5 Types of Loans a Hard Money Lender Won’t Fund
If borrowers give you grief about turning down their application, it's probably because they have these misperceptions about hard money lending. Hard money lenders tend to see just about every type of loan request on [...]
Making the Right Technology Decisions
Integrating your business with technology is key to avoiding disruption of its future. Today’s Landscape: The Risk of Disruption Unlike other industries turned upside down at the hand of technology, private lenders have yet to [...]
Earning Your Team’s Buy-In
Strategies for breaking down barriers that stifle projects, progress and profits. Whether you’re the Big Kahuna or middle management, you wake up every morning knowing the buck stops with you at the crossroad of Leadership [...]
Opportunity Zones: Are They an Opportunity for You?
Opportunity Zones can be a complicated subject for beginner and expert alike. Opportunity Zones—sometimes referred to as OZs—are a hot topic with real estate and investment professionals. They’re a popular discussion for good reason. If [...]
Lender Limelight with Ray Sturm: Popping the Cork on Startups and Entrepreneurship
Ray Sturm’s life and business lessons “In the early days of a company, nothing happens unless you make it happen.” Ray Sturm learned this pillar of entrepreneurship quickly in his career. It was 2009,—years before [...]
GRC Update: New Jersey Passes Licensing Law for Nonbank Servicers
New Jersey is but one state where challenges to private lending are occurring. AAPL’s Government Relations Committee (GRC) is constantly scanning nationwide legislation to review for current changes to the law that could affect private [...]
Part 5 of a 6-part series: Turning Property into Prosperity
Other Articles in this Series: Part 1 of a 6-part series: The Very Last Nail Part 2 of a 6-part series: Cover Your Asset Part 3 of a 6-part series: The Foreclosure Process Part [...]
LV LENDING ARRANGES FINANCING FOR BEST WESTERN HOTEL IN PENSACOLA
MIAMI (September 20, 2019)–LV Lending, a Miami-based private lender focused on residential and commercial investment properties, today announced the closing of $1.595 million in financing for Park Avenue Hotel Group Florida’s renovation of a 21,758 [...]
PeerStreet Wins CRETech 2019 Real Estate Tech Award
PeerStreet celebrates first place win for Information & Intelligence among crowdfunding platforms LOS ANGELES, Calif.--September 10, 2019 — PeerStreet, a marketplace for investing in real estate backed loans, is pleased to announce that it won [...]
LIQUID LOGICS ANNOUNCES INTEGRATION WITH RCN CAPITAL
KANSAS CITY, Missouri – September, 2019 – Liquid Logics announced that their best-in-class loan origination software will now integrate with leading nationwide private lender, RCN Capital starting in September 2019. The announcement follows news earlier [...]
Member Spotlight | Chris Fuelling
We don't often get to know the personal side of some of the bigger names in our business. Chris Fuelling, CEO of LendingWise, also has another title: Dad. Chris said he's looking forward to his [...]
Cost-Benefit Analysis of HMDA
A practical look at new HMDA reporting requirements and what they mean for private lenders If you are a lender engaged in consumer mortgages, then you are certainly familiar with the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, [...]
Private Lending Enemy No. 1: Anonymity
You have a voice, but are you using it? Private lenders are in a tough spot after years of intentionally flying under legislators’ radars. Many private lenders have said they feel their business exists due [...]
CIVIC CORRESPONDENT DIVISION ACQUIRES TOP TALENT TO MEET CLIMBING DEMAND
Civic Financial Services Continues to Scale with Growing Correspondent Team Redondo Beach, CA | August 20, 2019 – Civic Financial Services, the industry-leading private money lender, announced today the addition of two mortgage industry experts [...]
“Buying U.S.A. Real Estate: Official Guide for Foreign Investors” and “Buying U.S.A. Real Estate: Official Guide for Vietnamese Investors”
In September 2019 Mr. Miller and Mr. Tran will be releasing two books: "Buying U.S.A. Real Estate: Official Guide for Foreign Investors" and "Buying U.S.A. Real Estate: Official Guide for Vietnamese Investors" (published in Vietnamese). [...]
How Technology is Changing the Real Estate Industry
Technology is disrupting the industry—and there’s no turning back. Worldwide, the real estate industry is valued at more than $210 trillion and more than $30 trillion in the U.S. when it comes to just housing. [...]
Best Practices for Credit Bidding at Foreclosure
You currently hold the first mortgage on a rental property in California. The borrower is behind in payments to you and has disregarded all your communications. You decide to file a notice of default to [...]
Why Barney Frank for AAPL’s 10th Annual Conference?
Many people question why I would ask someone like Barney Frank to speak at American Association of Private Lenders' (AAPL) 10th anniversary conference this year in Las Vegas. Last year, AAPL’s Managing Director, Linda Hyde, [...]
AAPL Opposes NY Senate Bill’s 20% Tax on Certain Real Property Transfers
If passed, New York State SB S3060E will impose a 15-20% conveyance tax on 1-5 separate residential property units located in certain areas of New York City, if transferred within two years of the prior transfer of [...]
Six Figures in Six Minutes.
Funding Your Next Deal through Enhanced Retirement Accounts Can anything compete with the U.S. National Debt? While the $22 Trillion is a comically large number and marginal deficit ($45,486 per second, yikes!) of little benefit to the average American, there [...]
