Short the required equity on a USDA B&I or SBA 504 / 7(a) loan? Sell us the land and lease it back, and the dirt becomes the equity injection the program requires — no new partner, no dilution. The leasehold financing stays with the same lender; the guaranteed loan and a ground lease do not conflict.
| The deal | How the ground lease helps | Why it works here |
|---|---|---|
| Rural & flagged hotels | Sells the land to fund the injection on a B&I or 504 construction or acquisition loan. | Land-heavy sites where the room yield clears the ground rent comfortably — classic USDA territory in secondary and rural markets. |
| Healthcare & senior facilities | Frees the equity from the dirt so the operator clears the injection without a capital partner. | Owner-occupied medical, assisted-living, and care facilities with strong, durable as-complete income to carry the rent. |
| Owner-occupied business facilities | Turns trapped land equity into the injection on a 504 or 7(a) owner-occupied loan. | The borrower occupies and runs the business — the income covers the ground rent and the freed cash meets the program requirement. |
| Short the cash, not the deal | No dilution, no new equity partner — the same lender keeps the leasehold financing. | USDA, SBA, and a ground lease do not conflict; the guaranteed loan is secured by the leasehold estate and the land sits with us. |
To be clear: USDA and SBA financing and a ground lease do not conflict — the guaranteed loan is secured by the leasehold estate, and selling the land is simply how the borrower sources the required equity · no new partner, no dilution, same lender on the leasehold · one principal counterparty for the land and the financing.
You sell us the land and lease it back. The proceeds from monetizing the land, typically 30 to 40 percent of total basis, become the cash the borrower contributes to meet the program's required equity injection. There is no new equity partner and no dilution, and the freed cash satisfies the requirement.
No. A USDA B&I or SBA 504 or 7(a) loan and a ground lease do not conflict. The guaranteed loan is secured by the leasehold estate while we own the land underneath, and the leasehold financing stays with the same lender. The structures are complementary, not exclusive.
Land-heavy, owner-occupied projects with strong stabilized income: rural and flagged hotels, healthcare and senior facilities, and owner-occupied business facilities. In each, the borrower occupies and runs the business, the income covers the ground rent, and the land is a large enough share of basis to fund the injection.
Yes. You keep the leasehold, the building, the operations, and 100 percent of the upside and promote. We buy only the land and lease it back on a long-term, typically 99-year, lease. The injection is sourced from the land, not from selling or sharing the business.
If your USDA or SBA borrower is short the equity injection on a land-heavy, owner-occupied deal — a rural hotel, a healthcare facility, or an owner-occupied business property — the land is likely the answer. Send the address, the as-complete stabilized NOI, and total project cost, and we return an indicative land value in 48 hours, as principal or arranged capital.
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