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AI Underwriting Checks: Instant Red/Yellow/Green Flags on Any Proforma

7 min read March 2026 AI Tools

Every syndicator has looked at a broker's proforma and thought: "These numbers feel aggressive, but which ones?" Rent growth projections? Exit cap rate? Operating expense ratios? LTV? It takes experience to spot the red flags — and even experienced operators miss things when they're reviewing dozens of deals.

deeltrack's AI Underwriting Check analyzes a deal's financial assumptions and returns an instant color-coded assessment: red flags, yellow caution items, and green confirmations — with specific notes on why each assumption matters.

How It Works

  1. Enter your deal data — or let AI parse it from a broker OM (that's another tool)
  2. Click "Run Underwriting Check"
  3. Get results in ~20 seconds — a full analysis across 10+ financial dimensions

The AI doesn't just compare numbers to static thresholds. It considers the property type, market, deal size, and how the assumptions relate to each other. A 3% rent growth might be fine in a DFW multifamily but aggressive in a rural secondary market.

What Gets Flagged

Here's what a typical underwriting check looks like:

Exit Cap Rate Below Entry Cap Entering at 5.2% and exiting at 4.8% assumes cap rate compression over the hold period. In a rising rate environment, this is a speculative bet — not a conservative assumption. Stress-test with a flat or expanding exit cap.
Equity Raise Insufficient Total equity raise of $2.8M on a $12M acquisition leaves $9.2M in debt (76.7% LTV). With closing costs and reserves, the actual equity need may exceed the raise target. Buffer by 10-15%.
Rent Growth Projections Projecting 4.5% annual rent growth for 5 years is above the 10-year metro average of 3.1%. Achievable with value-add execution, but should be supported by comparable lease-up data.
Operating Expense Ratio Projected OpEx ratio of 38% is below the multifamily average of 42-48%. Verify that insurance, property tax reassessment, and management fees are fully loaded.
Debt Service Coverage DSCR of 1.35x in Year 1 provides adequate cushion above most lender minimums (1.20-1.25x). Remains above 1.25x through the hold period under base case.
Price Per Unit $131K/unit is in line with the DFW multifamily market for a 1998-vintage property. Not a discount, but not a premium either.

The Overall Assessment

Beyond individual flags, the AI provides an overall red/yellow/green rating for the deal with a summary note. This isn't a recommendation to invest or pass — it's a CPA's first-pass sanity check, automated.

Not a replacement for human judgment:

AI underwriting checks are a screening tool, not a decision engine. They catch the obvious issues (aggressive assumptions, mathematical inconsistencies, missing data) so you can focus your manual analysis on the nuanced questions. Think of it as a CPA glancing at the proforma before the detailed review.

What It Checks

The underwriting check evaluates these dimensions (among others):

The Full AI Suite

Underwriting checks are one of 10 AI tools built into deeltrack — all powered by Gemini 2.5 Flash, all included at no extra cost:

Underwriting CheckFlag aggressive assumptions
Deal ComparisonSide-by-side analysis
DD ChecklistAuto-generated by deal type
Draft UpdatesQuarterly reports from bullets
Parse Broker OMsExtract structured data
Review DocumentsCompare docs to deal terms
Draft NoticesCapital call notices
Categorize DocsAuto-tag uploaded files
Investor Q&AAnswer LP questions from data
Parse VariablesExtract OA terms

Why We Built This

We watched sponsors spend hours reviewing proformas that had obvious red flags buried in optimistic assumptions. A CPA who works with syndicators sees these patterns immediately — but most sponsors aren't CPAs, and most CPAs charge $300+/hour for this analysis.

The AI underwriting check gives every sponsor access to that first-pass CPA analysis — instantly, on every deal, at no additional cost. It won't replace deep due diligence, but it'll save you from wasting time on deals that don't pencil before you even start.

10 AI tools. Zero additional cost.

$49/deal/month. Every AI feature included. No per-use fees.

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