected
Forge IQ matches every deal to the right lender. Direct relationships only, so you always know where the file went.
What we do
Find. Structure. Place. Close.
Four jobs, in order, on every file. Forge owns all of them.
Find.
We source and qualify every opportunity, whether it comes from an owner, a broker or a referral partner.
Structure.
We shape the deal to fit both lender and borrower: leverage, term, rate, and the story behind the numbers.
Place.
We match it to the right lender through Forge IQ and our direct relationships. No super-broker chains.
Close.
We drive underwriting to funding, clearing documents and conditions until the wire lands.
Our deal-placement engine
Forge IQ.
Forge IQ scores a deal against the lender programs we actually place with. A handful of questions about the property and the request, and you get a straight answer: green, yellow or red. No rent rolls, no financials, no waiting on a lender to call back.
- Transaction type
- Acquisition
- Property use
- Investment, leased to tenants
- Property type
- Multifamily, 12 units
- Existing debt on property
- None
- Requested amount
- $1,850,000
Green
Send the application. The Forge team takes it from here.
What the three answers mean
Green
The deal fits a program. The application goes in with a document checklist already in hand.
Yellow
Close, with questions. The Forge team reaches out for a few specifics before anything is submitted.
Red
Not a fit today. You know in a minute, not in three weeks, and you can tell your client the truth.
Guidelines built in
Lender criteria in one screening tool. Appetite, property type, leverage and loan size, kept current as programs change.
Red / green screen
A first read on fit, fast. You walk into the client conversation knowing where the deal stands.
Specialist escalation
Exceptions go straight to our CRE expert. A yellow never sits in a queue.
Who we work with
Owners. Brokers. Lenders.
Owners.
Financing matched to your property and your plans, whether you’re buying, refinancing, pulling cash out or bridging to the next move.
Brokers.
A placement partner that protects your relationships. Your client stays your client, and you get the updates.
Lenders.
Qualified, well-structured deal flow. Every file is screened against your guidelines before it reaches your desk.
Partner program
Your client needs CRE capital. Send it to Forge.
ISOs and brokers with business-owner clients. Commercial real estate agents. CPAs, attorneys and advisors. Mortgage and residential loan officers. If you have the relationship, we have the lender.
Get in touch
Let’s forge your next deal.
Tell us about the property and the ask. You’ll hear back from a person, not a portal.