American Association of Private Lenders Unveils Government Relations Committee
American Association of Private Lenders announced the members of its inaugural Government Relations Committee (GRC.) The committee serves as the association’s implementation arm for its advocacy goals. “Now is the time to enter the legislative [...]
American Association of Private Lenders Convened on Capitol Hill
Senate Meetings a Vital Step for Private Lender Advocacy The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) met with the offices of several senators on the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; [...]
CoreVest Partners with Recon Realty
CoreVest and Recon Realty partnership empowers Veterans to launch, grow and scale their real estate investment businesses while addressing the affordable housing crisis CoreVest has announced a partnership with Recon Realty, a public benefit corporation, to [...]
PeerStreet Named Among 2019 Best Places to Work in Financial Technology By Source Media
The recognition follows a series of industry award wins for innovation and corporate culture PeerStreet, a marketplace for investing in real estate backed loans, was recently named as one of the 2019 Best Places [...]
Angel Oak Prime Bridge Now Offers Mortgage Brokers Options for Fix-and-Flip Lending
Angel Oak Prime Bridge, LLC (“AOPB”), a residential investment property lender that provides financing solutions such as fix-and-flip loans now offers wholesale options for mortgage brokers looking to expand offerings to clients with an interest [...]
American Association of Private Lenders Held Inaugural Day on the Hill
The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) announced its inaugural Day on the Hill, during which met with the offices of several senators on the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; [...]
AAPL Announces New Membership Level
American Association of Private Lenders partners with Think Realty to form The Influencers The American Association of Private Lenders™, the only real estate based private lending association, has announced the roll out a new membership [...]
You’re Ugly on Camera
10 Tips for lighting up the small screen On camera interviews are an effective way to create awareness about your brand, put a human face to your company name, and manage a crisis. The web [...]
Last Call with Eddie Wilson
How You Respond to Criticism Is Critical One of the areas where I have failed repeatedly is dealing with criticism. am not critical by nature, but I have been in leadership positions the past 19 years [...]
Demystifying Trademarks & Copyrights
Knowing the difference between the terms can help you protect your business. We’ve all heard the terms “trademarks” and “copyrights” a million times. But what do they actually mean? Trademarks and copyrights are two of the three [...]
PeerStreet Announces Software Integration with Liquid Logics
PeerStreet shows its commitment to technology innovation with one-click loan document submission American Association of Private Lender (AAPL) members, PeerStreet announced a powerful new integration with another AAPL member Liquid Logics, a loan origination software [...]
AAPL Member Spotlight | Erica LaCentra
Erica LaCentra, Director of Marketing for RCN Capital joined RCN in 2013. Her efforts have rapidly expanded RCN’s customer base while rapidly elevating the company to a national brand. She handles the creation of all [...]
CIVIC Multi-Family Emerges as Non-Bank Commercial Lender
CIVIC enhances multifamily lending platform with speed, efficiency and transparency Non-bank direct lender Civic Financial Services announced that it has furthered its commitment to the multifamily space with the launch of CIVIC Multifamily. The vertically-integrated [...]
Non-Bank Lenders Are Making a Big Splash
Non-bank and private lenders are beginning to dominate the mortgage landscape. The aftermath of the 2008 housing crisis shined a light on how bank lenders tried to walk a fine line funding and selling mortgages. [...]
Part 1 of a 6-part series: The Very Last Nail
How to minimize defaults on your investment. When you invest your money, in most cases, you relinquish a certain amount of control over what happens to it. If you’re invested in the stock market, [...]
Why Hard Money has a Bad Name
4 ways to counter hard money’s sometimes disreputable image. “Hard money” lending got its name back during the Great Depression after a large swath of the banking industry failed across the country. When property owners [...]
Housing Diversity Can Help the Market Weather a Cool Down
Here’s how to prepare for the next downturn. Although nobody can predict the exact timing, we will likely experience another market correction, and housing likely will be impacted. As the housing market begins to cool, [...]
Private Lender Advocacy is Missing its Mark
Private lenders like you work tirelessly to grow your business and push the industry out of niche obscurity into a viable alternative to traditional lending. Still, there is one glaring arena where you have missed [...]
Injured Vet is Curing Housing Woes
Real estate investor and veteran Ken Lacy created Veterans Path Up to put veterans on the path to home ownership Ken Lacy’s story is compelling. A veteran who overcame a severe injury, he started Veterans [...]
8 Tip for Brokering Loans – Without Burning Relationships
Brokers can add value to a deal by working collaboratively with lenders rather than at odds with them. Private lenders rely on loan brokers for deal flow and assistance in stacking files. But, a broker’s [...]
