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Florida Mortgage Licensing Language Defeated

By |2025-09-16T11:14:59-05:00May 3rd, 2019|Advocacy|0 Comments

The Florida Senate on Thursday substituted and passed companion House Bill 7103 in place of Senate Bill 1730 and adjusted to match the Senate bill’s language – with one large exception. Legislators chose to leave out the Senate bill’s modifications to the definition of a mortgage loan which would have required a license for business [...]

By |2025-09-16T11:14:59-05:00May 3rd, 2019|Advocacy|0 Comments

Meet Your Government Relations Committee

By |2019-04-26T17:19:57-05:00April 26th, 2019|Advocacy|0 Comments

The Path Forward The members of American Association of Private Lenders’ Government Relations Committee are your first responders when it comes to tracking legislation and prioritizing, strategizing and executing advocacy efforts. Meet the committee that will help serve as a unified voice for the private lending profession by making an impact on state and federal [...]

By |2019-04-26T17:19:57-05:00April 26th, 2019|Advocacy|0 Comments

Support an Amendment to FL SB 1730

By |2021-06-08T12:33:39-05:00April 22nd, 2019|Advocacy|0 Comments

UPDATE 4/24: Senator Stargel withdrew amendment 356486 during Tuesday's Committee on Rules meeting. Act to oppose Section 7 of SB 1730 Now Currently, Florida Senate Bill 1730 contains language that would require a mortgage lender license to transact any loan secured by a dwelling. This language would sunset a long-standing exemption that allows private lenders [...]

By |2021-06-08T12:33:39-05:00April 22nd, 2019|Advocacy|0 Comments

Florida Senate Bill 1730 now with Senate

By |2025-09-16T11:15:23-05:00April 12th, 2019|Advocacy|0 Comments

UPDATE 4/30: SB 1730 is scheduled for review before the Florida Senate. Help us oppose SB 1730 Section 9 by contacting legislators. The mortgage lender licensing language is now in Section 9 of SB 1730. It was previously in Section 7. We have updated the information below to reflect this change. Find out what you [...]

By |2025-09-16T11:15:23-05:00April 12th, 2019|Advocacy|0 Comments

AAPL Opposes Florida Senate Bill 1730

By |2025-09-16T11:15:38-05:00April 3rd, 2019|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

Florida legislators have introduced the same mortgage licensing language from Senate Bill 1632 into an affordable housing bill, SB 1730. Senator Taddeo, SB 1632’s bill sponsor, requested a temporary postponement of SB 1632 due the presence of the same language in SB 1730. Senator Taddeo made the postponement request during the Senate Committee on Banking [...]

By |2025-09-16T11:15:38-05:00April 3rd, 2019|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

Legislative Alert: Florida Senate Bill 1632 Scheduled for Review

By |2021-06-08T12:33:55-05:00March 29th, 2019|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

The Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee is now scheduled to review SB 1632. You can attend the 4 p.m. EST Committee Meeting on 4/1/2019 to show your opposition in person. More details on how to do this below. Review Date: Monday, April 1 Time: 4-6 p.m. Location: Pat Thomas Committee Room, 412 Knott Building [...]

By |2021-06-08T12:33:55-05:00March 29th, 2019|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

Enhanced Private Lending Legislation Looming

By |2019-03-18T20:46:41-05:00March 18th, 2019|Advocacy|0 Comments

The industry must take a leadership role in shaping legislation. Private non-consumer lending has been largely ungoverned—anyone wanting to lend a friend enough money to flip a house should be able to, right? The Game Has Changed It’s no longer just a few local private money lenders making small loans on single-family homes. Big money [...]

By |2019-03-18T20:46:41-05:00March 18th, 2019|Advocacy|0 Comments

American Association of Private Lenders Convened on Capitol Hill

By |2021-06-08T12:34:03-05:00March 1st, 2019|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

Senate Meetings a Vital Step for Private Lender Advocacy The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) met with the offices of several senators on the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; and the Senate Committee on Finance, Thurs., Feb 21, 2019. The delegation of real estate private lenders and AAPL staff [...]

By |2021-06-08T12:34:03-05:00March 1st, 2019|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

American Association of Private Lenders Held Inaugural Day on the Hill

By |2021-06-08T12:34:12-05:00February 27th, 2019|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) announced its inaugural Day on the Hill, during which met with the offices of several senators on the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and United States Senate Committee on Finance. The delegation of private lenders and AAPL staff, including chairman Eddie Wilson and [...]

By |2021-06-08T12:34:12-05:00February 27th, 2019|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

Private Lender Advocacy is Missing its Mark

By |2021-06-08T12:34:21-05:00January 24th, 2019|Advocacy, Leadership|0 Comments

Private lenders like you work tirelessly to grow your business and push the industry out of niche obscurity into a viable alternative to traditional lending. Still, there is one glaring arena where you have missed the mark: representing yourselves in the halls of state and federal legislatures. The fate of issues that impact private real [...]

By |2021-06-08T12:34:21-05:00January 24th, 2019|Advocacy, Leadership|0 Comments

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