Intrastate Crowdfunding Rules Get Green Light From SEC
This past week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made it easier for businesses to raise capital through crowdfunding efforts. The SEC adopted new and amended crowdfunding rules to allow companies to raise capital from [...]
Vital Tips to Help New Real Estate Investors Acquire Financing
Despite a certain level of volatility in the national and global economies, the U.S. housing market has rebounded strongly, opening the door for an influx of new investors. For seasoned real estate investors, the current [...]
Breathe Life into Your Marketing
Outbound marketing is not dead. That’s right, those messages sent to an audience through TV, cold-calling, e-mails, direct mail and paid searches is alive and well! Inbound marketing—regarded as the future of marketing—has grown leaps [...]
AAPL Announces Title Sponsor for Annual Conference
The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) announced Lima One Capital will be the title sponsor of the 2016 Annual Conference. Linda Hyde, AAPL’s Executive Director, is happy to announce their first title sponsor in [...]
California BRE and Disclosure Rules for California Private Money Lending on Trust Deeds
Under a California Bureau of Real Estate license, a broker may engage in private trust deed lending for “non-consumer” mortgages. However, a broker’s license requires that the broker issue disclosures under California real estate law [...]
Warning: Cold Calls from Exhibition Housing Management and 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. Two such reported companies [...]
Navigating the Private Lending Market
Private lending can yield better returns than stock and bond markets. If you understand the fundamentals and know how to conduct proper due diligence for each transaction, you can earn solid returns while minimizing your [...]
Nobody Wants to Suck at their Job
A writer for Fast Company once said, “How you treat project deadlines can speak volumes about your organization’s commitment to the work.” It has inspired these tough love tips to get things moving like a [...]
CFPB Continues with Rulemaking Agenda
On May 18, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) posted its semiannual update regarding the Bureau’s rulemaking agenda. The Spring 2016 agenda contains an overview and timetable for the CFPB’s current initiatives. [...]
How to Explain Inbound Marketing to the Boss
Marketing and communication professionals have a very different understanding of inbound marketing than the boss in many cases. They already know what it is, and understand the results it can bring for business in terms [...]
Texting Your Way into an Unwanted Binding Real Estate Contract
Before you send that text, think to yourself: This could be interpreted as a contract. Many people at some point in their lives have entered into an agreement or a contract. As such, most people [...]
Lending Club’s warning to real estate marketplaces
A few years back, a friend asked me to join him in a meeting with a group that was raising money for a crowdfunding platform that allowed sports teams to raise money for travel and [...]
The Housing Picture
Overall, home prices accelerated relatively quickly in 2014, gaining ground in 44 out of the 50 states. Of the strong performing states, the highest performing include Nevada, Georgia, Michigan, California, Arizona, Minnesota, and Florida. The [...]
My Website Was Stolen – Now What Do I Do?
Sadly, this is a trend that we have been seeing happen more and more as the private lending profession continues to grow. We receive phone calls and emails from members and consumers throughout each week [...]
SEC Proposes Dodd-Frank Rule on Employee, Director Hedging
The SEC proposed a rule under Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Act requiring companies to disclose whether employees and board members are permitted to hedge against declines in company's stock - including stock granted as [...]
Before We Really Lay Down the Law…
All members of the American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) voluntarily agree to follow the AAPL Code of Ethics. This Code isn't meant to restrict; it's meant to encourage the right kind of action at [...]
Goodbyes are Hard: How to End a Conversation on the Tradeshow Floor
A lot of talk around meetings and conferences is how to start and engage conversations with attendees, exhibitors, and speakers. But what should exhibitors do if they know the conversation with a visitor needs [...]
Keep Your Trees in Check
The up-keep of a rental property is no easy task. Between removing pet odors and carpet stains, and updating the interior to appeal to more modern buyers, to-do lists can grow and so can the [...]
Get on Board
Boarding up your vacant property might be a dead giveaway to possible vandals and thieves that your property is empty, but do not let that stop you from making it happen. Boarding up a vacant [...]
Single Deal vs Blind Pools
Note: This blog entry is written by Matt Burk. Mr. Burk is CEO of Fairway America, a boutique real estate finance advisory and investment firm providing strategic business planning services nationwide to select private money [...]
