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 [...]
Crowdfunding has a key role in democratizing the investment arena by exposing regular people to new asset markets and by giving small companies new ways to raise necessary capital. Previously, prospective investors may have sought ways to get in on the ground floor of the “next Apple,” but the sizable task of sifting through available [...]
Daren Blomquist to be keynote speaker at American Association of Private Lenders’ Annual Conference KANSAS CITY, Mo. – August 3, 2017 – American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) will hold its eighth annual conference Sunday, November 12 through Tuesday, November 14 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The keynote speaker will be Daren Blomquist, Senior [...]
PeerStreet customers will now be able to see their investments inside of Personal Capital PeerStreet, an award-winning platform for investing in real estate backed loans, has announced an integration with Personal Capital, powered by the Envestnet | Yodlee Data Aggregation Platform. Customers of both Personal Capital, an automated investment service with more than $4.8 billion [...]
Sharestates, an online real estate investment marketplace, has been presented the 2017 Great Neck Best Mortgage Lender Award by the Great Neck Award Program, an annual awards program that honors and acknowledges the achievements of local business in the Great Neck, New York area. “This is a local award that we are extremely proud of,” [...]
The global financial crisis of 2008/2009 brought about tremendous change in the world insofar as the banking and financial services sectors were concerned. As most economies around the world struggled, the global monetary policy response was to maintain interest rates as low as possible. This allowed businesses to borrow at low rates in order to [...]
New Direction IRA, Inc. (NDIRA) is pleased to announce the hiring of Ryan Griffiths as its Director of Investor Services, a newly-created position with the company. As a Certified IRA Services Professional (CISP), he will bring essential industry expertise to NDIRA. With increased global tensions, stock market volatility and concerns over asset bubbles, more investors [...]
American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is pleased to announce the formation of its new Education Advisory Committee. The committee is comprised of five current members: Corey Dutton, Private Money Utah; Chris Ragland, Noble Capital; Andy Williams, Recon Realty Inc.; Erica LaCentra, RCN Capital; Jeff Levin, Specialty Lending Group; and one ex officio position, Nema [...]
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