Multifamily Due Diligence Checklist

Practical diligence framework for US commercial multifamily transactions with 5+ units. Use this checklist to keep legal, financial, and operational workstreams aligned from term sheet through closing.

1) Financial diligence

• Reconcile trailing 12-month operating statements and rent roll totals.
• Build in-place and stabilized NOI bridges with support for each adjustment.
• Stress test occupancy, concessions, bad debt, and expense inflation.
• Validate debt sizing under DSCR, debt yield, and leverage constraints.

2) Lease and tenant diligence

• Audit lease terms, concessions, expiration clustering, and delinquency patterns.
• Confirm occupancy reporting methodology and unit-status definitions.
• Review tenant concentration and exposure to nonrecurring occupancy drivers.

3) Physical and capex diligence

• Complete PCA and relevant environmental reports required by lenders.
• Map immediate-life-safety needs versus strategic value-add improvements.
• Align capex sequencing with loan covenants, reserves, and lease-up timing.

4) Legal and entity diligence

• Verify borrowing entity formation documents and ownership structure.
• Confirm guarantor framework, authority documents, and signature readiness.
• Review title, survey, zoning, and litigation matters before loan-doc drafting.

5) Debt execution and closing controls

• Track lender conditions with owner-level due dates and document status.
• Confirm reserve requirements, escrows, and cash-management mechanics.
• Verify extension tests and refinance assumptions for transitional strategies.
• Prepare post-close reporting templates before funding.

How sponsors should implement this checklist

Assign one transaction owner to manage dependencies across legal counsel, lender counsel, third-party vendors, property management, and accounting. Weekly checkpoint calls with updated owner-level action lists usually reduce avoidable timeline slips.

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