Every deal looks good on the broker's flyer. Projected cap rates, optimistic rent comps, and beautiful drone photos. But how do you know if a deal is actually worth your time?
That's why we built S.O.S. Scoring — the Signal, Overlay, Score system inside our Underwriting OS.
Here's how it works: 15 market and operational signals are scored 0-10 based on verifiable data. Population growth, competition density, rate positioning, occupancy trends, deferred maintenance, market depth — each one tells a piece of the story.
But the real power is in the 7 deal killers. These are automatic flags that trigger regardless of the overall score. Things like declining population, catastrophic deferred maintenance, or regulatory risk that could kill the deal post-close.
The S.O.S. Score doesn't tell you what to buy. It tells you what to worry about before you know what to worry about. That's the difference between institutional-grade analysis and gut feelings.
We've used this system to evaluate every deal in our portfolio. The ones that scored well? They're performing. The ones we passed on because of deal killers? We've watched competitors struggle with exactly the issues we flagged.
The Underwriting OS makes this available to every operator and investor — not just our internal team.