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 [...]
Making Sense of Current Economic Indicators
What the mixed economic signals mean for commercial real estate Despite a couple of developments to the contrary, certain economic indicators suggest the U.S. may be at the later stage of an economic cycle. How [...]
4 Good Reasons to Get to Know Community Banks
Working with community banks may help you grow deal flow and returns. Since the banking crisis of 2007, the landscape for traditional lenders has changed dramatically. The most obvious, and ironic, change is that big [...]
Tokenizing Real Estate
A modern industry overhaul The real estate industry has been long overdue for a technological overhaul. This overhaul is taking place right now through the “tokenization” of real estate. Tokenization is the process of representing [...]
Part 4 of a 6-part series: Strategies for Loss Mitigation and REO Disposition
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 [...]
Understanding Housing Market Shifts
Long-term rentals offer investors an attractive opportunity. House flippers have had a long and profitable run during the current real estate cycle. But as home prices moderate, real estate investors and private lenders are increasingly [...]
Lender Limelight with Spencer Bakst: The Finance Industry’s MVP
Spencer Bakst leads his team through education and care. First and Ten Since childhood, Spencer Bakst had set his sights on making a living in a role that would benefit others the most. The charitable [...]
A Decade of Innovation in Real Estate
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 [...]
Is a Mortgage REIT Right for You?
A mortgage REIT is a real estate investment trust with a portfolio comprised of primarily real-estate secured loans. REITs, REMICs (real estate mortgage investment conduit) and similar vehicles were a mainstay in private lending during [...]
Last Call with Alex Sifakis: Getting Stuff Done, Despite Yourself
I am incapable of managing people. My focus shifts so quickly that people end up with workflow whiplash. I cannot evaluate anyone’s performance or character because I like everyone. I have the memory of a [...]
Member Spotlight | Tim Boord
Tim Boord, managing director of Navigator Private Capital, grew up picking crabs and shucking oysters in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay area. He still finds time to get to his beloved Baltimore Orioles games, fondly recalling watching [...]
