What’s Next for RE Online Lenders?
A gap in the market gives online lenders an opportunity if they define their position in the larger market. It is becoming increasingly apparent that there is a sizable shift occurring within the online real [...]
Top private lending platforms gain recognition
Four of six 2018 finalists for LendIt Fintech Industry Awards’ Top Real Estate Lending Platform are members of American Association of Private Lenders LendIt Fintech Industry Awards, the leading event in financial services innovation, has [...]
Sharestates Launching New Marketplace in Arizona
Marketplace lending continues to grow as Sharestates remains committed to accessibility in new markets across the United States Sharestates, an online real estate investment platform, announced their inception into the Arizona Banking Department roster of [...]
A Peek at the Future of Housing
As the market changes, private lenders must change along with it. The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a report on the future of housing, predicted the U.S. housing market would undergo one of the largest expansions [...]
John Warren, founder of Lima One Capital, announced he is running for SC governor
Describing himself as the best-qualified candidate to solve the state's problems, Greenville businessman John Warren announced February 12, 2018, that he is jumping into the Republican race for governor. Warren, a 38-year-old Marine veteran, is seeking [...]
Expert Warning: Private Lending Social Media Scams
LinkedIn is arguably the most “professional” of social media platforms and, as a result, many real estate investors doing due diligence look to the website to find out as much as possible about potential private [...]
INCA Capital acquires Scottsdale Private Lending
One of Arizona’s largest private real estate financing firms, INCA Capital, LLC (INCA), has acquired Scottsdale Private Lending (SPL) and named Phil Sollomi as vice president. Sollomi will leverage 30 years of experience in commercial [...]
Florida Attempting to Regulate Private Lending
What You Need to Know and What you can do In 2008, the United States Congress passed the Safe and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act (SAFE Act), which required all state regulators to regulate [...]
17 Tips for a Productive 2018
What exactly is productivity? In terms of motivation, let’s define it as doing what you need to get done in the perfect amount of time and with the right amount of effort. Of course, the perfect [...]
AAPL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) announced the winners of the 2017 AAPL Excellence Awards at the organization’s 2017 annual conference on Nov. 14 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. AAPL's Awards Committee selected [...]
Lending and renting are alternative approaches with intriguing similarities
As someone whose roots are firmly planted in the world of private lending, you may be ready to tackle the real estate market, even if you may not know it! The principles of asset management [...]
Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing: Loan-To-Own Underwriting (Part 2 of 3)
Trust deed investing is generally considered a safe investment, but there are risks—just as there are for any investment. In this three-part series, we are tackling some of those risks. PITFALL #2 – Loan-to-Own Underwriting [...]
Understanding the New Tax Laws
How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act impact private lending and construction. President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) on Dec. 22, 2017, ushering in major changes to the Internal [...]
AAPL Member Spotlight | Jeff Tesch
Jeff's dedication to promoting transparency throughout the private lending industry plus his tireless commitment to putting customers first has earned him a spot in AAPL's January Member Spotlight. As an inaugural member of AAPL’s Ethics [...]
Bitcoin Investing with Retirement Funds
If you’ve been watching the news lately then you know one of the largest topics being discussed is cryptocurrency. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple, Dash – the list seems to continue forever. As an individual retirement [...]
How to Reduce Losses Through Active Forbearance
When a borrower’s renovation project and loan payments stall, the knee-jerk reaction of many private lenders is to initiate foreclosure. That’s a lengthy and expensive process in most jurisdictions that ends when the lender takes [...]
Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing
Part 1 of a 3-part series: Conflict of Interest The comments are all too familiar. “It’s too good to be true...” “You’re going to lose all my money in that real estate deal…” “Trust deed [...]
CoreVest Announces Inaugural Deal with Freddie Mac
CoreVest, the leading lender to residential real estate investors, announced that it has recently been approved under a pilot program with the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac") to provide enhanced liquidity in the [...]
Ethical Issues & Social Responsibility in Private Lending
While private lenders are the oldest form of financing, the banking industry gained prestige and influence year over year. Ask anyone where they can get financing for projects and most will say a bank. Bank [...]
PeerStreet’s Brew Johnson Named 2017 HousingWire Vanguard Award Winner
PeerStreet, a marketplace for investing in real estate backed loans, is honored to announce that its Co-Founder and CEO, Brew Johnson, has been named to HousingWire’s 2017 list of Vanguard Award winners. HousingWire’s 2017 Vanguard [...]
