LendingOne is pleased to announce that its Founder and CEO Bill Green has been named 2017 Think Realty Honors Private Lender of the Year. Mr. Green is being honored with this distinguished award for his great achievements as a leader in private lending as demonstrated through the course of his career and the continued growth [...]
American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) has partnered with Private Money Lending Guide (PMLG). The partnership brings together an association that provides education, ethics and networking opportunities for private money lenders and a tool for deal-flow that enables borrowers and lenders to find the appropriate counterpart for their deals. The partnership will work to better [...]
Louis Nees brings more than 30 years of experience to the growing fintech firm PeerStreet, an award-winning platform for investing in real estate backed loans, is excited to announce the appointment of Louis Nees as Head of Capital Markets. He will be based in the firm’s headquarters in Los Angeles, California. Louis Nees [...]
Applied Business Software (“ABS”) announced the upcoming update to The Mortgage Office™ Loan Origination System (LOS) will be ready for the collection and reporting changes of the 2018 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and Regulation C (HMDA). The upcoming enhancements will enable our users to easily collect and report the loan data as defined in HMDA [...]
Make Your IRA Work for What is Best for You By Clay Malcolm When it comes to private lending, or any other investment opportunity, investors are beginning to understand a fundamental truth: If I can do it personally, my IRA, 401(k), or health savings account (HSA) can likely do it as well. With a few [...]
The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) announced the nominees for each category of the AAPL Excellence Awards: Members of the Year, Community Impact Award and Emerging Leader Award. The awards, running for the first time this year, showcase private lending professionals who leverage their unique resources to solve problems, advance industry and professional performances, [...]
Christopher Hoeffel from CoreVest American Finance, New York is our featured member this month. Here is a little more insight about himself and his business. How long have you been an AAPL member? Two Years What AAPL benefit do you MOST value (Annual Conference, AAPL Designations, Member Directory, Member Offers, Webinars, etc.)? Networking opportunities, industry [...]
CIVIC employees assemble 1,000 Dignity Backpacks for evacuees at Houston NRG Stadium Following the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Civic Financial Services held a company-wide relief effort to lend support and supplies to evacuees. CIVIC private money lending headquarters in Redondo Beach, California closed all operations on Sept. 14 to join together and give back to [...]
Lima One Capital, the premier lender for residential real estate investors, announced today that it has acquired the residential debt origination business of RealtyShares, a leading online marketplace for real estate investing and financing. Lima One Capital began partnering with RealtyShares as an institutional investor in early 2017, drawn by the quality of deals listed [...]
It has been brought to our attention that there are multiple companies contacting our sponsors, claiming to represent the American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) offering “assistance” with registration and hotel bookings. Three such reported companies that are aggressively cold-calling and spamming companies whose names have appeared on AAPLConference.com pages are Exhibitor Housing Management (EHM / ehmtravel.com) and [...]
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