Trust Deed Investments: Know more than your brokerage
Trust deed investing has long been misunderstood by investors and is often labeled as an “alternative” investment. Trust deed Ponzi schemes have taken many investors for a wild ride leading up to the Great Recession. Further [...]
Finding the Right Mix of Capital Sources to Fund Real Estate Investment Projects
The fix-and-flip industry reached a new high in 2016, with 6 percent of all homes sold, officially designated as fix-and-flips. All of these projects create billions of dollars in capital demands each year. Demands that [...]
Time for Executives to Improve their Public Relations Skills
Public relations nightmares have taken over our social feeds and media commentaries. In doing so, it has proven there is a huge gap between chief executive officers and their public relations people – whether on [...]
American Association of Private Lenders announces Ethics Advisory Committee changes
American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is pleased to announce the addition of Bobby Montagne Jr. of Walnut Street Finance and Walnut Street Investment Fund to its Ethics Advisory Committee, and the addition of Melissa [...]
Money360 Closes $45M in Commercial Real Estate Loans Break Monthly Record
Marketplace lender surpasses $250 million in total closed loans Money360, the leading commercial real estate marketplace lending platform, closed more than $45 million in loans in April, the company announced today. This brings the company’s [...]
ABS Announces Flexible SaaS Subscriptions for The Mortgage Office® and The Loan Office®
Applied Business Software (“ABS”) announced the availability of powerful cloud-based solutions for its flagship products The Mortgage Office® and The Loan Office® to help companies transition to the Cloud. The cloud-based versions are licensed on [...]
CIVIC Hires Champion of Simplicity
Merced Cohen named Director of Operations at CIVIC Financial Services CIVIC Financial Services has hired efficiency expert and creative leader, Merced Cohen, to direct the company’s operations. After spending the last 10 years deconstructing and [...]
AlphaFlow Adds Veteran Fintech Executive AdaPia d’Errico To Management Team
Investment Management Firm Expands Team of Real Estate, Tech and Lending Leaders to Offer AlphaFlow Optimized Portfolios to More Investors and Institutions AlphaFlow, the first automated portfolio service for real estate investments, announced today that [...]
The Private Lending Space Offers Benefits to Lenders and Borrowers
The roots of private lending date back thousands of years to Ancient Rome, when wealthy landowners and feudal lords used their land and property to obtain collateralized loans. Fast forward to modern times. Private lending [...]
Home Price Trends on a Regional Level
Home prices have increased in all four US regions over the past five years with some regions experiencing greater gains than others (see chart below). An analysis of nationwide trends provides insight to why this [...]
Truth or Consequences
An Employee’s Lapse in Ethical Behavior—No Matter How Small it May Seem—Can Have a Compounding, Negative Effect on the Entire Workplace. Think you are a person of integrity and that you bring the highest standards [...]
A Quick Guide on Lending to Foreign Nationals
How many times have you seen an ad about loans provided to foreign nationals but once you call, the answer you receive only causes more confusion? There is a very simple way to correct the [...]
Noble Capital Launches $250 Million Texas Real Estate Income Fund in Partnership with US Capital
Leading Texas-based private lending firm, Noble Capital, today announced the launch of a $250 million Texas real estate fund in partnership with San Francisco-based private investment bank, US Capital Partners, through the firm’s private securities [...]
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Anyone Can Claim to be a Leader, but the Key Question is: Will Your Team – and Success for your Business – Follow? Good leadership is like the light, permeating into every aspect of the [...]
A Fair Housing Primer
Private Lenders Need to Be Aware of How the Fair Housing Act Can Impact Their Success. The Fair Housing Act was designed to protect against discrimination and unfair practices in the process of purchasing residential [...]
Deeper Meaning: Today’s Concept of Fair Housing Goes Beyond Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
The Fair Housing Act (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968) originally introduced meaningful federal enforcement of laws guaranteeing that no person could be denied the ability to buy or rent a dwelling [...]
How an Investor Can Capitalize from Fannie Mae’s Rubber Stamp.
January 2017: Fannie Mae announces it will back $1 billion in debt collateralized by single-family rental homes owned by Blackstone. Whether you are a private lender, new or seasoned real estate operator, or real estate [...]
Serial Entrepreneur Bill Green Pays It Forward With New Book For Entrepreneurs
You have the Big Idea. You have the drive and ambition. You see the market. You’ve identified the customers. You want to be wildly successful. You wonder how certain entrepreneurs have achieved success without a [...]
Fighting Fraud: How SBA Lenders Can Avoid FCA Violations.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) provides loan programs available at most banks and commercial lending that are U.S. government-backed and guaranteed. Each year, the administration guarantees billions in loans and assists thousands of U.S. [...]
The Outlook for Federal Housing Under the Trump Administration.
As the Trump administration embraces rapid change across many spheres of government, it is the approach to Section 8 housing that has the potential to bring opportunities for builders and the private finance industry. In [...]
