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Automated Land Financing (ALF) | Reference Guide & FAQs

Written by Allison Charette
Updated over a year ago

Automated Land Financing | Reference Guide

Automated Land Financing is the industry’s only dedicated platform to manage Landbanking from both ends of the Builder and Capital Partner workflow. It replaces the tedious hand calculations, back-and-forth communications between builder and capital partner, and ditches the manual spreadsheets. It has the ability for builders to submit takedown requests, Capital partners to approve/ deny requests, and include commentary between both parties. Lot Vault provides a digital platform so everyone works off one source of truth, allowing you to focus your time on the business.

Key Actions and Product Highlights

  1. Project Overview

    • Get a snapshot of the various projects being landbanked.

    • Track key metrics such as next takedown date and number of lots due on the next takedown.

  2. Detailed Project Information

    • Easily add, update, and track all the details related to a project.

    • Manage each individual lot group and the associated lot details such as lot descriptions and characteristics associated to each lot

  3. Takedown Request Workflow

    • Create new takedown requests for each required takedown according to the corresponding project takedown schedule

    • Assign specific lots and evaluated automated calculations such as out of order premiums, pre/post amortization and lot restrictions

  4. Historical Tracking

    • Monitor project status to understand where takedowns are behind or ahead of schedule

    • See history about each project to know what’s changed since you last checked.

  5. Collaboration Tools

    • Add comments and supplemental details to support your projects and takedown requests

    • Upload key documents related to the project

Go-Live FAQ’s

  1. My SSO login is not working

    • If you’re having issues with your login, please reach out to Cecilian Partners directly at [email protected] and we can ensure your account is set up properly with the Microsoft Azure SSO integration.

  2. I tried to submit a takedown request but my lot is showing as already been purchased

    • If you’re seeing a lot that you wish to include in a takedown request, please reach out to Glenis Carvajal and Chris Lollar with Lennar to confirm the specific lot(s) should be marked as available.

  3. I need to update lot descriptions as many of my remaining lots are showing “unnamed”

    • Lots within Automated Land Financing may have been imported prior to receiving their final plat, hence they are missing lot descriptions. If you notice lots that need to be updated, reach out to Glenis Carvajal and Chris Lollar and they can ensure the lot descriptions are added and the lots are marked with the recorded plat status and date.

  4. My Takedown Request I’m submitting is not letting me submit because I am behind schedule

    • Reach out to Cecilian Partners via the [email protected] or directly through the chat within the ALF system. We will evaluate and check with the National Land Finance team to understand if a project is truly behind or not based on the data import.

  5. I need to submit a “hybrid” Takedown Request with some platted and other non-platted lots

    • We are working on a new feature to account for this with Lennar, however, initially you will need to submit the standard request with the known lots first. Once accepted, you will be able to reach out to Glenis Carvajal and Chris Lollar to add a separate takedown to the existing takedown schedule to be able to submit an additional soft closing for the same month.

When to Reach Out for Support

  1. Technical Issues

    • If you encounter any bugs or system errors, please reach out immediately via [email protected] to be sure it gets addressed ASAP.

    • New team member? Contact us for user credentials unless you are a builder manager. Builder manager roles have the ability to create new users

  2. Feature Requests

    • Have a suggestion to improve Automated Land Financing? Let us know!

  3. New Projects or Data Migrations

    • Have a new project that needs to get added? Use one of our provided templates to easily get new projects setup, quickly.

    • Need assistance with migrating historical data into Automated Land Financing? Our support team is here to help

Getting Additional Training

  1. Online Help Articles

  2. Lot Vault Training

    • For a more personalized training experience, schedule an online training session with our customer success team.

    • Arrange a training session here. 

Key Contact Information

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