In “An Insider’s View of Fund Management,” an article in the Winter 2021 issue of Private Lender, we intentionally left readers hanging about why Nexus Private Capital didn’t follow conventional wisdom when it came to choosing a structure for its fund. This article picks up where the prior one left off. It explains why you [...]
Make sure you understand the laws and tax consequences surrounding UBTIs. Unrelated Business Taxable Income (UBTI) is income that is regularly generated by a tax-exempt entity by means of taxable activities. This income is not related to the main function of the entity, and it prevents or limits tax-exempt entities from engaging in businesses that [...]
Spreading the news about your funded transactions is an easy and effective content marketing strategy. Many private lending firms struggle to stay consistent with their marketing efforts, especially smaller operations that don’t have an in-house marketing person. There is one marketing strategy every loan originator can, and should, execute consistently: promoting closed deals. So many [...]
Here’s how to set yourself up for success in even the most challenging market environments. Where do you want your business to be in one year, three years, five years? Answering this question in a COVID-19 economy may seem tricky. After all, since the pandemic hit, we’ve seen far too many real estate entrepreneurs and [...]
Standardizing your processes creates efficiencies and transparency—and drives success. To set your company up for success in fix-and-flip lending, the right mix of standardization, people, and technology is key for a profitable program. Let’s look at some of the best practices for delivering better efficiencies, transparency, and an outstanding customer experience. LanProcess Standardizations Drive Better [...]
Forty-two states have a law that say you can’t require too much dwelling insurance. Insurance. Just the word can conjure up anxiety and dread in many people, especially those involved with the life cycle of a loan. Most lenders have horror stories of situations where they’re ready to close a loan, only for the closing [...]
Make sure your portfolio is ready for the expected wave of foreclosures hits. As a lender, there are few things less desirable than having capital on the sidelines for extended periods of time. Idle capital decreases aggregate returns to investors, generally means loan originators are making less money, and puts pressure on target yields for [...]
Make sure your properties are appropriately covered if the expected wave of foreclosures hits. Foreclosures are expected to surge in 2021 because of the pandemic and subsequent financial crisis. Some people believe they may double (or worse). As a lender, you must be prepared secure insurance on these properties. Whether you are a large lending [...]
How easily can you reposition your business model to weather the bad times? Unprecedented. Pivot. Peloton. Puppies. Quarantine. Zoom. These are just some of the words that have come to embody our current environment. How did we get here? In January 2020, the private lending space and the economy were humming along. At my company, [...]
Today, as Wall Street is looking for measured risk and maximum yield, private money for business-purpose residential loans is reemerging as an ideal market for their investments. COVID delivered a major blow to the private lending space for a brief period. However, it is unlikely to have any significant, permanent impact on the market. In [...]
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