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How Sitewire Cuts Draw Inspection Times from 4 Days to 4 Hours

How Sitewire Cuts Draw Inspection Times from 4 Days to 4 Hours

How Sitewire Cuts Draw Inspection Times from 4 Days to 4 Hours

May 26, 2025

May 26, 2025

5 min read

5 min read

When it comes to real estate lending, the importance of reputation can’t be overstated. Nothing hurts your reputation faster than slow draw approvals. Historically, on average, draw inspections have typically taken anywhere from 3 to 7 days to schedule and complete. When an inspection is delayed, your borrower's project reaches a complete standstill as contractors favor fast-paying clients. Not only does this affect your borrower, but it affects you, and your ability to scale. 

At Sitewire, we’ve changed that. Our platform cuts draw inspection turnaround time from days to hours. That means:

  • Dramatically reduced project risk

  • Higher borrower satisfaction

  • Fewer staffing bottlenecks

  • More time to write more deals 

Real Results with Sitewire

Our lenders are experiencing 4-hour or less turnarounds on inspections that used to take them a week. Previously, the process has always involved the borrower calling to schedule an inspection, waiting for someone to visit the site, and then waiting even longer for a report to be written and approved before funding could be dispersed. Even worse, due to labor shortages and a lack of construction expertise, the quality of inspections suffered. The average field inspector makes $63,000 per year. Sitewire’s GC inspectors make twice that.

With Sitewire, that same draw is submitted remotely with photos and videos, reviewed by one of our expert GCs in hours, and approved the same afternoon. Take it from one of our current borrowers:

For Sitewire clients, this isn’t an exception—this is the norm.

Why Lenders are Making the Switch

At Sitewire, we aren’t only about speed- we also understand the importance of strategic scale. Here are a few of the benefits our lenders are experiencing: 

  • Attracting New Borrowers

Impressing their developers with a frictionless funding experience. Real estate investing is a work-of-mouth and relationship business. Word spreads fast when you’re known for great service and rapid payouts.

  • Retaining High-Value Clients

When you’re the lender that pays them within hours (not within days or weeks), you’re the one they’ll come back to. That speed builds loyalty.  

  • Freeing Up Your Team Members

You don’t want your staff tied up trying to coordinate site visits or chasing down inspection reports. At Sitewire, we automate these low-value tasks so your team can shift their attention to what really matters: underwriting more loans. 

  • Improved Service Without the Extra Overhead

With Sitewire’s same day virtual inspection process, there’s no need to hire additional draw servicers to scale your operations. We have clients that have scaled to $1B volume with only two people working draws. 

Remote Virtual Inspections, Real-Time Reviews: How Sitewire Works 

  • Guided, Controlled Site Capture: The borrower uses a mobile app armed with bleeding edge anti-fraud technology to gather videos, photos, receipts and lien waivers and sync them with the Sitewire web platform.

  • Remote Review: Our expert, independent, General Contractors are notified immediately and complete their reviews within 4 hours of initial notification. They follow your policies and go back and forth with the borrower as needed to discuss anything that needs further clarification.

  • Lender Control: You then receive the full interactive report online and decide how much to disburse to the client. You’re in total control, but can consult with Sitewire’s inspector directly at the click of a button.

  • Instant Updates: Your borrower is automatically notified, and the process moves forward, fast, with full transparency for everyone.  

The Tech That Makes Sitewire Possible

Automation, construction experts, remote virtual inspections, live updates, and AI validation all work together to simplify and accelerate the process for you. No more back-and-forth phone calls and emails, as requests move seamlessly through each stage of the process. Borrowers can submit their draw request along with supporting work proof when needed, completely eliminating the need for painful scheduling and on-site visits. Our real-time notifications keep your team and clients in the loop every step of the way, and our AI validation flags potential issues before they even have the chance to cause delays. Our system is not only smarter, but more efficient, and it was built with today’s private lending environment top of mind. 

Sitewire = Better Business For You

We know private lenders often find themselves investing anywhere from $10K-40K per month on marketing in an attempt to attract new clients. But, the real difference isn’t made in how you bring your borrowers in—it’s what goes on after that first close. And recent data from Forecasa shows that borrower loyalty is decreasing, with most borrowers using 3 lenders per year.

Sitewire gives you a product worth marketing and sets you apart in private lending. The faster, more reliable draw process will impress your clients and leave them excited to work with you over and over again. Delivering a smoother, faster funding experience means everyone benefits in the process. Sitewire streamlines your operations and you don’t have to expand your team to do so. We understand the lending market is hyper competitive, with projections of over 3,000 new lenders entering the market in 2024 alone. Borrowers have more options than ever to find funding for their projects. Your draw process should be helping, not hindering your business.

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