This article was updated 7.1.25 to reflect a business name change. Our February Member Spotlight shines on Kevin Kim, Partner at Fortra Law (formally Geraci LLP). If you think Kevin Kim looks familiar, he probably is... because he is everywhere! You may know him from various AAPL webinars that he hosts, or it could be [...]
Roc Capital demonstrates how private lending supports an ecosystem of affordable single-family workforce housing. In today’s rising interest rate environment, single-family rental homes have become an attractive alternative for prospective homebuyers seeking an affordable and flexible solution to their housing needs. As demand shifts from owning to renting, private lending fills an important void by [...]
Sekady Capital, LLC, a provider of secure payment solutions and project management software for the construction industry, has welcomed Tony Codina as VP of Sales. Tony joins the team with extensive experience in enterprise sales and customer success and will lead sales and business development for Sekady products and services. “Tony brings a proven [...]
AAPL sends letter to Congress urging definition change that exempts business-purpose loans. Effective Jan. 1, 2018, Congress enacted new Home Mortgage Disclosure Act rules requiring most private lenders to furnish a 110-data-point Loan Activity Report to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for each residential mortgage loan application taken, regardless of a loan’s business or [...]
The private money lenders at We Lend are motivated by helping their clients achieve wealth. Summer 1996. Ruben Izgelov has just spent several hours hawking flyers to pedestrians hustling along busy Queens Boulevard in New York, hoping to persuade them to patronize area pizzerias and sushi restaurants. It was the young immigrant from Turkmenistan’s first [...]
Ensures continued client service of an ever-expanding practice. Pleasant Hill, California, January 4, 2023— Spiegel Accountancy Corp. announced today that the firm promoted Audit Director, Kadidia Traore, to Principal effective January 1, 2023. Traore joined Spiegel’s audit management team in 2016, and specializes in working with mortgage bankers, private equity lenders, and employee benefit plans. [...]
Our January Member Spotlight shines on Eli Novey, Chief Financial Officer at Toorak Capital Partners. With over 20 years of experience, he is the go-to guy for anything finance, treasury and accounting related for Toorak Capital Partners. Even though he is a successful buttoned up businessman, he is also "Dad" to his three young children [...]
Our December Member Spotlight shines on Bryan Joyce, Vice President of Commercial Lending with EMCAP Lending. When Bryan isn't running the day-to-day operations at EMCAP Lending or overseeing a private real estate loan portfolio, you'll find him with his 16-year old twins. Whenever he has free time, he's watching his children play high school and [...]
Gender identity discrimination, fee transparency, and prompt communications were topics for recent discussion and change. Private lenders’ unique position within the larger finance industry has allowed for greater nimbleness, flexibility, and a crucial level of self-agency in operations and strategy. To maintain that advantageous—but not assured—differentiation among borrowers, investors, and industry partners, private lenders must [...]
Our November Member Spotlight shines on Ketan Parekh, managing director with Toorak Capital Partners. With over 25 years in the business, Parekh is not just a successful businessman, he is a family guy. In his free time, he enjoys spending as much time with his family as possible as well as catching the latest movie. [...]
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