Focusing on the Finance Gender Gap
Women still lag in leadership roles, even though they bring serious strengths to the job. Despite the gains that women have made professionally, there is still a persistent gap when it comes to finance and [...]
Private Lending Energizes “Fix and Flip” Market
Financing helps flippers overcome market challenges. Flipping houses is becoming more challenging as profits get squeezed by higher home prices and increased competition. Home flippers can still be successful in these market dynamics if they [...]
Structuring a Private Mortgage Pool
• Make loans on a peer-to-peer basis, one investor at a time. • Fund based on a fractional participation plan, with several investors. • Finance the transaction using a mortgage pool. The first option requires [...]
Special Profile: Tammie Tirres
Tammie Tirres, a senior advisor advocate of capital markets at Noble Capital, is responsible for building relationships with current and prospective financial advisors, sourcing new opportunities to grow relationships with existing and potential investors and [...]
Special Profile: Elizabeth Morales
Elizabeth Morales is the marketing and communications director at Applied Business Software, Inc. (The Mortgage Office). Morales has a proven record in senior operational roles and is known as an inspirational, forward-thinking approach leader and [...]
Special Profile: AdaPia d’Errico
AdaPia d’Errico is principal of d’Errico Creative Consulting. She is an entrepreneur, speaker, author, coach and facilitator who combines entrepreneurship, brand and business with the intentional development of personal leadership, mastery and accountability to the [...]
Special Profile: Juli Vaupell
Juli Vaupell joined National Real Estate Insurance Group (NREIG) in 2010 as a client service representative. Since then, she has earned promotion multiple times as client relations manager, vice president, and in 2017, she became [...]
Special Profile: Melissa Martorella, Esq.
Melissa Martorella, Esq., has learned the importance of knowing her own value and of building self-confidence. Martorella’s curious mind and tireless work ethic earned her dual undergraduate degrees in Hispanic Studies and History from Boston [...]
American Association of Private Lenders seeks member for its Education Advisory Committee
The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is recruiting a member to immediately fill vacated seat on its Education Advisory Committee through June 9, 2019. The Committee helps AAPL build its educational offerings and assists [...]
AAPL Member Spotlight | Bobby Montagne
Meet AAPL member Bobby Montagne! Bobby is the CEO of Walnut Street Finance and has been an AAPL member since July 2016. He is also a CFM designation holder and a member of the AAPL Ethics [...]
Eddie Wilson is named CEO of Affinity Worldwide
Eddie Wilson, formerly the president of Affinity Worldwide, succeeds retiring CEO, Mike Wrenn KANSAS CITY, Mo. – March 1, 2018 – Mike Wrenn has retired as CEO of Affinity Worldwide - the parent company of the [...]
There Are No Easy Wins in Public Relations
Press coverage is priceless, but only if you strategically integrate it into your marketing plan. As a businessperson who may be interested in increasing your visibility, its important to be familiar with how public relations [...]
The Crypto-Conundrum in Self-Directed Retirement
A process for adding digital currencies to a self-directed retirement plan may still materialize. Over the last few decades, the internet has redefined commerce. As a result, brick-and-mortar businesses increasingly are going the way of [...]
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 [...]
