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 [...]
AlphaFlow Announced as Title Sponsor
The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is happy to announce that AlphaFlow will be the title sponsor of the 2018 Annual Conference. Linda Hyde, AAPL’s Executive Director, is happy to announce their second title [...]
PeerStreet Expands Real Estate Investing Options with Shorter-Term Notes
Innovative new investment product increases liquidity for investors PeerStreet announced the addition of a new investment option, Cash Offer Loans. Cash Offer Loans are a new investment option that provides PeerStreet investors with a shorter [...]
AAPL Member Spotlight | Philip Dryden
Philip Dryden, President of Evergreen Note Servicing, has been an AAPL member for two years. As a native of the Pacific Northwest, you might be able to find him boating while he's not growing his [...]
3 Important Steps to Event Planning
Imagine how powerful your message could be if you had all your ducks in a row. With so many events to choose from throughout the year, those who are planning the event spend a lot [...]
Inc. 5000 names Affinity Group Management as a 2018 fastest-growing private company
Inc. 5000 has named Affinity Group Management (AGM) as one of the fastest-growing companies of 2018. The prestigious award is given annually to privately held companies that have demonstrated exponential growth over the previous three-year [...]
Foreign Nationals’ Real Estate Purchases Slow Down
Tips for lending to foreign nationals in the current environment During the economic boom of the late 1980s, foreign investors poured in and snatched up real estate across the country. During that land rush, Japan [...]
