Your peers are solving the same problems. Meet them.
Construction lending is a small discipline with hard problems, and most of the people solving them work at other institutions. The Construction Lending Masterminds put them in the same virtual room: one hour, no vendors presenting, no agenda but the questions your peers bring.
What Mastermind attendees say
Lenders learning from lenders.
These are the only people who know what I go through day in and day out.
Getting to hear how others do things has been instrumental in many of my process improvements.
We updated our draw admin process and procedures after hearing how more experienced lenders handle theirs.
Every session, we exchange information that matters, and we're able to help one another work through it.
I love that we all bring different expertise to the table, making us all an asset to the group.
The idea sharing gives me access to what my peers have already learned, which is hard to find anywhere else.
Member-led
Every session starts with a real question.
Members set the agenda. Here is a sample of what is discussed.
Builder and contract risk
- Builder vetting, cash flow, and lines of credit
- Fixed price versus cost plus, and what each exposes
- Contract documentation, including assignment of plans and specs
- Builders risk and force-placed insurance
- Retainage, and handling a project that stops
Draw administration and operations
- Standardizing the draw process and funding timeframes
- Inspections, including remote and virtual approaches
- Closing document preparation
- Working around system limitations
- Reducing administrative cost per loan
Program and product strategy
- One-time close structure and best practices
- Agency and GSE guideline changes
- Split versus blended disclosures
- Renovation lending and factory-built programs
- Standing up a new program, and pricing it
Conversion, compliance, and the market
- Modification and conversion documents at the perm phase
- Escrow setup and requalification rules
- Borrower retention through conversion
- Project delays and current market conditions
- Affordable housing approaches
The Mastermind's advantage
What you take back to your desk.
Peer insights
Gain actionable, practical advice and solutions shared by fellow construction lending professionals.
Set standards
Compare and quickly identify areas for strategic improvement and optimized performance.
Grow network
Build relationships that lead to future collaboration and a strong support system.
Solve problems
Bring specific issues to the group and benefit from diverse perspectives to develop robust solutions.
Membership
Reserved for
Land Gorilla clients.
The conversation is about trends, best practices, and the challenges of running a construction lending program, and how peers work around them. Seats are typically reserved for Land Gorilla clients. Sessions stay small, so it's easy to ask a question and have a real conversation. If you are not a client and believe you would add to the conversation, tell us about your program and why you would like to join. We review requests case by case.
Already a client? Contact your Customer Success Manager to be added to the invite list. No form needed.