Know your real estate sponsorsbefore you invest.
Sylvan provides standardized sponsor operating records through enforced contractual obligations and mandatory disclosures.
You evaluate how sponsors actually behave under financial pressure before you commit capital.
Sylvan gives you what sponsor diligence has always lacked:observable, repeatable behavioral evidence.
You see how sponsors manage cash flow stress, maintain reserves, disclose problems, and forecast performance, not through sponsor-controlled reporting, but through uniform contractual requirements enforced by Sylvan.
Sponsor evaluation no longer depends on what a sponsor chooses to show. It depends on contractual obligations where non-compliance has immediate, enforceable consequences.
Complete Operating Visibility
You see five dimensions of sponsor behavior tracked across every obligation: how reliably they pay and from what source, how they manage capital and reserves under pressure, how accurate their forecasts are against actual performance, how quickly they disclose problems, and whether these patterns hold consistent across multiple deals.
Every metric is timestamped, contractually required, and captured uniformly, giving you the complete operating picture that references and pitch decks cannot provide.
Lockbox Protected Payment Priority
Rental income never touches the developer's accounts. Tenants pay directly into a third-party bank-controlled lockbox that functions like an independent escrow.
The bank releases funds in strict order enforced by contract. Direct operational expenses are funded first, then Sylvan investors receive their distributions. The developer can only access net profits after your payments are complete.
Standardized Comparability
Every offering on Sylvan uses identical SPV structures, covenant frameworks, reserve requirements, and reporting templates. Sponsors cannot customize formats or negotiate exceptions. When comparing sponsors, each is evaluated against the same obligations, measurements, and standards.
This level of structural standardization enables sponsor behavior to be compared consistently across different operators and asset types.
Consistent Yield Without Equity Risk
Taking debt positions on existing income producing properties lets you bypass the volatility of developer equity. You are buying into proven rental yields rather than betting on the operational success of a developer.
This gives you direct exposure to the performance of the real estate asset itself with a clear and secure path to returns.
Three Standardized Product Structures
Sylvan offers a small, fixed set of standardized structured-income products. Each structure serves a distinct purpose while operating under the same contractual, reporting, and disclosure framework.
Completion Notes
Construction & Stabilization
Designed for late-stage development or completion phases where capital is required to deliver or stabilize an asset. These notes reflect higher return expectations due to construction, budget, and delivery risk, with defined milestones and duration.
Bridge & Refinance
Transitional Execution
Designed for assets undergoing refinancing, repositioning, or interim execution steps. These notes carry higher return potential than stabilized notes, reflecting increased timing and execution risk over a defined transition period.
Senior Secured Notes
Stabilized Asset Base
Designed for stabilized or near-stabilized assets with predictable cash flow. These notes prioritize capital preservation and current income through senior security, defined payment priority, and shorter to moderate duration.
What Sylvan Tracks
Sylvan measures sponsor behavior through five observable signals captured across every transaction. These signals aggregate into longitudinal sponsor operating records.
Payment Reliability
Whether obligations are met on time and whether payments come from asset cash flow or sponsor capital.
Capital Discipline
How reserves are managed and how frequently additional capital support is required.
Forecast Accuracy
How projections compare to actual performance and how sponsors adjust when conditions change.
Disclosure Patterns
How quickly issues are disclosed, how transparently they are communicated, and how often prior reports are revised.
Consistency Over Time
Whether behavior is stable across assets and market conditions or varies unpredictably.