Public relations nightmares have taken over our social feeds and media commentaries. In doing so, it has proven there is a huge gap between chief executive officers and their public relations people – whether on staff or hired from an outside agency. A clear majority of those in leadership positions don’t understand what PR people [...]
American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is pleased to announce the addition of Bobby Montagne Jr. of Walnut Street Finance and Walnut Street Investment Fund to its Ethics Advisory Committee, and the addition of Melissa Martorella of Geraci Law Firm in a new ex officio Ethics Advisory Committee position. Nema Daghbandan of Geraci Law Firm [...]
Marketplace lender surpasses $250 million in total closed loans Money360, the leading commercial real estate marketplace lending platform, closed more than $45 million in loans in April, the company announced today. This brings the company’s total production to over $250 million in closed loans, with an expected $500 million in transactions by year-end. Money360’s recent [...]
Applied Business Software (“ABS”) announced the availability of powerful cloud-based solutions for its flagship products The Mortgage Office® and The Loan Office® to help companies transition to the Cloud. The cloud-based versions are licensed on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. The SaaS versions will provide a lower entry cost, a secured, managed, cloud-based solution, with a [...]
Merced Cohen named Director of Operations at CIVIC Financial Services CIVIC Financial Services has hired efficiency expert and creative leader, Merced Cohen, to direct the company’s operations. After spending the last 10 years deconstructing and relentlessly improving the loan process at Skyline Financial Corporation, Ms. Cohen has joined CIVIC as the Director of Operations with [...]
Investment Management Firm Expands Team of Real Estate, Tech and Lending Leaders to Offer AlphaFlow Optimized Portfolios to More Investors and Institutions AlphaFlow, the first automated portfolio service for real estate investments, announced today that veteran fintech executive AdaPia d’Errico has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer to scale the investor platform and expand [...]
An Employee’s Lapse in Ethical Behavior—No Matter How Small it May Seem—Can Have a Compounding, Negative Effect on the Entire Workplace. Think you are a person of integrity and that you bring the highest standards of ethics to your workplace each day? Despite hundreds of pages of policies, codes of ethics, codes of conduct, organizational [...]
Leading Texas-based private lending firm, Noble Capital, today announced the launch of a $250 million Texas real estate fund in partnership with San Francisco-based private investment bank, US Capital Partners, through the firm’s private securities division, US Capital Global Securities (“US Capital”). In addition to increased capacity for Noble Capital’s borrower network, the US Capital [...]
Private Lenders Need to Be Aware of How the Fair Housing Act Can Impact Their Success. The Fair Housing Act was designed to protect against discrimination and unfair practices in the process of purchasing residential real estate, including applying for and acquiring a reasonable loan. For private lenders, it’s essential to understand how the Fair [...]
You have the Big Idea. You have the drive and ambition. You see the market. You’ve identified the customers. You want to be wildly successful. You wonder how certain entrepreneurs have achieved success without a fancy education or unlimited access to capital. In All In: 101 Real Life Business Lessons for Emerging Entrepreneurs, Bill Green [...]
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