Do you know your organization’s local, regional and national market share? Accurate volume data about the private lending market can be hard to come by. Yet it’s critical to know the size of your market if you want to raise capital, measure success or grow your business. A desire to better understand our position in [...]
Entrepreneurs have long wrestled with the question of whether or not they should use their own money to fund a project, raise capital through multiple investors using a fund, use a lender, or a combination of these approaches. This article will discuss the pros and cons of each, and discuss why one approach may be [...]
Investors are always on a quest to grow capital while minimizing risk. Available options for investors looking to grow their capital include stock investments, debt products, or leaving their cash in checking and savings accounts to earn minimal returns. But as average profits from residential flips reach all-time records, investing in residential real estate remains [...]
Elon Musk, founder and CEO at Tesla, just announced his company will add an electric semi-truck to their fleet of products. The immediate public assumption was that this innovation will do more than just improve the environment—it may follow Tesla’s consumer approach to make all driverless vehicles. If semi-trucks can eventually deliver goods without a [...]
Trust deed investing has long been misunderstood by investors and is often labeled as an “alternative” investment. Trust deed Ponzi schemes have taken many investors for a wild ride leading up to the Great Recession. Further tarnishing the image of trust deed investing. Investment blogs pushing stocks and mutual funds warn investors about “oddball investments” like [...]
The roots of private lending date back thousands of years to Ancient Rome, when wealthy landowners and feudal lords used their land and property to obtain collateralized loans. Fast forward to modern times. Private lending has really come into its own since the economic crisis of 2008. Following the Great Recession and the ensuing heightened [...]
How many times have you seen an ad about loans provided to foreign nationals but once you call, the answer you receive only causes more confusion? There is a very simple way to correct the confusion. We need to understand how to distinguish between two different types of foreign nationals who acquire properties in the [...]
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 [...]
The Fair Housing Act (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968) originally introduced meaningful federal enforcement of laws guaranteeing that no person could be denied the ability to buy or rent a dwelling because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status or national origin. Now the concept of fair housing has even broader [...]
January 2017: Fannie Mae announces it will back $1 billion in debt collateralized by single-family rental homes owned by Blackstone. Whether you are a private lender, new or seasoned real estate operator, or real estate agent, this is important news. The government has rubber-stamped that we are becoming more of a rental nation. How can [...]
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