Who we are
Wert-Berater, Inc. has prepared independent feasibility studies for lenders, certified development companies, and federal agencies since 1998 — more than four thousand engagements representing $40.2 billion in evaluated project value across all fifty states and international assignments. Our fiduciary duty runs to the lender and the agency, never to the sponsor’s optimism: fees are fixed, quoted up front, never contingent on findings, and a determination is never changed under pressure.
What we do
Live product — lobster pounds, crab and shellfish holding, live finfish for restaurant and ethnic-market demand — earns the seafood category's highest prices by keeping inventory alive, which makes the facility a life-support system underwritten like one. The study validates holding capacity and water-treatment design against the species' requirements, prices the mortality-shrink assumption from operating comparables, and builds the demand case from the restaurant, retail, and export accounts that pay live premiums.
How we do it
Inventory-turn modeling with mortality as a cost-of-goods line, energy and oxygen systems reviewed with backup power as a condition precedent, freight economics for live shipment, and seasonality mapped to the demand calendar — holiday peaks define the category's revenue concentration.
How we can help you
Distribution-oriented facilities fit SBA and conventional structures; port-adjacent and rural operations reach USDA programs; the specialized envelope takes special-purpose treatment in liquidation analysis. The practice connects to the firm's cold-storage and logistics work, with the live-systems technical layer added.
How to engage us
Standard delivery is 10 to 15 business days from complete project data. Rush delivery for deals already in underwriting is accepted case by case for an additional fixed fee, quoted up front and committed in writing. Engagements are typically initiated by the borrower, with lender or CDC confirmation obtained before work begins — institutions differ, so confirm the procedure with your lending contact.