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 Unlike the countless factors that may affect stock values, a leaky roof, outdated appliances, and shag carpet from the 80s can be replaced [...]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 isn’t exactly rocket science, but it’s more than just pretty pictures and strategically placed fonts. Marketing is how you communicate your company’s or product’s 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 ANGELES—Arixa 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. 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 “prohibits 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 [...]
You may recognize RCN Capital's marketing manager, Erica LaCentra from Private Lender magazine’s Lender Limelight, AAPL’s Education Advisory Committee, or maybe noticed when she received one of AAPL’s very first Excellence Awards! We were fortunate to get a chance to talk to this bright and ambitious go-getter about her experiences as a successful female the [...]
Women can be a powerful force when they work to strengthen one another. What does it take for women to support each other to reach their full potential? More to the point—why is it important? Simply put, when women help other women, it benefits all women. Put aside the idea of competition—that helping someone [...]
American Association of Private Lenders announces Education Advisory Committee changes American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is pleased to announce the addition of Randy Newman of Total Lender Solutions, Inc. to its Education Advisory Committee. Andy Williams of Recon Realty and HGTV's Flip or Flop Forth Worth resigned his service to the committee due to scheduling conflicts. [...]
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