Toorak Capital Partners Reaches $15 Billion Milestone
Pioneering Real Estate Lending Platform Has Funded 35,000+ Mortgage Loans Since Inception TAMPA, FL – July 9, 2025 – Toorak Capital Partners, Inc. (“Toorak”), a tech-enabled investment manager of business purpose mortgage loans, announced it [...]
Lead from the Front
Alex Offutt is proving that leadership starts on the ground—with standards, systems, and a mission worth building around. Alex Offutt didn’t start Business Purpose Capital (BPC) to chase trends or undercut competitors. He launched it [...]
Spot (and Stop!) Real Estate Fraud
From subtle name alterations to false ownership claims, train (and re-train ... then train again) your team on the biggest bottom-line-busting misrepresentations. In the labyrinthine world of investment real estate, the complexities of transactions provide [...]
Member Spotlight | Sekady
Our July Member Spotlight shines on Sekady! How long has your company been an AAPL member? Nearly four years. What should we know about Sekady? With roots in financial automation dating back to 2005, Sekady [...]
Kiavi Expands Leadership Team to Further Bolster Construction Lending Growth
Industry veterans Tom Hallock and Robert Jayne join tech-enabled lender to drive growth of construction financing product in newly created roles PITTSBURGH – July 7, 2025 – Kiavi, a leading tech-enabled lender to residential real estate investors, today [...]
Build HR Systems for Stability
Private lenders who invest in strong HR foundations improve hiring, ensure regulatory compliance, and create a competitive workforce. Your business is growing. Now what? Managing human resources can be overwhelming, especially for smaller private lending [...]
Anthony Geraci Re-Launches Geraci LLP with a Future-Forward Legal Vision
Phoenix, AZ – Anthony Geraci, pioneering attorney and one of the founders of the American Association of Private Lenders, has re-launched his practice as Geraci LLP. The new Geraci LLP is a separate entity from [...]
Asset Based Lending Announces Third Securitization of $190 Million, Marking Major Milestone in Growth Strategy
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — June 10, 2025 — Asset Based Lending (ABL), a New Jersey-based lender providing private capital to real estate investors, has successfully closed its third securitization, ABL 2025-RTL1, totaling $190 million. This [...]
Foreclosure Should Be Your Last Resort
When working with real estate investors in today’s market, implementing alternate default remedies will save both you and your borrower money and time. As mortgage delinquency and rental vacancy rates in the U.S. continue to [...]
Rate Model Strategy: Mind Your P’s
Return to the basics of price, product, place, and promotion to set rates that balance your operations against a competitive market. For more than three years, mortgage rates have remained above 6.5%, inverted yield curves [...]
How to Combat Social Engineering
Using deceptive practices to strike the weakest point of your operations—you and your team—attackers gain unauthorized access to sensitive financial data. Social engineering is a manipulation technique attackers use to exploit human psychology and trust. [...]
Geraci LLP Rebrands as Fortra Law, Signaling a Bold New Chapter in Private Lending Legal Services
Irvine, CA – June 6, 2025 – Geraci LLP, a long-standing leader in the private lending legal space, is proud to announce its rebrand to Fortra Law, a name that more accurately reflects the firm’s [...]
Member Spotlight | Baseline
Our June Member Spotlight shines on Baseline: How long have you been an AAPL member? 2 years What AAPL benefit do you MOST value? The entire AAPL team has been extremely supportive ever since we [...]
Demystify Bank LOC Due Diligence
A strong financial profile, clear reporting, and market expertise are key to securing—and keeping—a bank line of credit. Bank lines of credit (LOCs) can benefit private lenders in numerous ways, ranging from larger balance sheet [...]
Fraud Unravels Property Rehab
Crook contractor circumvents checks and balances to bilk borrower out of full funds disbursement. The borrower in this case was a police officer in a city about 150 miles from the subject property. He was [...]
Competing Push/Pull Factors Signal Continued ‘Interesting Times’
Scrutinize the market’s big themes and dependencies to develop your game plan for the second half of 2025. So much can be said about the investment world and capital market volatility during the last 24 [...]
Toorak Capital Partners Awarded RMBS Deal Of The Year
Recognized for Successful Execution of the First-Ever Rated Residential Transition Loan (“RTL”) Securitization TAMPA, Fla. – May 19, 2025 – Toorak Capital Partners (“Toorak”), a tech-enabled investment manager of business purpose mortgage loans, was awarded [...]
Ghosts Haunt Lending Deals
Use these communication strategies based on real-world scenarios to prevent borrowers from unexpectedly disappearing. Few things are as frustrating in private lending as a borrower who suddenly stops responding. Whether it’s at the beginning of [...]
Brace for a CRE Market Remix
Rising delinquencies, stricter lending conditions, and declining property valuations are reshaping the commercial real estate landscape. The commercial real estate (CRE) lending market, including both traditional and private lending sectors, is facing significant challenges in 2025. [...]
American Association of Private Lenders Announces Keynote Speaker John Bringardner and Exclusive VIP Reception at Drai’s Las Vegas
KANSAS CITY, MO — The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is proud to announce John Bringardner, Executive Editor of Debtwire, as the keynote speaker for its upcoming 2025 Annual Conference, taking place in Las [...]
