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 [...]
What the Future Holds for Private Lenders
How will competition affect the sector? Private lending is more competitive than ever, and that’s good news for real estate investors. Why? There are far more choices where one can obtain financing today compared to [...]
AAPL Member Spotlight | Jeff Levin
Jeff Levin, founder and president of Specialty Lending Group, has been an AAPL member for nine years. He’s not only an active member who lives each day to its fullest; he is a recognized authority, [...]
Lender Limelight: Tabitha Fitzgerald
Always up for a challenge. Invigorated by her work, Tabitha Fitzgerald has become a passionate force in the private lending industry. Tabitha Fitzgerald, COO of Specialty Lending Group, is a force in the private lending [...]
Essex County, NJ: Can East Orange Mirror the Development Success of Newark?
The transformation of East Orange starts at 461 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. In 2010 the East Orange population consisted of 64,270 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2016, Data USA recorded [...]
Private Lending with a Self-Directed IRA
Answers to your common questions. Do you originate private loans but harbor other goals for your long-term financial security? Is your retirement account enduring the ebb and flow of the stock market, without a clear [...]
5 Indicators the Bull Market May End This Year
What does that mean for lenders? As this long summer stretch ends, you can bet investors will be pouring over their portfolios. Just a year ago many bearish prognosticators thought the Dow certainly could not [...]
New Direction IRA, Inc. forms New Direction Trust Company
New Direction Trust Company will replace New Direction IRA, Inc. and Mainstar Trust New Direction Trust Company is a Kansas-regulated trust company based in Overland Park, Kansas with administrative offices in Louisville, Colorado. Effective October [...]
