Visit aaplonline.com/ethics for more on our Code of Ethics Mike Hanna, Managing Partner, Investmark Mortgage, LLC “Bait and switch” lending and truth in advertising are the top ethical challenges in the marketplace today. There are more lenders now than there were just a few years ago, and the lending environment has become hypercompetitive in some [...]
Traveling and living internationally helped Michael Mikhail “find himself”—and gave him the mindset to discover his calling. For some entrepreneurs, the ultimate goal is creating a company that can run just as successfully without them as with them. Michael Mikhail, founder and CEO of Stratton Equities, sees his business completely differently. “I’m never absent. I [...]
Kansas City, Missouri - April 15, 2020 – The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is excited to announce the launch of its first-ever online designation course, Certified Fund Manager. AAPL designation courses prior to the launch have only been available as in-person courses alongside the association’s Annual Conference and select partner events. “Bringing CFM [...]
During a workout cool-down (we're not quite sure Loren knows what that actually means), what started as an attempt to "see how fast [he] could go" on the indoor rowing machine led Loren Howard, founder and president of Prime Plus Mortgages to break the 20-year world record for indoor rowing (well, three world records, but [...]
LONG BEACH, Calif., March 31, 2020 - Applied Business Software (“ABS”), is excited to announce record growth in the Services Department for the fiscal year 2019. In the 2019 fiscal year, ABS experienced a 38% growth in their newest service: printing, stamping and mailing of 1098 and 1099 tax forms. ABS is the only software [...]
Redondo Beach, CA, February 25, 2020 – Civic Financial Services is committed to supporting our nation’s injured veterans through Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) and the nonprofit’s free programs and services. Additionally, the private money lender has launched its own Military Discount Program in support of active duty, veteran and retired military personnel. President of CIVIC, [...]
Private Lender Network to provide platform for private lending offices nationwide to scale AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 12, 2020 – Noble Capital Group, an alternative investment financial firm focused on private lending and private equity, announced today the rollout of its nationwide lending initiative, the Private Lender Network (PLN), to finance real estate investment projects and [...]
After stints as a firefighter, cook, waiter, housekeeper and construction laborer, a fateful broken wrist helped steer Thomas Standen IV into working at his grandparents’ business, Note Servicing Center. In 2003, Standen found himself at a family party hosted by his grandparents, Tom and Roberta Standen. Unexpectedly, Tom announced that he wanted someone in the [...]
Previously EVP of Finance, Coleman brings extensive mortgage finance experience to the company’s C-suite LOS ANGELES, Calif.--January 22, 2019 — PeerStreet, a platform for investing in real estate backed loans, has promoted Ellen Coleman to Chief Financial Officer. Coleman joined the company a year ago as EVP of Finance. As CFO, she’ll oversee a variety [...]
Vincent Balagia has kicked Stallion Funding into full gear to provide hard money loans to real estate investors in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Vincent Balagia was 26 years old when he founded Stallion Funding in Austin. It was 2007, on the cusp of the Great Recession. Balagia didn’t have much entrepreneurial experience, but [...]
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