“Know the verdict before you commit capital.”
Late is free: full refund, or the memo at half price — your choice.
If we miss the committed turnaround, you pick the remedy. And if we decline a submission as out of scope before work begins, the fee is refunded in full. Service Terms §3.
Most development deals do not fail in construction. They fail at the purchase.
Wrong basis, optimistic density, a thin budget, an LOI that gave away the leverage. By the time it shows, the capital is committed.
Send what you have. Nothing on this list is mandatory, but the more of it that arrives with the file, the deeper the memo goes — and a complete file is what starts the clock. If a document does not exist, say so; that is useful information too.
The terms you are being asked to accept.
Boundaries, access, and any drawn concept.
Approvals in hand versus approvals assumed.
Whatever the number is built on.
For income-producing or value-add assets.
If ordered — the two most common surprises.
The full checklist lives on the deal intake form.
We confirm fit — nothing more.
The 72-hour clock starts when both are in.
Verdict, numbers, risks, and the path forward.
Fifteen minutes to walk the verdict and the next move.
Early is the best time. The Deal Verdict is built for the window before the LOI hardens, when the price and the terms can still move. If there is a site, a price, and a decision to make, there is enough to test. If there genuinely is not, we say so on the scoping call and no money changes hands.
You still get one. If the file cannot support a clean pursue or kill, the verdict is Pause, and the memo names exactly which unknown is blocking the decision and what it costs to answer. A named blocker is a decision — it tells you what to buy next. If we determine before starting work that the submission is outside our scope, the fee is refunded in full.
The debrief call is fifteen minutes to argue with it, held with the advisor who ran your file. The memo shows the assumptions and the arithmetic, so a disagreement is usually about one input — change that input and we will tell you what it does to the answer. We are not attached to the verdict; we are attached to the method.
Chestnut Bridge Partners and its affiliated entities have acquired and developed across this corridor. That is what makes the analysis worth buying, and it is also a fair thing to ask about. The rule is absolute: any deal submitted to the Deal Desk is off limits to us and to our entities for 24 months from submission. We will not pursue it, option it, acquire it, refer it to a competing buyer, or use its information for our own account. Where we hold an existing interest in or near a subject property we disclose it before taking the engagement, and decline where that interest is material. That obligation is written into Service Terms §6, published in full here, and it survives the engagement.
Everything you send is confidential under Service Terms §6. Files are not shared with third parties. Nothing about your deal appears in a public review — the published reviews use live public listings we have no relationship with, never client files. Case studies, if ever used, are anonymized and only with written consent.
The 72-hour clock does not start until payment and a complete file are both in, so a late file does not consume your turnaround — it delays the start. If something is missing we flag it promptly; delays from an incomplete file extend the clock day for day.
No. It is a professional opinion prepared to support a business decision, based on the information provided and the assumptions stated in the memo. It is not an appraisal, not investment advice, and not a guarantee of any outcome, approval, or financing (Service Terms §5).
Deal Structure & Budget Review at $4,500. The full Feasibility & Highest and Best Use Study at $7,500. The Investor & Lender Package at $12,500. Two monthly retainers for active acquirers. And when the verdict is pursue, owner's representation and full development management. 100% of the Deal Verdict fee credits toward any of them, commenced within 30 days of memo delivery.
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If the memo kills the deal, it just saved you fifty times the fee. The most expensive deal you will ever do is the one that should have died at the LOI.
