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Toorak Capital Partners Reaches $1 Billion Milestone

By |2018-08-07T02:37:42-05:00May 21st, 2018|News|0 Comments

Toorak Capital Partners Closes Increased KKR Investment as Company Reaches $1 Billion Milestone Toorak Capital Partners (“Toorak”) announced that KKR has increased its investment in the company to $250 million, after initially committing $75 million in 2016. The investment comes at a momentous time for Toorak as the company recently reached the $1 billion milestone [...]

By |2018-08-07T02:37:42-05:00May 21st, 2018|News|0 Comments

Affinity Worldwide makes equity investment in OwnAmerica

By |2018-08-07T02:37:42-05:00May 17th, 2018|News|0 Comments

Purchase better connects real estate investors to education, property acquisition services and insurance products Affinity Worldwide has made an equity investment in OwnAmerica. The purchase deepens the partnership between OwnAmerica and two of Affinity Worldwide’s real estate-related entities, Think Realty and National Real Estate Insurance Group (NREIG). The terms of the investment were not disclosed. [...]

By |2018-08-07T02:37:42-05:00May 17th, 2018|News|0 Comments

PeerStreet Hires Chief Real Estate Officer

By |2021-06-08T13:19:17-05:00May 1st, 2018|News, Technology|0 Comments

John Devereux will lead the firm’s strategic expansion across the real estate industry PeerStreet, an award-winning platform for investing in real estate backed loans, is excited to announce the appointment of John Devereux as Chief Real Estate Officer. He will be based in the firm’s headquarters in Los Angeles, California. As PeerStreet's Chief Real Estate [...]

By |2021-06-08T13:19:17-05:00May 1st, 2018|News, Technology|0 Comments

Sharestates Changes the Game with User Experience

By |2021-06-08T13:19:24-05:00April 23rd, 2018|News, Technology|0 Comments

Sharestates Launches New Online Portals with Goal of Simplifying Lending and Borrowing Process – First in the Real Estate Investing Space Online real estate investment platform, Sharestates, announced the launch of new online user portals that fully optimize the real estate investment process from beginning to end, providing investors with the first ever UX solutions  in [...]

By |2021-06-08T13:19:24-05:00April 23rd, 2018|News, Technology|0 Comments

Arixa Capital Hosts Upcoming 12th Annual Real Estate Symposium

By |2021-06-08T14:10:11-05:00April 11th, 2018|News|0 Comments

LOS ANGELES—Arixa Capital, one of California's leading non-bank lenders to real estate investors and developers, will host the 12th Annual Real Estate Symposium May 2, 2018. The event will take place on the UCLA campus, in the Music Building main auditorium, Schoenberg Hall. Like previous years, the event will consist of a networking reception, followed by [...]

By |2021-06-08T14:10:11-05:00April 11th, 2018|News|0 Comments

AAPL Announces Pick for Education Committee

By |2018-08-07T02:37:56-05:00March 28th, 2018|News|0 Comments

American Association of Private Lenders announces Education Advisory Committee changes American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is pleased to announce the addition of Randy Newman of Total Lender Solutions, Inc. to its Education Advisory Committee. Andy Williams of Recon Realty and HGTV's Flip or Flop Forth Worth resigned his service to the committee due to scheduling conflicts. [...]

By |2018-08-07T02:37:56-05:00March 28th, 2018|News|0 Comments

Private lending association to offer class for Certified Fund Manager designation

By |2018-08-07T02:37:57-05:00March 26th, 2018|News|0 Comments

American Association of Private Lenders will offer its Certified Fund Manager designation class at the Geraci Activate Conference American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is offering the Certified Fund Manager (CFM) designation class May 9, 2018, at the Geraci Activate Conference, located at the Sofitel Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. AAPL members are eligible for [...]

By |2018-08-07T02:37:57-05:00March 26th, 2018|News|0 Comments

American Association of Private Lenders seeks member for its Education Advisory Committee

By |2018-03-05T21:14:12-06:00March 5th, 2018|News|0 Comments

The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is recruiting a member to immediately fill vacated seat on its Education Advisory Committee through June 9, 2019. The Committee helps AAPL build its educational offerings and assists in reinforcing the framework of common principles and standards of practice that all members have committed to: the AAPL Code [...]

By |2018-03-05T21:14:12-06:00March 5th, 2018|News|0 Comments

Eddie Wilson is named CEO of Affinity Worldwide

By |2018-08-07T02:38:06-05:00March 2nd, 2018|News|0 Comments

Eddie Wilson, formerly the president of Affinity Worldwide, succeeds retiring CEO, Mike Wrenn KANSAS CITY, Mo. – March 1, 2018 – Mike Wrenn has retired as CEO of Affinity Worldwide - the parent company of the American Association of Private Lenders -  after leading and exponentially growing the enterprise since 2008. He has transitioned to chairman [...]

By |2018-08-07T02:38:06-05:00March 2nd, 2018|News|0 Comments

Top private lending platforms gain recognition

By |2018-08-07T02:38:09-05:00February 19th, 2018|News|0 Comments

Four of six 2018 finalists for LendIt Fintech Industry Awards’ Top Real Estate Lending Platform are members of American Association of Private Lenders LendIt Fintech Industry Awards, the leading event in financial services innovation, has named its 2018 finalists for recognition in 21 categories, including Fintech Innovator of the Year, Excellence in Financial Inclusion, Most [...]

By |2018-08-07T02:38:09-05:00February 19th, 2018|News|0 Comments

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