Consider an IRA for your Financial Risk Management Tool Belt
Originating loans from a self-directed retirement plan can earn tax-advantaged income for your golden years. Incorporating familiar private lending practices into an individual retirement account (IRA), 401(k) or other tax-advantaged savings vehicles can give you [...]
5 Crucial Questions to Ask Before Lending
Your prospective borrower’s creditworthiness is certainly important, but also be sure you have a good understanding of their commitment to risk management. Everyone in the lending industry should be familiar with the “5 C’s of [...]
Your Guide to Insurance Lending Requirements
Require borrowers to carry adequate property and liability insurance to minimize your risk of an investment property If you’re lending money on an investment property, you should have a specific set of insurance lending requirements, [...]
Your Monthly Checklist for Reducing Credit Risk
Do these four things each month to track and reduce risk For many non-bank lenders, risk management is an activity they do before they get to the closing table. Lenders regularly evaluate the loan to [...]
Using Baseline Reports Limits Risks
Make sure your clients’ projects stay on track. Sometimes even the savviest lender can overlook the perils that lurk in the shadows of construction. Too often, projects go upside down when reasonable oversight, like having [...]
AAPL Member Spotlight | Michael Tedesco
Michael Tedesco, CEO of Appraisal Nation, has been an AAPL member for seven years. If you’re looking to start a conversation with Michael, ask him how the Steelers are doing. He's an avid fan of football [...]
Barney Frank to Speak at Largest Private Lending Conference
American Association of Private Lenders to host former congressman as keynote speaker The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) announced former U.S. Congressman Barney Frank will be the keynote speaker during their 2018 Annual Conference [...]
AAPL Member Spotlight | Chris Ragland
Chris Ragland, COO of Noble Capital, has been an AAPL member for three years. His wanderlust is fueled by new cultures and languages that help build personal growth opportunities. If he can hike a mountain [...]
AAPL’s 2018 Excellence Award Winners
Brett Crosby and John Beacham tie Member of the Year The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL), the only national organization dedicated to excellence in private real estate lending, announced the winners of the 2018 [...]
American Association of Private Lenders to Offer Background Checks
Partnering with VCheck Global emphasizes credibility of members The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL), the only national organization dedicated to excellence in private real estate lending, announced a new partnership with VCheck Global at [...]
Making Your Team Work
Struggling with a disconnected, disengaged team? Get back on track with time-tested advice and the latest research. Have you ever been part of a “team” that was anything but? Maybe it was a study group [...]
New Elite Membership Level Announced
American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) announced its launch of The Influencers as the first national private lender mastermind as a new category of AAPL membership. In a twist from traditional masterminds that focus primarily [...]
PeerStreet Named to the 2018 CB Insights Fintech 250 List of Fastest-Growing Fintech Startups
Recognized for innovation and achievements in Real Estate Investing on eve of three year anniversary PeerStreet, a marketplace for investing in real estate backed loans, is honored to announce that it has been named to [...]
Fairway America Expands into CRE Debt Financing
Fairway America expands into commercial mortgage banking with the creation of a new company, Fairway America Commercial Finance, LLC (FACF). Trent Brown has been selected to run FACF to coordinate all debt financing needs supporting commercial [...]
4 Ways to Re-Embrace SEO in your Marketing Strategy
With the negative press and declining fortunes of social media suggesting that another path is needed for content marketers, one route that’s emerging is a not-so-dusty throwback: search engine optimization. Here’s an SEO refresher. For [...]
Using Social Media Can Create Costly Self-Inflicted Crises
How to stop “un-selling” yourself and your business through your online platforms. Un-selling is the opposite of selling. It’s not good. Stop un-selling, people. Stop it! It would be easy to stop right there. Instead, [...]
Three quick tips for dynamic public speaking
Public speaking may be part of your professional or personal life. Do you enjoy giving speeches and presentations or does the thought of speaking in front of others terrify you? If public speaking makes you [...]
Social Media Toolbox – Free Tools
“A picture is worth a thousand words” – but what happens when all the pictures look the same? Social media is one of the most commonly utilized mediums to market your company online, so it’s [...]
Investing in Funds Versus Going It Alone
Funds can help you diversify your risk and save you time. When you decide to invest, it’s important to conduct an appropriate amount of due diligence. That due diligence takes time. But how much time [...]
Raising the Stakes on Real Estate in Las Vegas
After the city lost big during the economic downturn, experts are now betting on sustainable growth. Las Vegas and southern Nevada, after suffering some of the worst of the Great Recession, are experiencing undeniable economic [...]
