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DealIntel vs Crexi

Crexi is a modern US commercial real-estate marketplace and auction platform. DealIntel is an institutional residential fix & flip underwriting platform. Different asset classes — residential investors will rarely find their inventory on Crexi.

The short answer

Crexi is a commercial real-estate marketplace and auction platform. DealIntel is a residential fix-and-flip underwriting platform. If those two sentences sound like different categories of tool — that is correct. They are.

For operators who genuinely do both residential and commercial work, the answer is to use Crexi for the commercial side and DealIntel for the residential side. For operators focused on residential, Crexi is largely the wrong tool.

What Crexi does well

Tech-forward UX

Crexi is generally regarded as the better-designed CRE marketplace in the US — cleaner search, faster page loads, better mobile.

Auction marketplace

Crexi runs a substantial CRE auction layer — buyers bid on properties live with structured timelines. Useful for operators who want exposure to auction inventory in CRE.

Crexi Intelligence (analytics)

On-platform analytics surface comparable sales, tenant info, market-level metrics. Closer to underwriting-adjacent than LoopNet's pure listings model.

Side by side

Capability
Crexi
DealIntel
Asset class focus
Commercial real estate: office, retail, industrial, multifamily 5+ units, hospitality, land for commercial development. Tech-forward CRE marketplace with auctions and a strong analytics layer.
Residential investment: single-family, 1–4 unit multifamily, ADU, addition, ground-up residential. Out of scope: commercial, 5+ unit multifamily, hospitality, industrial.
Primary positioning
Modern CRE marketplace and auction platform. Strong on-platform analytics (Intelligence), property comps, and tenant data. Differentiator vs LoopNet: cleaner UX, broader auction inventory.
Institutional fix & flip deal intelligence — built to underwrite, score, and reject residential investment deals on a defensible institutional standard.
Target user
CRE brokers, owners, institutional and private investors, and 1031 buyers transacting in commercial real estate.
Residential fix & flip operators, BRRRR investors, syndicators, small private funds evaluating 5+ deals per quarter.
Fix & flip applicability
Marginal. Crexi inventory is commercial-grade. Single-family fix & flip inventory is essentially absent; multifamily on the platform is typically 5+ units (commercial financing).
Core platform purpose. Every deal is evaluated as a residential fix & flip first, with five additional residential strategy paths in parallel.
Property valuation
Cap-rate and NOI-driven CRE valuation. Crexi Intelligence surfaces price-per-sqft, comparable sales, and tenant info on listings. Not built for residential ARV.
Confidence-weighted residential ARV from a median of 5+ closed renovated comps inside 0.5 miles, 90 days, ±10% sqft, with finish-tier parity adjustments. Every figure carries a confidence score.
Auctions
Core strength. Crexi runs a substantial CRE auction marketplace — buyers bid on properties live with structured timelines and reserve pricing.
Not an auction platform. DealIntel underwrites the deal regardless of how the operator acquired the contract — auction, MLS, off-market.
Deal-breaker screening (Kill List)
None. Marketplace surfaces listings and analytics; risk identification is user-driven.
25-point institutional Kill List runs on every deal — structural, market, financing, legal, and exit risk.
Strategy comparison
Not modeled.
Six residential strategies in parallel: Fix & Flip, BRRRR, ADU, Addition, Multi-Unit Conversion (up to 4 units), Ground-Up Development.
Financing scenarios
Commercial financing — bridge, agency multifamily, CMBS, SBA. Not residential investor financing.
Residential investor financing — hard money, DSCR, construction loan, conventional — compared side-by-side with full cost-of-capital math.
Monte-Carlo stress testing
Not provided.
Built-in Monte-Carlo engine runs 1,000+ simulations per deal — P10 / P50 / P90 outcomes under rate, rehab, and absorption shocks.
Zoning intelligence (FAR, setbacks, density, parking)
Some commercial zoning detail; residential parcel-level ADU / multi-unit rules not surfaced.
Per-jurisdiction residential zoning data — FAR, setbacks, density, parking minimums, ADU eligibility, by-right multi-unit rules.
AI renovation visualization
Not provided.
AI Renovation Vision generates photoreal post-rehab residential interior and exterior visualizations.
Output format
Property listing pages with photos, financial summary, cap-rate, broker contact CTA. Crexi Intelligence offers comparable-sale and tenant-data overlays.
Institutional Investment Memorandum (PDF) — verdict, Kill List, six-strategy comparison, financial model, financing comparison, zoning, AI Renovation Vision, and AI-drafted offer letter.
Pricing model
Free for basic browsing; Crexi PRO subscription for advanced search, analytics, and exposure features.
Pay-per-deal: $149 trial (1 deal), $349 (3 deals), $999 (12 deals), Institutional custom. No subscription.
Comparison as of June 2026 · facts subject to update if either product changes.

When to use Crexi

  • You are evaluating commercial real estate — office, retail, industrial, hospitality.
  • You want exposure to CRE auction inventory.
  • You want CRE-specific analytics (cap rate, NOI, comp sales, tenant data).
  • You are a CRE broker, owner, or institutional investor transacting in commercial.

When to use DealIntel

  • You are evaluating residential fix & flip — single-family or 2–4 unit multifamily.
  • You need ARV, MAO, 25-point Kill List, six-strategy comparison on residential properties.
  • You compare hard money, DSCR, construction, and conventional financing on residential deals.
  • You produce institutional memoranda for residential capital partners.
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Frequently asked questions

Is DealIntel a replacement for Crexi?

No. Crexi is a US commercial real-estate marketplace — listings, auctions, and analytics for office, retail, industrial, hospitality, and multifamily 5+ units. DealIntel is a residential fix-and-flip underwriting platform. They serve different asset classes.

Can I find residential fix-and-flip deals on Crexi?

Effectively no. Crexi inventory is commercial-grade — even multifamily on the platform is typically 5+ units (commercial financing tier). Single-family flip inventory is essentially absent. For residential fix-and-flip, use Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com, MLS, or wholesalers for sourcing and DealIntel for underwriting.

How is Crexi different from LoopNet?

Both are US commercial real-estate marketplaces. Crexi is newer and generally regarded as more tech-forward — cleaner UX, broader auction inventory, stronger on-platform analytics (Crexi Intelligence). LoopNet is owned by CoStar and remains the largest by listing volume. Neither is built for residential fix-and-flip.

Does Crexi have institutional underwriting tools?

Crexi Intelligence (the platform's analytics layer) surfaces comparable sales, price-per-sqft data, tenant info, and market-level analytics — useful for CRE underwriting. It is not built for residential fix-and-flip ARV, kill-list screening, or six-strategy parallel comparison. Those are DealIntel-specific.

Should I use Crexi and DealIntel together?

Only if you operate in both residential and commercial. For pure residential fix-and-flip, Crexi is the wrong tool — the inventory mismatch is structural. For commercial value-add, DealIntel is the wrong tool — DealIntel does not cover commercial asset classes.

Written by
Matt Abadi
Founder, DealIntel

Matt Abadi is the founder of DealIntel. He leads the development of the platform's six-strategy underwriting engine, 25-point Kill List, and Monte-Carlo financial model — the institutional analysis stack DealIntel applies to every fix and flip deal. DealIntel was founded in 2025 with the central thesis that knowing when not to invest is the most valuable number on the page.

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Last reviewed: June 2026