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LightBox Fundamentals: Turn Static PDFs into Powerful Data Intelligence

Built exclusively for CRE lending workflows, LightBox Fundamentals transforms long-form commercial real estate appraisal reports into structured, actionable data accurately, consistently, and at scale. No templates. No model training. Just instant clarity, right where you work. 

Overview


LightBox Fundamentals is a fully turn-key solution designed for instant deployment and immediate value. The solution works across all appraisal formats and scenarios, no matter the structure, layout, or complexity of the report. LightBox Fundamentals requires no custom configuration, no model training, no user learning curve. From day one, users can extract and analyze data with instant setup. 

Use Cases

Go from hundreds of PDFs to one source of truth for all your stakeholders.

Underwriting 

Compliance

Appraisal

C-Suite

Credit

Risk

Key Benefits

Unlock visibility into commercial real estate ownership

Speed:

Structured data output within minutes, not weeks.

Precision:

Reduce rekeying errors or manual interpretation. 

Transparency:

Instantly surface trends, comps, and valuation drivers across your pipeline.

Scalability:

Immediately apply a single source of truth across lending, credit, risk, compliance, and portfolio management teams.

Key Features

Trained exclusively using narrative appraisal reports, outperforming generic large language models (LLM)

Merges layout-aware OCR, context-sensitive rules, and natural language processing to extract more than 80 core fields, including cap rates, income approaches, and site characteristics.

Delivered via the LightBox Live Excel Add-In for instant portfolio-level insights. 

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