Member Spotlight | Blair Pierce
Our May Member Spotlight shines on Blair Pierce, our Business Operations Manager at AAPL! What have you found to be most beneficial from AAPL membership? What I enjoy most about the American Association of Private [...]
AAPL Partners with Business Screen to Expand Fraud Prevention Resources
Kansas City, MO | April 30, 2026 - The American Association of Private Lenders today announced a new member discount partnership with Business Screen, a team of licensed private investigators specializing in business and principal [...]
Private Lending Scaling Faster Than Leadership Bench
Capital, pricing, and technology won’t matter if your leadership pipeline can’t carry the weight of growth. Most lenders are already behind. Every year, more lenders enter the space, more private equity firms deploy capital, and [...]
DSCR Tightens Its Grip
One year after overtaking bridge, DSCR lending continues to pull ahead. Lightning Docs is a fully automated, cloud-based loan document solution developed by the partners of Fortra Law. In addition to providing automated loan documents [...]
Private Lender Exchange: Form 1003
Authors Jesse Goldberg and John V. Santilli Is it time for a universal private-lending application? In our first article, Jesse Goldberg and John V. Santilli explore the standardization of applications across private-money loans as an [...]
Auction Market Dispatch
Foreclosure Auction Volume Increases 33% in Q1 2026 to a Six-Year High as Distressed Supply Continues to Normalize to Pre-Pandemic Levels Selective demand gains and uneven pricing signals point to continued normalization rather than acceleration. April 23, 2026 Key Points Completed [...]
AAPL Strengthens Member Vetting as Industry Growth Accelerates
The association is pairing a mandatory high-level screening for new members with a voluntary in-depth verification option for companies seeking to signal additional transparency. As private lending grows in scale and visibility, so does the [...]
Hiring Only Hurts When You Wait
Lenders that hire leadership early scale faster and avoid costly breakdowns. Your ability to scale depends on how strong your team is—not just today, but six months from now. Too many firms wait until they [...]
The Ripple Effect
Defying "You Can't" The job proposal made sense, at least on paper. An established industry executive approached Briana Hildt with what she describes as a “pretty rock solid offer”—an opportunity to move from brokering loans [...]
Stop the Cascade with Conversation
One missed follow-up can set a deal on a costly trajectory, but consistent, structured communication can stop the chain reaction before it starts. You don’t notice the first mistake at the moment it happens. That’s [...]
AI Convenience Is an Illusion
Private lenders relying on AI-generated legal documents may discover too late that automation does not replace regulatory oversight or experienced counsel. If you pride yourself on moving faster than traditional banks, structuring creative deals, and [...]
Urban Institute Report Highlights Growing Role of Private Lending in Housing Supply
The American Association of Private Lenders played a material role in informing the report’s evidentiary foundation. A newly released report from the Urban Institute, “The Evolution of Residential Transition Lending: From Hard Money to Housing [...]
Local Community Developers Buying At Auction Are The Most Bearish They’ve Been In Five Years
Irvine, Calif. — April 8, 2026 — Auction.com, the nation’s leading distressed real estate marketplace, today released its 2026 Buyer Outlook Report, which shows that local community developers — the primary buyers at distressed property auctions — [...]
AAPL Fraud Alert Draws National Coverage from Industry Publication
The American Association of Private Lenders’ recent fraud alert on a fabricated borrower profile has drawn coverage from Inside Mortgage Finance through its newsletter, Inside Nonconforming Markets. The report highlights AAPL’s decision to issue a [...]
Member Spotlight | Ryan Casey
Our April Member Spotlight shines on Ryan Casey, our Director of Business Development at AAPL! What is your favorite AAPL memory? Walking into my first conference and seeing so many people genuinely networking was a [...]
Two Days at AAPL, One Year Ahead of the Market
The 2025 AAPL Conference offered clarity where the market hasn’t and tools brokers could use immediately. You walked into Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and felt it immediately: This wasn’t just another industry event. As [...]
Committed Leadership Turns Strategy into Value
Learn why your lending business won’t scale until you stop doing everything yourself and start leading for long-term value. For most private lenders, leadership doesn’t come from a boardroom of VPs and strategists but from [...]
RicherValues’ OverSight Report Receives Ratings Agency Approvals; AAPL Announces Partnership to Expand Industry Adoption
Kansas City, MO —3/26/2026— The OverSight Report, an automated appraisal risk analytics solution developed by RicherValues, has received approvals from multiple ratings agencies and third-party review (TPR) firms, enabling its use as a direct replacement for [...]
Industry Alert: Fraudulent Borrower Profile
We are issuing this notice to raise awareness of a borrower profile recently presented to one of our members that exhibited multiple indicators of material misrepresentation. Based on the structure and coordination observed, there is [...]
State Policy Watch: Rent Stabilization and Eviction Reform in Massachusetts and Connecticut
Two state-level proposals addressing rent regulation and eviction standards have advanced in Massachusetts and Connecticut. After review, the Government Relations Committee has elected to take a neutral position while continuing to monitor downstream effects on [...]
