TAMPA, FL – March 25, 2025 – Toorak Capital Partners (“Toorak”), a tech-enabled investment manager of business purpose mortgage loans, announced its AI and machine-learning (ML) powered loan review system Toorak Connect has completed $5 billion in facilitated loans. Toorak Connect provides an enhanced dataset produced through Toorak’s proprietary loan risk scoring model, resulting in [...]
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – March 26, 2025 – Asset Based Lending (ABL), a New Jersey-based lender providing private capital to real estate investors, funded 1,866 loans in 2024 – a 60% increase over 2023 – and expanded its employee headcount by 15%, marking a year of rapid growth and innovation for the company. The lender [...]
5/5/2025 - Florida Senate Bill 392 has been indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration. 3/24/2025 - The American Association of Private Lenders has been made aware of Florida Senate Bill 392, which if passed, will set new requirements to collect default interest. The State of Florida already requires that, at minimum, lenders provide borrowers with [...]
Our March Member Spotlight shines on Shaye Wali, CEO at Baseline! Shaye Wali is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Baseline, a technology platform that helps origination and servicing teams streamline their workflows, leverage their data, and nurture better relationships with their investors, borrowers and partners. After graduating with a degree in Finance from [...]
This article was updated [date] to reflect a business name change. The Main Street Tax Certainty Act (S.1706/H.R.4721) would make permanent Section 199A, a key tax deduction which as of now will sunset at the end of this year. Section 199A allows individually- and family-owned businesses organized as pass-throughs (S corporations, partnerships, and sole proprietorships) [...]
Our February Member Spotlight shines on Justin Land, Co-Founder at Merchants Mortgage & Trust Corporation! Justin Land has extensive expertise in the industry and has a passion for empowering investors. He is committed to delivering tailored funding solutions that help clients achieve their investment goals with confidence. Justin says he values being in the moment [...]
Auction demand down in Q4 overall but posts decisive rebound in December following election KEY POINTS Uptick in scheduled auctions indicates possible Q1 rebound in completed auctions Q4 demand increased annually in 59 percent of local markets Price buyers are willing to pay accelerates to six-month high in December Auction bid-ask spread narrows as buyers are [...]
Our January Member Spotlight shines on David Rosenberg, Co-Founder at Futures Financial! Throughout his career, David Rosenberg has worked all over the industry from being a licensed real estate broker and loan officer to working in residential distressed debt, from traditional and non-traditional mortgage financing to asset management and ground-up construction, from residential development to [...]
Our December Member Spotlight shines on Investor Loan Source: How long have you been an AAPL member? Since 2021 What AAPL benefit do you MOST value? Conferences Who is Investor Loan Source? Investor Loan Source is a private money lending company offering various options for almost any real estate project, from fix-and-flips to commercial and [...]
Our November Member Spotlight shines on Bill Tessar, President and CEO at CV3 Financial Services! As a longtime friend and AAPL member, Bill Tessar is no stranger to the private lending industry. He’s built and led two successful mortgage origination companies that contributed to over $40 billion in residential funding. Tessar tackles the challenges that [...]
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