John Devereux will lead the firmās strategic expansion across the real estate industry PeerStreet, an award-winning platform for investing in real estate backed loans, is excited to announce the appointment of John Devereux as Chief Real Estate Officer. He will be based in the firmās headquarters in Los Angeles, California. As PeerStreet's Chief Real Estate [...]
Meet AAPL member Bill Fairman! Bill is a co-founder of Carolina Hard Money and has been an AAPL member for five years. When he's not building his business and helping investors create passive wealth, you'll find him devoted to every facet of personal improvement and sharing valuable advice and tips with like-minded people. What AAPL [...]
Sharestates Launches New Online Portals with Goal of Simplifying Lending and Borrowing Process ā First in the Real Estate Investing Space Online real estate investment platform,Ā Sharestates, announced the launch of new online user portals that fully optimize the real estate investment process from beginning to end, providing investors with the first ever UX solutionsĀ in [...]
Answering your frequently asked questions Buy low, sell high. Finding stocks or other publicly traded securities at the right bargain may prove difficult, but an under-priced property can be tough to miss. Unlike the countless factors that may affect stock values, a leaky roof, outdated appliances, and shag carpet from the 80s can be replaced [...]
Avoiding these common mistakes can make your marketing more effective. If you want clients who are not your mom or grandma, you must market for your business to grow. Marketing isnāt exactly rocket science, but itās more than just pretty pictures and strategically placed fonts. Marketing is how you communicate your companyās or productās value [...]
Human Resources professionals are asked to put together training on a variety of topics that can range from legal issues such as harassment in the workplace, managing requests for FMLA time off, and what constitutes overtime-eligible pay, to the more everyday sort of issues such as dealing with difficult people, communications skills and how to [...]
LOS ANGELESāArixa Capital, one of California's leading non-bank lenders to real estate investors and developers, will host the 12th Annual Real Estate Symposium May 2, 2018. The event will take place on the UCLA campus, in the Music Building main auditorium, Schoenberg Hall.Ā Like previous years, the event will consist of a networking reception, followed by [...]
Watching someone pawn their failures off or blame others for their mistakes is contagious and detrimental, particularly in the workplace. It may seem inconsequential but in an organization where blame is the norm, people are likely to be less creative, perform poorly, and mirror damaging behaviors to protect their own self-image. When someone is always [...]
The Fair Housing Act (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968) was signed 50 years ago. The Act āprohibits discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of residential dwellings, and in other residential real estate related transactions, based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status (defined as families with children under [...]
Meet AAPL member Ray Sturm. Ray is the co-founder and CEO of AlphaFlow who has been an AAPL member since 2016. He is a familiar face from the annual conferences, even leading a panel discussion about real estate crowdfunding and the opportunities it presents for not only investors but also for traditional lenders. When he's [...]
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