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You sign loan documents and money is funded into escrow.  In the case of a construction loan, only a portion of the total loan is released.  A:  Commercial loans have the added security of an income producing property providing the funds to pay the loan payments.  For residential loans, it’s the borrower’s income.  For any given property type, there is usually a maximum “loan to costs” and a maximum “loan to value.”