Pavan Meka
Real Estate / Finance
Finance grad from Duke Fuqua and a licensed real estate broker in North Carolina. I underwrite commercial real estate, from NOI and DSCR to ARGUS rollover and levered IRR, and build the models behind the investment call.
Experience
Deal-side work across private credit and investment banking, plus a broker's license since 2020.
- 2021 — 2022
Analyst at Five Points Capital
Private credit and growth equity. Ran public comps, precedent transactions and sector analyses to assess debt positioning, and did diligence on capital structures and debt service.
- Summer 2022
IB Summer Analyst at Guggenheim
Built LBO, DCF and accretion/dilution models. Supported live deals including LLR Partners' acquisition of Stratix and IBM's acquisition of Dialexa.
- 2020 — Now
Licensed Real Estate Broker, NC
Passed the national and state licensing exams in 2020.
What I do
CRE Underwriting, Cash Flow Models, Credit Analysis, Valuation, Due Diligence And Portfolio Reporting.
Toolkit
- NOI
- DSCR
- Debt Yield
- Cap Rate
- Levered / Unlevered IRR
- ARGUS Enterprise
- DCF
- LBO
- Accretion / Dilution
- Public Comps
- Precedents
- Scenario Analysis
- Advanced Excel
- PowerPoint
- DealCloud
Selected work
Underwriting and investment cases I've built end to end.
- Multifamily
Value-add acquisition19.61% IRR
DLP Capital case study. Underwrote a $3M capex plan on interest-only debt and flagged a 1.13x DSCR against the lender's 1.25x minimum.
- Retail
Commercial retail underwriting100K SF
LoopNet asset. Multi-year cash flow projections with ARGUS Enterprise tenant rollover, renewal probabilities and downtime.
- Income
Income property analysis1.17x DSCR
Compared two properties on NOI, DSCR, debt yield (9.29% vs. 4.22%), direct cap and DCF, then proposed a graduated payment mortgage to match debt service to NOI growth.
- Healthcare
Hospital bolt-on acquisition17.9% CoC
Prime Healthcare, buy-side. Two-scenario model benchmarked to CHS deals ($102M–$459M implied value), 60/40 debt/equity at 7.5%, presented to the Founder/CEO and CFO.
Education
- 2026
MQM, Finance at Duke Fuqua
Master of Quantitative Management. Fixed income, derivatives, real estate finance and data analytics.
- 2023
B.S. Finance at Wake Forest
School of Business. Real estate finance, financial accounting, quantitative finance and financial modeling.
Beyond the desk
A few things outside the models.
- Leadership
Founded the Deacon Case Competition Club at Wake Forest and grew it to 50+ members. Junior Student Leader of the Year.
- Clubs
Duke MBA Real Estate Club, with site visits to Merritt Properties, Village District REIT and Austin Lawrence Partners.
- Community
Volunteer and donor at Crossnore Children's Home and the Indo-US Cultural Association.
- Tennis
Competitive USTA player, Level 3/4.
Contact
How do I reach you?
Email is the fastest way.
Where else can I find you?
LinkedIn, mostly. Happy to talk underwriting, a deal you're working on, or a role on your team.
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Looking forward to it.