They are succeeding in a male-dominated field as the U.S. Dept. of Labor estimates only about 10 percent of workers in construction are women.

Brentwood, TN-based GBT Realty Corporation, which developed the properties over the past two years, sold the portfolio to a Virginia-based, private investment group that was completing a sizable 1031 exchange.

While debt will grow cheaper with the crisis, NOI risks lurk.

The 25-year-old commercial real estate financing and advisory services firm now provides an array of services from due diligence to asset management services, restructuring, crisis management for developers, financial institutions and private equity funds with a concentration on development, construction, bankruptcy, restructuring and marketing.