CIVIC Financial Services Lends Supports to Victims of Hurricane Harvey
CIVIC employees assemble 1,000 Dignity Backpacks for evacuees at Houston NRG Stadium Following the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Civic Financial Services held a company-wide relief effort to lend support and supplies to evacuees. CIVIC private [...]
Lima One Capital Acquires RealtyShares’ Residential Debt Origination Business
Lima One Capital, the premier lender for residential real estate investors, announced today that it has acquired the residential debt origination business of RealtyShares, a leading online marketplace for real estate investing and financing. Lima [...]
Warning: Cold Calls from Elite Expo, Expo Housing, Exhibitors House Services
It has been brought to our attention that there are multiple companies contacting our sponsors, claiming to represent the American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) offering “assistance” with registration and hotel bookings. Three such reported companies [...]
The Financial Choice Act Is it Time for a Dodd Frank Haircut?
Recently, the House Financial Services Committee voted to approve the Financial Choice Act, a 500+ page bill introduced by U.S. Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas, the Committee chairman. The bill proposes to fix many issues [...]
Crowdfunding and Self-Directed Retirement: A Union of Investor Empowerment Vehicles
Crowdfunding has a key role in democratizing the investment arena by exposing regular people to new asset markets and by giving small companies new ways to raise necessary capital. Previously, prospective investors may have sought [...]
The Status of Real Estate Crowdfunding
Real estate crowdfunders have disrupted the status quo of residential real estate investing with online platforms that put new opportunities — once the domain of the wealthy — into the hands of Main Street America. [...]
Crowdfunding and Self-Directed Retirement: A Union of Investor Empowerment Vehicles
Crowdfunding has a key role in democratizing the investment arena by exposing regular people to new asset markets and by giving small companies new ways to raise necessary capital. Previously, prospective investors may have sought [...]
6 Areas of Focus for Corporate Culture Improvement
A healthy corporate culture can have amazing results on a company’s bottom line. Improved productivity, employee retention, customer service and effective recruiting are just a few of the benefits of a positive culture. Effective recruitment [...]
What Crowdfunding Can Teach Us About Corporate Social Responsibility
There are few things that can truly influence and touch almost every facet of a business and its stakeholders. There are even fewer aspects that have the power to change the mission and reputation of [...]
Private lenders to gain insight from industry experts
Daren Blomquist to be keynote speaker at American Association of Private Lenders’ Annual Conference KANSAS CITY, Mo. – August 3, 2017 – American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) will hold its eighth annual conference Sunday, [...]
PeerStreet Integrates with Personal Capital to Provide More Detailed Investment Overview
PeerStreet customers will now be able to see their investments inside of Personal Capital PeerStreet, an award-winning platform for investing in real estate backed loans, has announced an integration with Personal Capital, powered by the [...]
Raising Money Locally with Rule 147: An easy and cost-effective strategy
The problem with raising money usually comes in three forms: Advertising issues Accredited investor issues Cost issues Under Regulation A, you can solve #1 and #2 by qualifying an offering with the Securities Exchange Commission [...]
The State(s) of Cannabis
The Unites States is entering into its seventy-eighth year of cannabis prohibition. It is a violation of federal law to distribute cannabis throughout any place in the Unites States. It is estimated the national cannabis [...]
Sharestates Receives the 2017 Great Neck Best Mortgage Lender Award
Sharestates, an online real estate investment marketplace, has been presented the 2017 Great Neck Best Mortgage Lender Award by the Great Neck Award Program, an annual awards program that honors and acknowledges the achievements of [...]
The State of Private Lending in Canada
The global financial crisis of 2008/2009 brought about tremendous change in the world insofar as the banking and financial services sectors were concerned. As most economies around the world struggled, the global monetary policy response [...]
Do You Know Your Market Share?
Do you know your organization’s local, regional and national market share? Accurate volume data about the private lending market can be hard to come by. Yet it’s critical to know the size of your market [...]
Investors Benefit from Transparency, Data and Reputation in the Real Estate Crowdfunding Space
The real estate crowdfunding space is a booming industry. This can be a good thing for borrowers and real estate investors as online marketplace lenders provide fast, efficient and transparent offerings. Bloomberg, quoting Jason Best, [...]
Lenders vs. Investors
Entrepreneurs have long wrestled with the question of whether or not they should use their own money to fund a project, raise capital through multiple investors using a fund, use a lender, or a combination [...]
Understanding Online Real Estate Lending as an Investment Strategy
Investors are always on a quest to grow capital while minimizing risk. Available options for investors looking to grow their capital include stock investments, debt products, or leaving their cash in checking and savings accounts [...]
Defined Demand for Fintech
Elon Musk, founder and CEO at Tesla, just announced his company will add an electric semi-truck to their fleet of products. The immediate public assumption was that this innovation will do more than just improve [...]
