Company History

Today we go live with our brand new product, CMBS Pro, a web-based commercial real estate deal management system that is combined with CMBS data. We took the same enterprise software we sell to large banks, configured it to focus only on the core elements of a deal, combined CMBS data and priced it to attract individual users. The result is a clean, easy to use application that replaces your spreadsheets and other valuation tools and we hope will become an essential part of your CRE business process.

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I was re-elected to the Commercial Board of Governors of MISMO for another two-year term, so I will remain active in MISMO at least through 2013. MISMO, which stands for the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organizations (www.mismo.org), is a standard-making body run by MERS and owned by the MBA.

I have been active in MISMO because I believe commercial real estate deals should have a standard XML data set that is comprehensive enough to understand and value the deal.

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I’m talking about the Backshop .NET 3.5 release, Regulation AB, two years of blogging, The A Yacht and summer family trips.

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The redesigned Backshop site reveals the depth and power of our industry-leading commercial real estate enterprise software.

We are especially proud of the new Software Tour, which combines screen shots with descriptions of functionality to show how Backshop can aid loan origination, asset management and fund management.

Check out the new www.backshop.com

New Backshop home page.

Software Tour > Pipeline Management

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Jim Flaherty is CEO of CMBS.com and the creator of the Backshop loan origination system. He is a trained credit professional with experience installing enterprise underwriting systems for commercial real estate lenders, rating agencies and investors.

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I am just back from our 2009 Backshop user conference in New York. Bank of America hosted it in a beautiful board room overlooking Bryant Park. About 10 clients invested the day with us to go over our accomplishments from last year and help set priorities for next year.

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