How Will Investors Enter and Exit Your Debt Fund?
Answering this question is a critical first step in successfully launching your debt fund. When launching a debt fund, you must understand when and how investors will enter and exit the fund. In addition to [...]
Optimize Your Lead Flow to Maximize Your Deal Flow
Making it rain is one thing—knowing how to manage the rainwater is another. You should never need to turn otherwise qualified leads away. The first challenge in any business, including private lending, is creating consistent [...]
LV Lending closes $8.3 million in financing for Congress Group’s acquisition of Civica Center in Miami Health District
LV Lending, a leading private lender focused on bridge loans for commercial and residential investment properties and developments, has closed an $8.3 million loan for Congress Group's acquisition of the Civica Center, a .85-acre multifamily [...]
Navigating Borrower Background Checks
By understanding and addressing background check best practices, lenders can navigate the process effectively, make informed lending decisions, and maintain compliance with applicable laws. Background checks can be an important tool in business-purpose lending, providing [...]
Member Spotlight | Eric Corliss
Our July Member Spotlight shines on Eric Corliss, Principal at 1892 Capital Partners! Eric Corliss has been a Principal at 1892 Capital Partners LLC since 2021 and a managing member at Corliss Management Group LLC [...]
Fund Management Journey Phase 2: Operations Technology, White Labeling, and Attorneys
Second in a series detailing how one lender is navigating the daunting task of establishing a private money fund. In Phase I of our fund management journey, my fund partner Eric Saiki and I relied [...]
Identifying Your Ideal Borrower
Qualitative criteria can provide borrower insights that quantitative data often don’t capture. Small private lenders tend to have a different business model and deal flow than their larger counterparts. For example, smaller lenders tend to [...]
Your Toolbox for Private Lender Marketing Opportunities
Keeping abreast of the latest technology tools and how to use them efficiently can help you grow—and retain—your client base. Marketing tools are always changing. For a private lender without a dedicated marketing team, keeping [...]
32% of distressed property buyers expect home prices to decline in 2023 in their local housing markets
Nearly double the 17 percent share in 2023, buyers most bearish in the West Buyers still aggressive on acquisitions but shifting toward hold-for-rent strategy 77 percent of buyers are local community developers, owner-occupants doubled Irvine, [...]
Member Spotlight | Jason Ward
Our June Member Spotlight shines on Jason Ward, Head of Credit at Toorak Capital Partners! Jason Ward has found success over his 15+ year career and has participated in underwriting more than $5 billion in [...]
4 Tips for Structuring and Servicing Private Money Loans for Success
For both lenders and borrowers, all aspects of loan servicing are critical for success—from initial contact to loan repayment. Running a successful private lending company means working with borrowers to try to meet expectations about [...]
Two Perspectives on Scaling Your Business
Alesondra Mora, assistant vice president of marketing at Streamline Funding, recently sat down with two of the private lending industry’s thought leaders: Romney Navarro and Chris Ragland. In this casual Q&A, they offer their (sometimes [...]
10X Capital Announces Launch Of New Real Estate Income Strategy
Seasoned real estate investment executive Ray Sturm has joined the firm and will lead the new platform, which will focus on specialty residential credit and rental properties. NEW YORK, May 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 10X Capital, the New York-based alternative asset [...]
Webster University and AAPL Partner on Research Study
Industry professionals are invited to contribute to academic research exploring risk attitudes and decision-making in private real estate lending. Researchers at Webster University, a private, non-profit institution founded in 1915, have created a survey to [...]
Capital Raise Primer for Private Money Lenders
Raising capital can be a crucial step in growing your private lending business and expanding your lending operations. Although this is written by a lawyer, it should not be construed as legal advice. Every situation [...]
Tax Obligations and Strategies for Funds Lending in Multiple States
Filing, withholding, and composite regulations can change from year to year—and from state to state. Fund managers need to understand the tax impacts, withholding obligations, and filing requirements of conducting business or owning property in [...]
How Local, Low-Volume Investors Outperformed iBuyers in a Down Market
Local community developers are less vulnerable to downturns because they add value through renovation. Led by tech- and venture capital-fueled upstarts coronated as iBuyers, home-flipping profits plummeted in the second half of 2022 as the [...]
Old School Rules: Getting Back to Lending Basics
Today’s private lender sales teams lack experience in true credit risk analysis, making pre-qualifying harder in a market that is producing tougher deals with less experienced sponsors. Here’s how to fix it. It’s 2023. You [...]
It’s Always the People
I have been on the same mission for as long as I can remember: It’s growth. Period. I fully expect to be on that mission for the rest of my life. I plan to continue [...]
Grupo Sion acquires 9-acre Flamingo Waterpark resort in Kissimee for $20.5 million
Private Lender LV Lending Closes $10 Million In Financing for Acquisition MIAMI (May 2, 2023)–LV Lending, a local private lender focused on bridge loans for commercial and residential investment properties and developments, today announced the [...]
