Create stabilized cash flow

The heart of Backshop is our underwriting tools.

About stabilized cash flows

Depending on Property Type (Major), you will use slightly different methods to create stabilized cash flows. You don’t need to worry about the details because we automatically populate the fields based on the property type.

STABILIZED CASH FLOW METHOD	PROPERTY TYPES
Commercial	Retail Office Industrial
Multi	Multifamily Self-Storage Mobile Home Park Senior Housing
Hotel	Hospitality Health Care
Conversion	Condo Conversion
Sellout – No stabilized cash flow	For Sale Units

Set up your underwriting assumptions

This example is for a commercial property.

1. Click the Underwriting tab and Assumptions sublink.

Note: Each client’s configuration of Backshop can be different. Underwriting functions might be under the Property tab.

2. Verify that the correct property is selected.

3. Enter the underwriting name, which is required. Enter as much additional information as you like. You can always return to this form.

4. Included Operating Statements: Select the historical operating statements you want to include in your underwriting. Default is all.

5. Click the Update button to save your assumptions.

Now you’re ready to verify your information and save changes.

1. Verify income assumptions.

Rental Calc: Determines how the vacant space will be treated.

Market Adjustment: Determines the method of any mark-to-market adjustments.

Reimbursement Calc: “From Detail” pulls from the Expense Reimbursement data entered on the rent roll page. “From rent roll” pulls reimbursements based on the value entered for the tenant.

Exclude Units by Status: If excluded, tenants of the selected unit status will be treated as vacant space.

Apply Override Rent: Selecting Yes enables the ability to override contract rent on tenants in the Lease Level Assumptions section below.

Percentage Rents: Allows percentage rent to be calculated based on actual historical sales or per the amount entered on the tenant rent roll.

2. Verify expense assumptions.

Op Statement Assumption: The action (Average, Max, Min) and the inflation factor are used to calculate all expenses except management fee.

Management Fee: Calculated as a percent of EGI.

3. Verify capital assumptions.

TI and LC Rollover Approach: Either Straight Line (the normalized amount per the lease level assumptions) or Actual Approach (the actual roll per the entered term based on the lease level assumptions).

Rent to Use for LC: The lease value used to calculate the leasing commission due.

5. Click Update.

View your stabilized cash flow

Backshop gives you two ways to access the stabilized cash flow:

1. Click the Cash Flow sublink in the Underwritings tab. This opens the cash flow in the same window, within the application’s navigation system.

2. Click the Open Cash Flow in New Window link. This is ideal if you have two computer monitors.

Here is the stabilized cash flow. Notes:

1. The Export to Excel button gives you this cash flow in spreadsheet form.

2. Change View hides/shows the per unit and percent values.

3. Calculations being used for the stabilized cash flow are shown in the related rows. To override the default calculations, click the Edit links. For more information, see Edit Calculations below.

4. View, edit or add comments.