TrueCap vs Crexi: residential underwriting vs commercial marketplace
Crexi is a commercial real-estate marketplace + intelligence platform — the modern LoopNet alternative for CRE listings, sale comps, lease data, and broker tools. TrueCap is a residential rental underwriting calculator — single-family, small multifamily, owner-occupant. Different asset classes. Investors who do both residential and commercial may use Crexi for sourcing CRE deals and TrueCap for residential.
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TL;DR
Use TrueCap when
- You're underwriting residential rentals (SFR, 2-4 unit multifamily, owner-occupant).
- You want cap rate, CoC, DSCR, cash flow on a specific residential address.
- You want financing math + an illustrative tax-impact model.
- You're not evaluating commercial deals.
Use Crexi when
- You're sourcing commercial real estate (office, retail, industrial, large multifamily).
- You need a CRE listings marketplace + comp database.
- You're a CRE broker managing listings, offers, and tenants.
- You're evaluating commercial deals where Crexi's data is the comp source.
Feature-by-feature
Side-by-side on every dimension that matters for a comparison-shopping investor.
| Feature | TrueCap | Crexi |
|---|---|---|
Primary asset class | Residential (SFR, small multifamily, owner-occupant) | Commercial (office, retail, industrial, large multifamily) |
Lifecycle stage | Per-deal underwriting calculator | Marketplace + intelligence |
Cap rate / CoC / DSCR analysis | Yes — full engine for residential | Listing-level cap rate; no per-deal calc engine |
10-year projection | Pro — residential rent + expense + appreciation | Not modeled |
Starting values (rent/rate/tax) | HUD rent + FRED rate + manual local property tax (residential) | Listing-pulled CRE data |
CRE listings (office, retail, industrial) | No — residential focus | Yes — 500k+ active CRE listings |
CRE sale + lease comps | No | Yes — national CRE comp database |
Broker tools (offer management) | No | Yes — built for CRE brokers |
Tenant info (CRE) | Not applicable | Yes — public-record tenant data |
Free tier | Yes — full residential underwriting | Free to browse listings; paid for intelligence |
Pricing (entry tier) | Free core; paid Pro — see live pricing | Free for buyers/browsers; Intelligence ~$100+/mo |
Crexi details based on publicly available product info as of 2026. See crexi.com for their current state.
When investors use both
- If you do both residential and CRE. TrueCap underwrites your residential deals; Crexi sources and provides comps for your CRE deals.
- For CRE underwriting specifically. Crexi shows you the deal + market comps; you'd run the CRE underwrite in a dedicated CRE calculator (Argus, CrowdStreet's tools, or a CRE spreadsheet model).
- If you're purely residential. TrueCap is enough; Crexi is overkill — the residential MLS or Roofstock-style platforms are a better fit.
Want the residential underwriting half on its own? The free closing cost calculator sizes the cash you actually need at the table, and the full TrueCap analyzer returns cap rate, DSCR, and cash flow from an address — no CRE model required. Our guide on 60-second underwriting walks through the workflow end-to-end.
Common questions about TrueCap vs Crexi
Quick answers to the questions investors comparison-shopping these tools actually ask.
Is TrueCap a Crexi alternative?
Crexi vs LoopNet — which one?
Does TrueCap support commercial real estate?
Is Crexi free?
Can I use TrueCap for small multifamily commercial deals?
Sources & methodology: Feature and pricing rows reflect Crexi's publicly listed information, last reviewed June 2026. Vendors change features and prices often — verify current details on Crexi's own site. Where TrueCap claims “sourced defaults,” that refers specifically to an editable HUD area-rent benchmark and the FRED owner-occupied 30-year mortgage-rate benchmark. Property tax is a manual local input with a disclosed generic fallback, not a state-data auto-fill.
On price, plainly
Tools in this space run from free to well above TrueCap — check Crexi's live pricing for their current number. What TrueCap's price buys is the decision layer, not more calculation: an Offer Ceiling under your selected targets, rule-fit results for your Buy Box with reasons, the downside stress test, and assumptions that are source-labeled instead of silently defaulted. Whether that workflow justifies the price depends on your volume, verification process, and existing tools.
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