Answering this question is a critical first step in successfully launching your debt fund. When launching a debt fund, you must understand when and how investors will enter and exit the fund. In addition to being one of the key mechanics behind the operations of your fund, it will be one of the questions investors [...]
Second in a series detailing how one lender is navigating the daunting task of establishing a private money fund. In Phase I of our fund management journey, my fund partner Eric Saiki and I relied heavily on the American Association of Private Lenders (“AAPL”) as a resource. AAPL provided the tools and connections to help [...]
Filing, withholding, and composite regulations can change from year to year—and from state to state. Fund managers need to understand the tax impacts, withholding obligations, and filing requirements of conducting business or owning property in multiple states. A private lending fund is generally set up as a limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP), [...]
Today’s private lender sales teams lack experience in true credit risk analysis, making pre-qualifying harder in a market that is producing tougher deals with less experienced sponsors. Here’s how to fix it. It’s 2023. You may be sitting at your desk wondering, “How has everything changed so much?” Where are the days of our originator’s [...]
Lenders can better use real estate data to analyze the impact of rent changes and inflation on loan performance. Inflation impacts both the top lines and the bottom lines of investors in apartments and single-family homes. Rising inflation influences rent prices and also impacts landlords’ input costs (e.g., wages, utilities, insurance, etc). Other market forces [...]
Environmental contaminants can significantly decrease a property’s value and open both borrowers and lenders to liability. Here’s how to screen, evaluate, and mitigate impacts. Environmental due diligence is the process of evaluating and identifying environmental risk associated with real estate collateral. Lenders require it to be performed for a variety of reasons, including the impact [...]
The asset management firm you hire becomes an extension of your team. With a dynamic marketplace and property owners succeeding or failing at a rapid pace, public and private lenders could be faced with a burgeoning REO portfolio. And, in many cases, the assets will be geographically distant from lenders, who may shoulder the burden [...]
Co-lenders can avoid wasting time and money by discussing these six areas with their co-lenders and their counsel. When a loan will be made by more than one lender, an additional level of analysis is necessary. Multi-lender deals have more than just financial considerations. You must consider allocation of amounts to fund, securities compliance, and [...]
Focus on these five critical areas to put your business in a competitive position for the new year. Difficult times test even the strongest, most experienced leaders. Today’s market has proven to be no exception. As the leader of your company, now is the time to stay positive and engaged—while being prepared to make hard [...]
Here's how one lender is navigating the daunting task of establishing a private money fund. Last spring, I began meeting twice a week with a longtime friend and colleague, Eric Saiki, to pursue the establishment of a private mortgage fund. Saiki is a litigation attorney who represents businesses in a variety of matters. There is [...]
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