Texas Direct Lender — Close in Days

Private Bridge Lending
Built for Real Deals

Texas-focused direct lending for CRE acquisition, refinance, and construction. No committees. No delays. Decisions from principals.

Start Your Prequal → Send a Deal
72hr
Term Sheet
90%
Max LTC
70%
Max ARV
18mo
Typical Term
What We Lend On

Three core structures. All interest-only. All priced for execution speed.

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Acquisition Bridge

Fast close financing for CRE purchases where conventional timing doesn't work. We move when the deal requires it.

Max LTC 90%
Max ARV 70%
Rate 11–13% I/O
Term 12–18 months
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Refinance / Cash-Out

Rate relief or equity extraction on stabilized or transitional assets. Clean title and real equity in the deal required.

Max LTV 70% ARV
Cash-Out Available
Rate 11–13% I/O
Origination 2–3%
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Construction & Rehab

Draw-based financing for new construction and value-add rehab. Interest accrues on full committed amount from day one.

Structure Draw-Based
Max LTC 90%
Rate 11–13% I/O
Extensions ~1% / period
From Inquiry to Close

A deliberate, fast process. No black boxes. Decisions from principals, not committees.

1

Submit Prequal

Complete our short prequal form. Covers deal type, loan parameters, exit strategy, and guarantor info. Takes 5 minutes.

2

Principal Review

We review directly — no loan officers, no committees. You hear from a decision-maker within 24–48 hours.

3

Term Sheet

If the deal works, we issue a term sheet within 72 hours of receiving a complete package. No fluff, just structure.

4

Close

We move at the pace your deal requires. Most closings happen within 10–14 days of signed LOI and clear title.

Banks want your DEPOSITS
BDL wants your DEALS
Built for Operators,
Not Institutions

Direct Principal Decisions

You're talking to the people who write the check. No approval chains, no committee memos.

Texas-Focused, Market-Deep

We know Texas CRE. Values, operators, submarkets, and title complexity — we've seen it.

Clean, Executable Structures

Term sheets you can actually execute. No surprise conditions at the closing table.

Risk Discipline

We don't chase yield at the expense of basis. If we're in, the deal pencils on the downside.

Lending Criteria — At a Glance
Geography Texas
Asset Types CRE + Residential
Max LTC 90%
Max ARV 70%
Rate 11–13% Interest-Only
Origination 2–3%
Term 12–18 months
Extensions Available (~1%)
Use Cases Acq / Refi / Construction
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Texas CRE Pulse

What we're watching in the Texas bridge lending market.

📈 Private Lending

Bridge and DSCR Activity Surges — Top 100 Private Lenders Up 25% in Transactions

Bridge loan volume jumped 51% from January 2024 to January 2025. Texas leads alongside California and Florida — up 30% YoY. 68% of borrowers cite closing speed as the deciding factor, with private lenders funding in 7–10 days vs. 30+ at banks.

American Association of Private Lenders • April 2025
🏦 Capital Markets

Non-Bank Lenders Now Originate More CRE Paper Than Banks — $400B+ Gap and Growing

Alternative lenders led non-agency closings at 37% of volume vs. banks at 31% as of early 2025. Commercial bank CRE lending down 28% YoY as regulators force high-concentration banks to reduce exposure. The shift is structural, not cyclical.

Hall Structured Finance • 2025
🏗️ Build-to-Rent

Texas Leads Nation with 22,000 BTR Units Under Construction — Capital Gap Opens as Banks Retreat

DFW (8,470 units), Houston (4,613), Austin (4,313), and San Antonio (2,994) dominate national BTR delivery. National starts dropped 50%+ in 2024 — committed pipelines now need completion capital as bank construction lenders exit and equity partners grow cautious.

Bisnow • February 2025
🏙️ Texas Multifamily

DFW Absorbed 30,000 Units in 2025 — Supply Cliff Coming in 2026 as Deliveries Drop by Half

DFW absorption hit 30,000 units vs. a 20,000 pre-pandemic average. New deliveries projected to fall ~50% in 2025, tightening supply fundamentals. Houston leads Texas in forecast rent growth at +2.1%; Austin still digesting oversupply but burning through at pace.

SWBC Business Hub • December 2025

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