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by a professional from York University
in Toronto, ON, Canada

11mos ago

Built a free AI tool to analyze deals. People think it's useful. Here’s how it works

I posted yesterday about a free tool I built to help analyze deal docs. People think the tool is helpful so figured I’d share details on what it does. What it does: - Pulls data from CIMs and financials automatically - Generates report on addbacks, financials, DSCR, risks, pro forma, and deal structure - Helps you quickly decide whether the deal is worth digging into further How it works: - You upload the CIM and any financials you have - The tool extracts the info and gives you a scorecard + report - If it passes your gut check, you can export to Excel and go build your own model It’s free. Hope it helps more people! Here’s the link if you want to try it: redacted redacted

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reply by a professional-advisory 11mos ago
in Toronto, ON, Canada

Thanks for the feedback John! The ability to add the asking price is already currently supported when it's missing from a CIM, however if it's included you can't change it. We've got this functionality on our roadmap, and will be updated soon. As for the pro-forma, sorry to hear it's not what you expected. We're working to improve it with some fine tuning and more in-depth functionality. Again, appreciate the support!

reply by an investor 11mos ago
from University of Colorado at Boulder in Durango, CO, USA

I tested it out. One thing I'm noticing is that it's a process to validate the accuracy of the Adjustments tab, and critical to believe in them as the rest of the report relies on them. It would be nice to manually remove current partial year, which makes the company look like it's slumping. Rolling averages of various metrics would be nice. I'll be tracking this!