Understanding common issues with REO properties is the first step in protecting your investment. In the first six months of 2022, lenders foreclosed on a total of 20,750 U.S. properties. This number is up 30% from the last half of 2021 and 113% from the first half of 2020. Double-digit increases are expected in the [...]
Inflation is affecting real estate investor insurance rates—and will hurt returns. Insurance premiums across the board are increasing at a fever pitch due to rising inflation and the increase in catastrophic weather events. Although there are a few practical ways to keep insurance costs from rising, inflation, labor trends, supply chain issues, and weather events [...]
The best lenders continually adapt to whirlwind market conditions, and stay a step ahead of ever-changing legislation. An an ideal world, borrowers would never default, and lenders could avoid the time and expense of foreclosure. Of course, defaults do happen, and lenders often find themselves facing many of the same avoidable issues that stall, or [...]
An industry-wide shortage of appraisers is prompting new approaches to asset valuation. The appraiser logjam is an aggravating industrywide problem lenders have been forced to accept as immutable reality. The previous standard of 30 days to close a loan now averages closer to 45 days—and up to 90 days in more remote areas. The cost [...]
As you evaluate how you would like to craft new construction loans, consider these key factors to take you from land acquisition to completion. New residential development has become a natural part of the trajectory for investors who start with renovation and graduate to a more advanced understanding of the construction and rebuild processes. As [...]
Stay alert to these red flags in the titling and settlement process to protect yourself and your clients from fraud. According to the latest FBI Internet Crime Compliant Center’s report, in 2021, losses from cybercrime in the real estate/rental category reached $350,328,166. The total amount of losses reported for internet crime was $6.9 billion! One [...]
Dedicate the time to properly evaluate the borrower. If you are a private lender, your primary goal is ensuring you get paid back. The best way to improve those odds is to scrupulously follow your due diligence checklist. Your checklist may include engaging an appraiser, performing a property inspection, running a background check, obtaining a [...]
An outsourced or in-house accountant can provide the information private lenders need to make educated decisions about growth. Successful entrepreneurs know their businesses will navigate several phases of growth. The same can be said of a newly formed private equity fund. Once it reaches a growth level beyond what could be considered natural, organic growth, [...]
Use a step-by-step approach to review and analyze a property’s discretionary entitlements before approving a loan on the property. If you work in the real estate industry, you have no doubt heard the term “caveat emptor.” It means “let the buyer beware.” But have you ever heard of “let the lender beware”? To understand it, [...]
Even experienced private lenders miss these important details when titling a property. Nothing can be more frustrating than discovering last-minute titling hiccups before your closing or being told your closing date has to be moved. Why do these glitches occur? Here, in no particular order, are several of the items often overlooked. Make sure none [...]
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