This Is Why You're Here
Why Real Estates Come to Us Instead of Their Bank
Closing volume tripled this spring. You need 2 more paralegals and a title processor — $18K/month in added payroll. Revenue will cover it in 6 weeks but hiring starts now.
A commercial real estate closing fell through after you'd spent $12K in title searches, surveys, and document prep. The client won't cover your costs. You need to absorb the loss and keep operating.
You're adding commercial real estate to your residential practice. Marketing, CLE courses, and a commercial transaction database cost $20K to launch the new service line.
A title insurance underwriter dropped your agency and you need $30K to switch providers, rebrand marketing materials, and cover the revenue gap while you rebuild referral relationships.
You've got 22 closings scheduled in the next 3 weeks and your title processor just went on medical leave. A contract title processor costs $8K/month and you need one starting Monday.
Closing volume tripled in Q2 and I needed two paralegals and a title processor yesterday. Basecamp got me $55K in working capital in 36 hours. I didn't miss a single closing and revenue more than covered the cost by month two.
Karen T., Real Estate Attorney, Charlotte, NC
Real Estate Financing
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Built for Your Business
Why Real Estate Businesses Choose Basecamp
Seasonal Surges Need Instant Staff
Closing volume can triple in 60 days. You can't wait for a bank to approve a loan while closings pile up. We fund staffing in 24-48 hours so you hire when you need to, not when the bank says you can.
Failed Closings Still Cost You Money
When a closing falls through after you've done $12K in title work and surveys, that cost doesn't disappear. A credit line absorbs these losses so one bad transaction doesn't wreck your month.
Title Software Is Non-Negotiable
Modern title search and escrow management platforms cost $15K-$25K but they cut processing time in half. When you're doing 40 closings a month, that speed difference is the whole margin.
Commercial Is Where the Money Is
Adding commercial real estate to your residential practice means new marketing, CLE courses, and transaction databases. That's $20K to launch a service line that doubles your per-transaction revenue.
Bobby's Take
Bobby's Playbook for Real Estate
Most real estate firm owners encounter bank lenders who evaluate them on small-business templates that weren't built for professional services. What gets missed: closing-fee billing tied to local real estate cycles with title-company attach revenue produces cash flow banks don't know how to read. Specialist lenders fund real estate law practices on the actual cash-flow signature, not the bank's template. Here's how to position your transaction so the right specialists see it first.
Three things determine whether a real estate law transaction closes: trailing 12-month closing volume, your title-and-escrow agency relationships, and per-closing average revenue. Not your personal FICO. Not your time in practice. Specialist real estate law lenders care about whether your annualized closing revenue supports a $2,000-$3,500/month payment — and whether your title-and-escrow relationships give the file recurring transaction-volume stability.
The biggest mistake real estate law operators make: applying for financing in winter when the last 4 months of statements show seasonal closing slowdown. The lender sees the dip and underwrites to it. The fix: time the application after spring-summer closing peaks, OR submit trailing-12-month figures showing the full cycle. Specialist real estate law lenders pattern-match seasonal closing cycles. Generalist lenders apply the last-4-months as run rate.
closing volume revenue lost without associate capacity in peak season
Where this gets interesting at scale: a real estate firm adding an associate, expanding into title-agency operations, or acquiring a retiring attorney's closing book doesn't need ONE loan. They need a working capital line for associate hiring + a a revenue-based term loan stacked with working capital to fund the title-agency acquisition or expansion + sometimes equipment financing for title-software and document-automation (see /loans/business-acquisition). Three products, three lenders, one application — that's how solo real estate practices scale into full-service real estate-and-title firms.
The real estate attorneys who scale fastest aren't the ones who waited for spring closings to fund the next associate hire. They're the ones who had associate capacity and title-agency infrastructure ready when peak closing season hit. Turning down closings because you can't process them is $60,000-$150,000 in annual closing revenue going to competing real estate firms. Run the numbers in 60 seconds — see what 70+ specialist lenders will offer your real estate law practice this week.
Bottom line:
Real estate law firms get underwritten on winter statements when seasonal closing patterns are predictable. Submit trailing 12 — or work with a specialist who pattern-matches the closing cycle. Banks just see the slow month.
Bobby Friel
Founder, Basecamp Funding
What You're Up Against
The Real Challenges Real Estates Face
Pricing Transparency
What Real Estate Funding Actually Costs
Rates and terms depend on credit, revenue, time in business, and lender. Every business is unique — see what 70+ lenders will offer you in 60 seconds. Soft-pull pre-qual.
These are industry averages. Your actual rate depends on your revenue, credit profile, and time in business — it could be lower. Run your specific numbers in 30 seconds.
Calculate Your Real Cost →Real estate attorneys live and die by closing volume. Spring hits and suddenly you need three more people on staff. One attorney in Charlotte needed $55K to hire fast when closings tripled — we had it funded in 36 hours. She made that money back in 6 weeks of closings.
Bobby Friel
Founder, Basecamp Funding
How It Works
From Application to Funded in 5 Steps
No paperwork avalanche. No bank lobby. No guessing.
60-Second Intake
Tell us about the firm, practice area, and monthly receipts. No retainer. No engagement letter.
Soft Credit Screen
We screen options with zero impact to your FICO or the firm's commercial credit profile.
Lenders Compete in the Background
Your file routes to 70+ lending partners who fund law firms. They compete; you stay focused on the docket.
One Specialist, Multiple Term Sheets
Your funding specialist walks through structures, draws, and how each affects firm liquidity. No runaround.
Choose Terms, Sign, Get Funded
Pick the structure that fits the case and the firm. E-signature. Capital lands as fast as same day.
Real Estate Capital Uses
What Real Estate Businesses Use Funding For
Payroll & Operations
Keep associates, paralegals, and staff paid during settlement gaps. Bridge the 30-90-day collection cycle.
Case Expenses
Expert witnesses, depositions, medical records, court costs — fund litigation without depleting reserves.
Marketing & Client Acquisition
SEO, Google Ads, LSAs, TV, radio, content marketing. Invest in the cases you want to take.
Technology & Software
Practice management, AI tools, client portals, cybersecurity. Stay competitive and efficient.
Office Space & Buildout
New office, renovation, second location. Project the credibility your clients expect.
Hiring & Expansion
New associates, of counsel arrangements, support staff. Scale without waiting on settlements.
Full Transparency
What Kills Your Qualification (And What Doesn't)
Most lenders won't tell you this upfront. We will.
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Don't Wait Until You Need Funding to Get Funded
Most firms wait until a trial expense or expert retainer hits to call us. The firms that win the long game pre-qualify when revenue is steady — that's when underwriting is friendliest. The best time to know your range is before you need to draw on it.
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Real estate law is seasonal and it hits fast. January you're slow. March you're swamped. By April you need two more paralegals and a title processor — that's $18K/month in payroll you didn't have 60 days ago. And here's the kicker: when a $400K commercial closing falls through after you've spent $12K on title searches and surveys? You eat that cost. There's no one to bill.
We fund real estate attorneys who need to move at the speed of transactions. $55K working capital in 36 hours to staff up when closing volume triples. A credit line that flexes with your season so you're not scrambling every spring. Technology financing for the title software that cuts processing time in half. One application, 70+ lenders, no hard pull. Residential, commercial, title work — we've funded all of it.
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