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Federal Bill Needs Your Support: Accredited Investor Expansion

By |2025-08-20T09:59:22-05:00August 19th, 2025|Advocacy, Featured, News|0 Comments

Private lenders may soon have expanded access to capital via a bipartisan bill that opens a path for more investors to seek accredited status. If passed, H.R.3339, also called the Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act of 2025, mandates that the Securities and Exchange Commission create an exam to certify passing individuals as accredited investors. [...]

By |2025-08-20T09:59:22-05:00August 19th, 2025|Advocacy, Featured, News|0 Comments

Proposed Law Adds Hurdles for Collecting Default Interest

By |2025-08-04T16:33:05-05:00August 6th, 2025|Advocacy|0 Comments

The State of Florida already requires that, at minimum, lenders provide borrowers with an annual statement of the payments they’ve made. SB 392 “Requirements of Lenders of Money” sought to clarify the contents of the annual statement, but also added a new provision: Lenders must issue a written notice of default in order to collect [...]

By |2025-08-04T16:33:05-05:00August 6th, 2025|Advocacy|0 Comments

Junior Mortgages Doomed After AB 130?

By |2025-07-03T09:15:58-05:00July 16th, 2025|Advocacy, Compliance|0 Comments

Republished with permission from Doss Law. Original article published 7/1/2025 on dosslaw.com, "Junior Mortgages Doomed After AB 130?" On July 1, 2025 California AB 130 became operative law in California. Intended to remedy “zombie loans¹,” it goes further. Formally, it creates California Civil Code Section 2924.13. It targets “subordinate mortgages,” but does not define that term. If property [...]

By |2025-07-03T09:15:58-05:00July 16th, 2025|Advocacy, Compliance|0 Comments

Federal Bill Needs Your Support

By |2025-09-16T10:45:46-05:00April 16th, 2025|Advocacy|0 Comments

This article was updated 7.1.25 to reflect a business name change. Main Street Tax Certainty Act makes key tax deduction permanent. The Main Street Tax Certainty Act (S.1706/H.R.4721) would make permanent Section 199A, a key tax deduction that as of now will sunset at the end of 2025. Section 199A allows individual- and family-owned businesses [...]

By |2025-09-16T10:45:46-05:00April 16th, 2025|Advocacy|0 Comments

Legislative Alert: Florida SB 392 – Default Interest Notification

By |2025-05-06T13:52:39-05:00March 24th, 2025|Advocacy, Featured, News|0 Comments

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 [...]

By |2025-05-06T13:52:39-05:00March 24th, 2025|Advocacy, Featured, News|0 Comments

Federal Bill Needs Your Support: Main Street Tax Certainty Act

By |2025-07-01T12:07:04-05:00February 6th, 2025|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

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) [...]

By |2025-07-01T12:07:04-05:00February 6th, 2025|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

Brokered Loan Modifications Race to the Finish Line

By |2025-09-16T10:45:45-05:00October 29th, 2024|Advocacy|0 Comments

This article was updated 7.1.25 to reflect a business name change. Here is what the Moon case and its aftermath mean for the future of brokered loans in California. In the Summer 2024 issue of Private Lender, we shared a brief history of usury law in California (the limitations on interest rates charged on business-purpose [...]

By |2025-09-16T10:45:45-05:00October 29th, 2024|Advocacy|0 Comments

Usury in California: The Moon Case, the Current Situation, and the Fight for the Future

By |2025-09-16T10:46:40-05:00September 18th, 2024|Advocacy|0 Comments

This article was updated 7.1.25 to reflect a business name change. AAPL’s Government Relations Committee will continue to monitor the situation and assist in developing a plan for future steps. For more than 40 years, the law of usury in California has been a bit of a joke—that its exceptions are larger than the rule [...]

By |2025-09-16T10:46:40-05:00September 18th, 2024|Advocacy|0 Comments

Modifications of Brokered Loans in California: Pending Bill SB 1146 Needs Your Support

By |2025-09-16T10:52:57-05:00July 30th, 2024|Advocacy, Featured, News|0 Comments

This article was updated 7.1.25 to reflect a business name change. UPDATE: As of 8/28/2024 the bill has passed the both the California Assembly and Senate. It is now headed to Governor Gavin Newsom to be approved, vetoed, or ignored. We need your help NOW to ensure SB 1146 makes it to the finish line! [...]

By |2025-09-16T10:52:57-05:00July 30th, 2024|Advocacy, Featured, News|0 Comments

Is Predatory Investing Creating a Single-Family Home Shortage?

By |2024-05-07T10:06:50-05:00May 1st, 2024|Advocacy|0 Comments

The shortage of U.S. single-family homes is a multifaceted issue requiring a comprehensive and collaborative approach. Stop predatory investing and end hedge fund control of American homes! Sounds like a righteous cause, doesn’t it? Stopping large institutional investors from swooping in and buying up all the single-family home inventory, pushing out homeowners in favor of [...]

By |2024-05-07T10:06:50-05:00May 1st, 2024|Advocacy|0 Comments

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