The start of a technological renaissance in buying and selling, investing and lending We can look back at the 2008 mortgage crisis and think of it as a wildfire. When flames rip through forests and vegetation, it leaves behind seemingly nothing but destruction. But, in Southern California, for example, fires can have a silver lining. [...]
Sharestates, a marketplace lending platform that connects real estate developers with investors, was crowned Top Real Estate Platform at LendIt Fintech USA 2019 in San Francisco, California on April 9, 2019. The Top Real Estate Platform award is based on performance, volume, growth, product diversity, and responsiveness to stakeholders. Over the past five years, Sharestates has become a leading real estate platform [...]
The recognition follows a series of industry award wins for innovation and corporate culture PeerStreet, a marketplace for investing in real estate backed loans, was recently named as one of the 2019 Best Places to Work in Financial Technology. The awards program was created in 2017 and is a project of SourceMedia and Best [...]
PeerStreet shows its commitment to technology innovation with one-click loan document submission American Association of Private Lender (AAPL) members, PeerStreet announced a powerful new integration with another AAPL member Liquid Logics, a loan origination software (LOS) platform. This integration is another milestone in PeerStreet’s mission to build a stronger, more modern, and more transparent marketplace [...]
Brett Crosby and John Beacham tie Member of the Year The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL), the only national organization dedicated to excellence in private real estate lending, announced the winners of the 2018 AAPL Excellence Awards. The awards were announced at AAPL’s 2018 Annual Conference Excellence Award Ceremony, which took place at Caesars [...]
Recognized for innovation and achievements in Real Estate Investing on eve of three year anniversary PeerStreet, a marketplace for investing in real estate backed loans, is honored to announce that it has been named to the second annual CB Insights Fintech 250 list, a prestigious group of emerging private companies working on groundbreaking financial technology. [...]
With the negative press and declining fortunes of social media suggesting that another path is needed for content marketers, one route that’s emerging is a not-so-dusty throwback: search engine optimization. Here’s an SEO refresher. For years, SEO was the MVP. Then it became second fiddle to social media. Are we ready to welcome it back [...]
“A picture is worth a thousand words” – but what happens when all the pictures look the same? Social media is one of the most commonly utilized mediums to market your company online, so it’s imperative to know how to maximize your social media content and engage with your audience. Since the average person can [...]
The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is happy to announce that AlphaFlow will be the title sponsor of the 2018 Annual Conference. Linda Hyde, AAPL’s Executive Director, is happy to announce their second title sponsor in the nine-year history of the event. “We screamed with pure joy when AlphaFlow said they wanted to be [...]
Innovative new investment product increases liquidity for investors PeerStreet announced the addition of a new investment option, Cash Offer Loans. Cash Offer Loans are a new investment option that provides PeerStreet investors with a shorter duration than typical bridge loans. Cash Offer Loans add to the investment options available on the PeerStreet platform. The range [...]
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