Private lenders that leverage technology can realize tremendous business growth. Lending businesses can transform their results by using technology-enabled strategies that increase their reach and boost bottomline revenue. Technology makes interactions between financial institutions and their customers frictionless and effortless. With tech being the harbinger of innovation in the lending space, here are five tech-driven [...]
Here are three questions to consider before you jump in. COVID-19 has spurred hundreds of conversations among real estate investors, entrepreneurs and business owners about the best ways to create multiple sources of income, especially those that are sustainable long-term and provide peace of mind for maintaining our lifestyles. One income stream to explore is [...]
Creating a successful business requires forward planning and strategic thinking. Before planning to scale your private lending business, it's important to gather detailed information that will help to inform your decisions. In the spirit of the internet’s buzzword “scale,” here are five questions you need to ask. 1.What Are Your Strengths? Every business has its [...]
Working with a private lender who speaks the language of real estate can have a big impact on your project and your business. If you are looking for financing for your latest real estate investment project—whether it is a fix and flip, a buy and hold or a new property you are developing—you probably started [...]
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 of the most promising developments for investors is the advent of crowdfunding. In crowdfunding, groups of people come together, usually [...]
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 agent, this is important news. The government has rubber-stamped that we are becoming more of a rental nation. How can [...]
Purchasing a property for all-cash is rare. Not many people have hundreds of thousands of dollars lying around. The common folks have to rely on an economic function known as "financing," which is essentially just a fancy term for "borrowing." In the world of real estate, the money borrowed to purchase a property is known [...]
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 upswing of the housing market has simply opened another area in which to play, because they find ways to make [...]
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