Construction & development capital · St. Petersburg, Florida

We work for the builder.

Most brokers who connect builders with lenders get paid by the lender they send the builder to. Those lenders can afford to pay the broker referral fee because of the high interest rates they charge their borrowers.

GenerEdge is different. We work for the builder, to get lower-cost, lower-interest-rate loans. We charge our customer a small fee for our work when the loan closes. That one-time fee is small compared to the large interest rate savings builders can get every year on their loans.

There are three types of lenders
Traditional

Commercial banks. Owned by shareholders, funded by deposits, priced to earn a healthy return on equity.

Pays brokers for borrowers sent

Alternative

Non-bank debt funds and online lenders. Funded by investors who need a high yield, and priced accordingly.

Pays brokers for borrowers sent

Community capital

Credit unions, community banks, and CDFIs. Owned by their members or nonprofit, and built to return value to the community rather than extract it from their borrowers.

Pays brokers nothing for borrowers

Why no brokers send you to low interest rate community capital

Low-interest-rate lenders don't pay brokers commissions.

Community banks, credit unions, and CDFIs are the lowest-cost construction capital available to a builder. None of them pay broker compensation. A broker who lives on lender fees can't send you there and stay in business — so he sends you somewhere that pays him well, and you pay that cost plus a healthy profit to the lender built into your interest rate for the life of the loan.

GenerEdge is paid by the borrower — and only paid at loan closing.

What we charge

Our fee doesn't change based on who's asking.

Loan amount funded Advisory fee
Up to $5 million 1.00%
Over $5 million to $10 million 0.75%
Over $10 million 0.50%

How we work

Two-Step Engagement

01

Check the structure

We review your project, your pro forma and your construction history, and tell you what will realistically get financed.

02

We match it with the right lenders

Community banks, credit unions, CDFIs, and occasionally private capital when it's genuinely the only right answer for your situation. We share a list with you of every lender we approach.

What we cover

What loan types do we cover?

Land and development

Acquisition, horizontal development, and infill sites where the entitlement work is done or nearly done.

Ground-up construction

Single-family, townhome, build-to-rent, small to medium multifamily, and age-restricted rental.

Fix and flip, single family

Yes, we finance single home purchase with substantial rehab for sale.

Construction to permanent

One closing where the structure supports it, so you aren't refinancing into an unknown market halfway through lease-up.

Start a conversation

Bring us a project. We'll tell you what it can finance.

Come with the site and the project you want to build. We'll work through the pro forma with you, tell you what debt works, and connect you with the lender.