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How to Prepare a Debt Portfolio for Buyer Due Diligence

At a glance: Prepare for buyer due diligence by defining eligibility, reconciling balances, explaining tape fields, indexing documents, and disclosing exceptions. Assign…

Fitzgerald Advisors · Institutional Guide

Turn the tape, documents, servicing history, and exceptions into one controlled review package.

By Fitzgerald Advisors editorial team · Updated September 27, 2026

Assign owners for data, documents, servicing, legal, compliance, finance, and transaction management. Define the diligence timeline, buyer questions process, approved data-room structure, and escalation path. A workplan prevents different teams from providing conflicting definitions or outdated files.

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