Patent ID: 7386496

Claim:
A method for evaluating financing structures for procuring a real estate asset by an entity, the method comprising the steps of: inputting information into a computer for processing the information wherein the information comprises financial data and non-financial data relating to the real estate asset, at least one financial datum is a performance metric of the entity; providing a plurality of financing structures; processing the financial data and the non-financial data into indicator values representing the financial data and the non-financial data with the computer; evaluating the indicator values for the financial data and the non-financial data with respect to the plurality of financing structures; computing a total score for each financing structure with the computer based on the indicator values for the financial and the non-financial data; comparing the total scores of all financing structures and determining an optimal financing structure based on the comparison of the total scores with the computer; performing a sensitivity analysis on each financing structure with the computer; and outputting a report from the computer showing the optimal financing structure for procuring the real estate asset, said report further showing results of the sensitivity analysis performed on each financing structure.