# Chicago Commercial Funding > Commercial real estate investor education for Chicago and its Illinois metropolitan area: buying, underwriting, financing, leasing, operating, improving and selling commercial property. 250 substantial written resources, 12 browser-local calculators and eight ungated checklists. Retail, industrial, office, mixed-use and specialty commercial property predominate; multifamily coverage concerns buildings with five or more units. Examples and worked transactions are hypothetical unless explicitly identified otherwise. This publication is backed by Jaken Finance Group (Jaken Ventures LLC d/b/a Jaken Finance Group). Organizational editorial attribution does not imply that a named person professionally reviewed every resource. Sources, assumptions, publication dates and review policies accompany the canonical HTML resources. Financing is subject to underwriting. Phone: 833-264-7776 (tel:+18332647776). 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Headquarters: 2300 Barrington Road, Suite 400, Hoffman Estates, IL 60196, United States. - [Submit a commercial financing deal to Jaken](https://jakenfinancegroup.com/commercial-loan-request/) - [Jaken commercial financing by property type](https://jakenfinancegroup.com/commercial-property-loans-by-asset-class/) - [Jaken company information](https://jakenfinancegroup.com/about/) - [Jason Taken's published professional profile](https://jakenfinancegroup.com/jason-taken/) ## Reading this publication - [Start here](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/start-here/) - [Knowledge library](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/library/) - [Deal Lab](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/deal-lab/) - [Tools and checklists](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/) - [Ownership, editorial responsibility and contact](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/about/) - [Editorial standards and corrections](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/editorial-policy/) - [Research sources](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/sources/) - [Canonical XML sitemap](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/sitemap-index.xml) ## Full-text access - [Complete publication text](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms-full.txt): all 250 resources and 20 tools; large file, use topic files or individual Markdown pages for focused retrieval Each article and tool has a Markdown representation at its canonical directory URL plus index.md, advertised by a text/markdown alternate link in the HTML head. 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HTML is the canonical publication; interactive models and visualizations run there. ## Topic guides and full-text files - [Investment strategy & markets](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/strategy/): Build a thesis before building a model. - [Investment strategy & markets: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/strategy.txt) - [Underwriting & valuation](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/underwriting/): Understand what the cash flow is actually worth. - [Underwriting & valuation: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/underwriting.txt) - [Commercial leases & tenants](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/leases/): The lease is the business model. - [Commercial leases & tenants: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/leases.txt) - [Financing & capital stacks](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/financing/): Match the debt to the business plan. - [Financing & capital stacks: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/financing.txt) - [Retail investment](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/retail/): Look past the storefront to the lease economics. - [Retail investment: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/retail.txt) - [Industrial investment](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/industrial/): Price utility and adaptability, not just square footage. - [Industrial investment: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/industrial.txt) - [Office & medical office](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/office/): Underwrite the next lease, not only today’s rent. - [Office & medical office: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/office.txt) - [Mixed-use investment](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/mixed-use/): Separate the income streams. Reconcile the shared risks. - [Mixed-use investment: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/mixed-use.txt) - [Commercial multifamily](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/multifamily/): Treat the building as an operating business. - [Commercial multifamily: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/multifamily.txt) - [Specialty commercial assets](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/specialty/): Separate real estate value from operating-business value. - [Specialty commercial assets: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/specialty.txt) - [Acquisition & due diligence](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/diligence/): Verify the assumptions before they become obligations. - [Acquisition & due diligence: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/diligence.txt) - [Operations & asset management](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/operations/): Turn the underwriting into an accountable operating plan. - [Operations & asset management: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/operations.txt) - [Development & adaptive reuse](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/development/): Test feasibility before committing capital. - [Development & adaptive reuse: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/development.txt) - [Chicago factors](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/chicago/): Understand the local conditions that change the numbers. - [Chicago factors: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/chicago.txt) - [Ownership & partnerships](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/ownership/): Make capital and control explicit. - [Ownership & partnerships: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/ownership.txt) - [Disposition & distress](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/learn/exit/): Plan the exit before the maturity date. - [Disposition & distress: full-text topic file](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/exit.txt) - [Twenty hypothetical investment analyses](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/llms/deal-lab.txt) ## Interactive calculators - [Maximum loan sizing](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/maximum-loan-sizing/): Find the binding constraint across LTV, DSCR and debt yield. - [Amortization & balloon](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/amortization-and-balloon/): See monthly payments, interest expense and the maturity balance. - [Refinance proceeds & equity gap](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/refinance-proceeds/): Estimate cash available after loan costs and the existing payoff. - [Bridge financing cost](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/bridge-financing-cost/): Model interest, origination points, extensions and other loan costs. - [Lease effective rent](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/lease-effective-rent/): Compare the rent actually earned after concessions and leasing costs. - [Tenant rollover capital](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/tenant-rollover-capital/): Budget downtime, free rent, improvements and commissions before a lease expires. - [CAM recovery reconciliation](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/cam-recovery/): Test the tenant share, a compounded dollar cap and year-end reconciliation. - [Break-even occupancy](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/break-even-occupancy/): Find the occupied-income threshold for operations and debt service. - [Property-tax sensitivity](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/property-tax-sensitivity/): Translate an owner-borne tax increase into NOI and value exposure. - [Hold versus sell](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/hold-versus-sell/): Compare today’s net sale proceeds with discounted holding cash flows. - [Investment cash flow, IRR & equity multiple](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/investment-returns/): Measure cash contributed, cash received and the timing of returns. - [Construction interest reserve](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/construction-interest-reserve/): Model equal monthly draws, equity-first funding and separately funded interest. ## Ungated checklists - [Commercial acquisition diligence](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/acquisition-diligence/): A practical investigation sequence before your closing obligations become firm. - [Commercial lease audit](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/lease-audit/): Translate the legal documents into a dependable cash-flow and obligations record. - [Tenant credit review](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/tenant-credit-review/): Investigate who pays the rent and how durable that payment stream may be. - [Commercial financing submission](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/financing-submission/): Help a lender evaluate the property, borrower and execution plan efficiently. - [Property-manager selection](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/property-manager-selection/): Evaluate the operating team against the actual asset and business plan. - [Annual asset management plan](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/annual-asset-plan/): Turn ownership objectives into a measurable property operating plan. - [Capital-project planning](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/capital-project-planning/): Evaluate scope, financing, disruption and accountability before work begins. - [Commercial sale preparation](https://chicagocommercialfunding.com/tools/sale-preparation/): Make the property’s evidence, economics and remaining obligations understandable to buyers.