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Intermodal Facilities Financing - Continued...

You must have a comprehensive due diligence review in order to make your project qualify and the structure of the emerging transaction is critical to being able to qualify for federal funding support. Check with Rainmaker Marketing Corporation regarding:

	The potential entitlements the proposed project may in fact qualify for.
	The required transaction structure that has to be flexible in light of the qualification requirements.
	The due diligence issues your project must deal with prior to funding consideration being seriously pursued.

Finally, you must also be prepared to undertake a commercial real estate syndication to provide more equity capital contributions in cases where the project does not otherwise qualify for financing through TIFIA or RRIF. Remember, RRIF is only available to borrowers who are a railroad or have entered into a joint-venture with a railroad. Getting railroad approval for your project can be an extraordinarily lengthy undertaking (read - dramatic increase in the project's carrying costs that you must pay).

Financing the development of intermodal facilities requires an extraordinary level of due diligence documentation to support a given project or program. The key issues to consider include:

Track record of sponsor entity. The sponsor/borrower needs to have demonstrable experience.

Assets. The sponsor/borrower needs to have sufficient assets to carry the program at least through the pre-construction phase.

Documentation. Each intermodal facilities project must obtain the following approvals:

NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, et. seq.); and

State environmental review; and

Market feasibility analysis (can be extraordinarily costly if not properly managed); and

Financial feasibility analysis; and

Third-party contracts supporting ongoing operations; and

Business plan of operations detailing employee class tasking, financial reporting, management reports and any specialty support requirements.

Remember that financing obtained through a federally-insured loan program requires that you complete the NEPA process - including a comprehensive review by the Army Corps of Engineers and that means you need extra working capital and extra turnaround time built into your pre-construction phase schedule.

If all this leaves you rather flat and breathless, then turn to Rainmaker for the answers.

Do You Know The Secret?

When it comes to commercial real estate development finance, it doesn't matter whether you need to raise $5 million or $50 million, the out-of-pocket costs, advance fees and project due diligence costs will always require the same relative investment dollars the promoters have to fund. Do you know what that amount is? Do you know the Secret?

Rainmaker Marketing Corporation can trace its history back all the way to 1989. Incorporated in 1993, Rainmaker Marketing Corporation has evolved over time into a full-service business to business consulting firm. Rainmaker Marketing Corporation’s initial specialization was in issues and documentation needs corresponding to the capital funding cycle for commercial real estate development projects with a primary focus on senior housing and health care related properties. Today, Rainmaker Marketing Corporation serves all types of commercial income-producing property development program financing requests with a combination of feasibility studies, due diligence services, structured finance consulting and a focus on commercial real estate syndication services. Rainmaker Marketing Corporation’s service area includes all of the continental United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean Basin.

281.537.1200

Email: consultants@rainmakermarketing.com

Commercial Real Estate Development Finance, Due Diligence Documentation, Syndication & Project Management Consulting

15519 Dawnbrook Drive, Houston, Texas 77068.