About Obsidian Deal Ops
Institutional deal operations for UK property finance brokers.
Karim Usmani
Karim grew up around UK property development. He started on construction sites as a labourer before moving into a Land department, learning the industry from the ground up. After building and running a luxury chauffeur business in London, he turned his focus to operational infrastructure, founding Sonny AI to help businesses automate their workflows. Obsidian Deal Ops brings all of that together: decades of exposure to how property deals actually work, combined with the operational discipline to structure, track, and package deal documentation properly.
The insight behind Obsidian is simple. Having watched property transactions from every angle, one pattern kept repeating: deals stall not because of poor terms or weak relationships, but because the operational side falls apart. Documents go missing. Packs arrive incomplete. Lenders chase. Timelines slip. Obsidian was built to fix that.
Why Obsidian Exists
Too many deals stall in the gap between a lender saying "send me the info" and a broker actually getting a complete, audit-ready pack across the line. Having seen this cycle play out across residential, commercial, and mixed-use transactions for years, the problem was clear: brokers need an operational layer between their deal and their lender. Not another portal. Not another spreadsheet. A managed service that takes the chaos and delivers structure.
Obsidian was built to close that gap with disciplined document control, gap tracking, and consistent delivery standards. We exist so that brokers can focus on origination while we handle the build.
Operational Principles
Objectivity
Every deal is assessed on its fundamentals. We score readiness, flag gaps, and report findings without bias. You get a clear picture, not a dressed-up one.
Speed
Lender appetite moves fast. Our deal packaging is built around defined turnaround windows so that your deal reaches the credit desk while the window is still open.
Institutional Standard
Every deliverable is structured to the same standard a lender's own analyst would produce. Consistent formatting, complete source files, and full audit trails as standard.