Apers for Commercial Brokerages
The analysis that wins the listing.
Apers is the AI system that turns around BOVs in minutes and produces analysis institutional buyers trust.
The broker who delivers first gets the listing
A property owner calls Tuesday morning. They're considering selling a 150-unit multifamily asset and they're interviewing three brokers this week. They want a broker opinion of value by Thursday. The broker who delivers the most compelling BOV — the one with the deepest analysis, the cleanest presentation, and the most credible comps — wins the exclusive listing.
Today, that BOV takes your team 2-3 days. Pull comps from CoStar. Build a basic pro forma in Excel. Run a range of cap rates. Format it for presentation. By the time you deliver Thursday afternoon, the broker across town already submitted Wednesday morning. Their analysis was thinner, but they were first. You lose the listing.
Speed isn't the only problem. Your buyers are increasingly institutional — PE funds, family offices, REITs. They expect institutional-quality analysis. A one-page BOV with a cap rate range doesn't impress them. They want to see the cash flow projections, the debt assumptions, the sensitivity analysis. When you present a deal, the quality of your analysis signals the quality of your brokerage. If your underwriting looks like a back-of-envelope calculation, the institutional buyer moves to the next broker.
The brokerages that win — both listings and buyer mandates — are the ones that deliver deeper analysis, faster. That's the competitive advantage Apers provides.
What changes with Apers
BOV in 20 minutes, not 3 days
Upload the property's rent roll and trailing-12 — or just describe the deal in natural language if you don't have documents yet. Apers generates a complete BOV analysis: current NOI, stabilized NOI, value range across cap rate scenarios, comparable sales analysis, and a sensitivity table. Twenty minutes from start to a PDF-ready deliverable. Deliver it Wednesday morning while the other broker is still pulling comps.
Analysis that institutional buyers trust
When your buyer is a PE fund or family office, they expect institutional-quality underwriting — not a cap rate estimate. Apers produces complete Excel models: cash flow projections, debt sizing, return analysis, sensitivity tables. Your buyer opens the model, traces the formulas, and sees the depth. The analysis becomes part of your value proposition as a broker — you're not just connecting buyer and seller, you're providing the analytical framework for the transaction.
Pitch materials that close mandates
The listing pitch that wins is the one that demonstrates you already understand the deal. Walk into the owner meeting with a preliminary model — here's what the property is worth, here's why, here's the sensitivity to different market assumptions. The owner sees that you've done the work before you were even hired. That's the broker they choose.
Underwrite more deals, lose fewer listings
If a BOV takes 3 days, you can produce maybe 5 per month before your team is saturated. At 20 minutes each, you can underwrite every listing inquiry that comes through the door. More BOVs delivered means more listings won. More deals underwritten for buyers means more buyer loyalty. Volume becomes feasible when the analytical bottleneck disappears.
Read the rent roll in seconds, not hours
An owner sends you a PDF rent roll for a 200-unit property. Today, your analyst reads through it manually, typing numbers into a spreadsheet. Apers reads the rent roll in seconds — unit types, current rents, market rents, lease expirations, concessions — all extracted and structured. Your analysis starts from data, not from data entry.
Win the listing
A property owner is considering selling a 150-unit multifamily. Three brokers interviewing. BOV due Thursday.
Tuesday — owner calls
Owner shares the address and basic details. You pull the rent roll and T-12 from the property manager (or ask the owner to send). Upload both to Apers. Within 20 minutes, you have a complete BOV: current NOI, stabilized NOI, value range at 4.75%-5.25% cap rates, and a cash flow sensitivity table.
Tuesday afternoon — refine and package
You adjust assumptions based on your market knowledge — the cap rate range should be tighter for this submarket, the expense ratio is above market and there's upside. Run the revised model. Package the output for the listing pitch: value summary, cash flow projections, comparable sales, buyer demand analysis.
Wednesday morning — deliver early
You deliver the BOV a day before the Thursday deadline. The owner reviews it over lunch. The depth of analysis — unit-level revenue projections, expense benchmarking, sensitivity to cap rate and vacancy — is more thorough than anything the other two brokers will deliver. You've demonstrated competence before the pitch meeting even happens.
Thursday — pitch meeting
In the meeting, you walk through the analysis. The owner asks: "What if we delay six months for rents to recover?" You adjust the model on the spot — lease-up timing, rent growth, stabilized value. The owner sees a broker who can think analytically about their asset, not just market it. You win the exclusive.
Week 2 — buyer underwriting
Once listed, institutional buyers request detailed underwriting. You generate buyer-specific models: one with the PE fund's waterfall structure, another with the family office's debt assumptions. Each model is tailored to the buyer's evaluation framework. Your analysis accelerates their decision timeline — and your commission.
Models for brokerage workflows
A growing collection covering investment sales, from listing valuation through buyer underwriting.
Broker Opinion of Value
Quick valuation with cap rate range, comp analysis, and cash flow projection. BOV-ready output in 20 minutes.
Buyer Acquisition Model
Institutional-quality acquisition model for buyer presentations. Debt, returns, sensitivity, waterfall.
Value-Add Analysis
Renovation underwriting with unit-level rent premiums, CapEx scheduling, and stabilized return analysis.
Disposition Analysis
Optimal timing, exit cap sensitivity, proceeds waterfall. Help sellers understand their net proceeds at different price points.
Frequently Asked Questions
How fast can Apers generate a broker opinion of value?
Minutes, not days. Upload the property documents and Apers generates a complete pro forma with cash flow projections, cap rate analysis, and debt assumptions. Your team spends its time refining the analysis, not building the spreadsheet.
Does Apers work for both investment sales and leasing brokers?
The current model collection is focused on investment sales — acquisition pro formas, BOVs, debt sizing, and disposition analysis. Lease-level modeling handles tenant-by-tenant cash flows for office, retail, and industrial properties.
Can my brokers use Apers without financial modeling experience?
Apers generates institutional-quality models from uploaded documents. Your brokers don't need to build formulas or structure tabs — they review the output, adjust assumptions, and present the analysis. Excel familiarity is enough.
What does Apers cost for a brokerage team?
The Basic plan starts at $19-29/month per user with 100 SRC (standard report credits). The Pro plan at $99-129/month provides 1,000 SRC for higher-volume teams. Enterprise pricing is available for firms that need custom deployment. A free trial gives you 25 credits with no credit card required.