The commercial real estate industry is split on the stance of small balance loans. Many mortgage bankers, lender, and brokers view small balance loans as inefficient to invest in, broker, and or place. On the other hand, there are those that use a workflow which streamlines the process of working with small balance loans, making them quite efficient. With such a divide, we must ask the question, why small balance loans? A lender can create greater diversification in their portfolio…