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By invitation only, Pathway Lending presents our inaugural cohort for emerging real estate developers instructed by Waddell Wright, CCIM, CPM, founder and president of W. Wright & Co. Wright is a professional real estate investor and developer licensed as a broker and general contractor in the state of Tennessee.

Pathway Lending developed this six-week training program to equip new and established developers seeking to add small, multifamily projects to their portfolios with the skills and knowledge they need for a successful start.


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Training, hands-on development, templates, resources, and coaching


In addition to financial training, hands-on pro forma development, and portfolio templates, the program matches participants who complete the program with experienced mentors they can call on for individual coaching.

Learning Modules


Introduction to Real Estate and Development
Market Analysis And Due Diligence
Proforma and Project Financial Modeling
Construction and Development
Legal and Social Responsibility - Class Summary

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In addition to taking the next step with their real estate development businesses, cohort participants will join a network of peer developers poised to tackle Nashville and Davidson County’s urgent need to create affordable housing, projected to reach a shortfall of 31,000 units by 2025 with a quarter of homeowners and half of renters paying more than they can affordable housing.
Waddell Wright

Waddell Wright


CCIM, CPM and founder and president, W. Wright & Co.

Course Instructor


Waddell Wright is a professional real estate investor, developer, and real estate broker. He is a licensed broker and general contractor in the state of Tennessee and also holds a broker’s license in the state of Florida. Waddell embarked on his real estate career in 1996 while in college studying finance and marketing. He has 23 years of experience in real estate in Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky, New Mexico, Illinois, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas. He has completed advanced courses in real estate investment at the Certified Commercial Investment Institute and advanced courses in property management at the Institute of Real Estate Management. He has also served as an expert witness on real property in Tennessee and as a hearing officer for property tax appeals in Davidson County, Tennessee. Before starting W. Wright & Co. LLC, he served in Capital Markets and in the Investment Services Group of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker, and Cassidy Turley.

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Program support provided by Bank of America Foundation
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