So you made a high-risk loan...now what? The actions a lender takes during the term of a loan can make or break the return. This article provides a best-practice checklist to help increase the likelihood of full recovery. There was a lot of hair on the deal, but the borrower seemed earnest and the risk-reward analysis [...]
Welcome to the world of financial engineering. Allow us to introduce you to the power and simplicity of some basic financial engineering techniques that will expand your business opportunities, allow you to entertain new lending strategies and help you understand that when Wall Street does financial engineering (referred to hereafter as FE), it is what [...]
The mortgage industry is anticipating significant changes when it implements the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's 2016 Servicing Rule, but determining how those changes will affect operations will have to wait until the rule is fully implemented. The CFPB will not allow early compliance with the new regulations, which leaves the mortgage servicing industry left questioning [...]
Purchasing a property for all-cash is rare. Not many people have hundreds of thousands of dollars lying around. The common folks have to rely on an economic function known as "financing," which is essentially just a fancy term for "borrowing." In the world of real estate, the money borrowed to purchase a property is known [...]
This past week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made it easier for businesses to raise capital through crowdfunding efforts. The SEC adopted new and amended crowdfunding rules to allow companies to raise capital from small offerings more quickly and from out-of-state investors. SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White made the announcement of new Rule 147A, [...]
Despite a certain level of volatility in the national and global economies, the U.S. housing market has rebounded strongly, opening the door for an influx of new investors. For seasoned real estate investors, the current upswing of the housing market has simply opened another area in which to play, because they find ways to make [...]
Under a California Bureau of Real Estate license, a broker may engage in private trust deed lending for “non-consumer” mortgages. However, a broker’s license requires that the broker issue disclosures under California real estate law to both the borrower and lender, as well as providing certain filings to the Department of Real Estate. See below [...]
Private lending can yield better returns than stock and bond markets. If you understand the fundamentals and know how to conduct proper due diligence for each transaction, you can earn solid returns while minimizing your risk. A little more knowledge and effort can give you better returns in private money loans. Electronic transactions that require [...]
A few years back, a friend asked me to join him in a meeting with a group that was raising money for a crowdfunding platform that allowed sports teams to raise money for travel and equipment. I’ll never forget it because the principal asked, “Have you heard of the funding vehicle kind of new to [...]
Sadly, this is a trend that we have been seeing happen more and more as the private lending profession continues to grow. We receive phone calls and emails from members and consumers throughout each week with horror stories of fraudulent activity happening that has their information stamped all over it. It kills me. Very honestly, [...]
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