Sharestates Launches One Click Closing Option
Sharestates, an online real estate investment marketplace, announced the launch of its new One Click Closing tool, a feature that will allow return borrowers to visit a page where they can upload all the details [...]
The Impact of Severe Weather on Real Estate Prices
National trends provide some answers, but every local market is different. By Mark Melikian Predicting real estate prices can be like predicting the weather. We can analyze all the major national trends, see where the [...]
To Bank, or Not to Bank?
Construction, commercial and land financing in today’s climate By Jeff Levin Things have gotten noticeably chillier when it comes to bank loans for the construction, commercial real estate and land markets. Developers are suddenly getting [...]
American Association of Private Lenders Announced 2017 Excellence Award Winners
The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL), the only national organization dedicated to excellence in private real estate lending, has announced the winners of the 2017 AAPL Excellence Awards. The awards were announced at AAPL’s [...]
Securities and Exchange Commission Moving Forward on Standard Fiduciary Rule
Harmonizing their rule with DOL is a priority. After Republican lawmakers pushed hard for a postponement of implementation, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a delay to the applicability of certain fiduciary rule conditions [...]
Personal Growth and Motivation: Tools for Reaching New Heights
Anthony Geraci shares his motivations, how he’s been able to grow his ventures and create a strong legacy. “What motivates me is that I get to work with my friends, and together [we] get to [...]
PeerStreet Continues to Expand Resources and Technology Services to Lenders
Private lenders who work with PeerStreet can access a platform to make their business more efficient PeerStreet, an award-winning platform for investing in real estate backed loans, is excited to announce that it is aggressively [...]
Jason Fritton assumes CEO Position at Patch of Land
Patch of Land, a leading online real estate lending marketplace engineered to help real estate investors build wealth and generate cash-flow, has announced that Paul Deitch, the company’s CEO since April 2016 will be stepping [...]
LendingOne CEO Named Private Lender of The Year By Think Realty Honors
LendingOne is pleased to announce that its Founder and CEO Bill Green has been named 2017 Think Realty Honors Private Lender of the Year. Mr. Green is being honored with this distinguished award for his [...]
Real Estate Crowdfunders Turn to Auto-Invest
Ease of use and portfolio diversity among the benefits to investors By Brian Fritton, Chief Technology Officer at Patch of Land Automatic investment tools are gaining traction with real estate crowdfunding platforms as a way [...]
5 Ways to Get Crowdfunders to Notice and Fund Your Real Estate Deal
Like every other type of investment, real estate investment has changed significantly over the past several years. To remain successful, real estate investors must keep up with new ways of funding and conducting deals. One [...]
American Association of Private Lenders partners with Private Money Lending Guide
American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) has partnered with Private Money Lending Guide (PMLG). The partnership brings together an association that provides education, ethics and networking opportunities for private money lenders and a tool for [...]
Wall Street Veteran Joins PeerStreet To Lead Capital Markets Team
Louis Nees brings more than 30 years of experience to the growing fintech firm PeerStreet, an award-winning platform for investing in real estate backed loans, is excited to announce the appointment of Louis Nees as [...]
Applied Business Software Announces HMDA Readiness for The Mortgage Office®
Applied Business Software (“ABS”) announced the upcoming update to The Mortgage Office™ Loan Origination System (LOS) will be ready for the collection and reporting changes of the 2018 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and Regulation C [...]
Technology Brings Opportunity
It’s not just lenders and investors who benefit By Brew Johnson, CEO and Co-Founder, PeerStreet Historically, private lenders thrived by having strong relationships with local borrowers and the ability to fill a niche within the [...]
Unsecured Financing Solutions
There are dozens upon dozens of small businesses that open every day. Each is unique and carries its own specific set of strengths and weaknesses. However, they all have one major thing in common: they [...]
IRA-Eligible Loan Structures
Make Your IRA Work for What is Best for You By Clay Malcolm When it comes to private lending, or any other investment opportunity, investors are beginning to understand a fundamental truth: If I can [...]
Tax Reform or Tax Cuts?
The Trump Administration and the Republican Congressional leadership spent the last several months preparing to tackle legislation for corporate and personal income tax reform. As the 115th Congress sets out to take up this issue [...]
CFPB Launches New Portal
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) unveiled its latest portal created to satisfy changes to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The agency gave the mortgage industry a first look at the gateway in August. [...]
American Association of Private Lenders Announced First Excellence Award Nominees
The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) announced the nominees for each category of the AAPL Excellence Awards: Members of the Year, Community Impact Award and Emerging Leader Award. The awards, running for the first [...]
