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Compare lender term sheets side by side

Lesson 13 of 13 · Commercial deals

1 · Learn the move · Fact-check list

The lowest rate is rarely the best loan. The skill is making AI normalize competing term sheets onto one table, rate, term, amortization, leverage, recourse, prepay, fees. So the real cost and the real risk line up in columns, and the gotcha in the fine print (recourse, a lockbox, a big exit fee) can't hide.

Compare these two loan term sheets and tell me which is better.
[term sheet A] [term sheet B]

2 · Your turn. You write the prompt

Two lenders sent term sheets on your acquisition: one a touch cheaper on rate, the other lower leverage but non-recourse. You need them on one page, every term normalized. Before you pick. Write the prompt that builds it.

Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.

Optional. These shape the output when you run your prompt below, not your score.