Visit aaplonline.com/ethics for more on our Code of Ethics Mike Hanna, Managing Partner, Investmark Mortgage, LLC “Bait and switch” lending and truth in advertising are the top ethical challenges in the marketplace today. There are more lenders now than there were just a few years ago, and the lending environment has become hypercompetitive in some [...]
Technology is disrupting the industry—and there’s no turning back. Worldwide, the real estate industry is valued at more than $210 trillion and more than $30 trillion in the U.S. when it comes to just housing. It is a massive industry but one that for decades has done little to evolve and adopt new technologies. While [...]
You’ll see opportunities when you know how to read between the lines. You’ve experienced the ups, downs and lateral movements of several economic cycles. One of the lessons that longevity in the market has taught is the need to look at economic cycles dispassionately. Although real estate in the long run is a good bet, [...]
Increase your revenue stream by understanding and funding complex deals. Real estate lenders know what they’re doing. They have an eye for a good deal, and they know they can help a borrower make a substantial profit when presented with the right opportunity. But many lenders adhere to a strict set of guidelines that require [...]
Predictions about the maturity of the current housing market and the potential effects on the flipping and private lending industries abound. Some experts cite statistics on continued housing price increases as well as these prices relative to income growth as cautionary signs. Others point to more positive barometers: The number of days on market for [...]
Offering a menu of tailored loan types and structures is essential to winning these deals. Buy land, they’re not making it anymore,” Mark Twain famously said. This sentiment is perhaps most appropriate in U.S. cities and inner suburbs where land is increasingly scarce. In the city of Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb that borders Washington, D.C., [...]
Revitalization …. it’s happening in cities across the country from Atlanta to Detroit to Memphis. As reflected in census data, a diverse mix of residents are moving into urban areas, bringing new life to once neglected neighborhoods. And companies are moving back as well, in part to better appeal to young professionals. In Chicago, McDonalds [...]
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 Advisory Committee. When his time - and the weather permits - you'll find him fitting in a round of golf [...]
When a borrower’s renovation project and loan payments stall, the knee-jerk reaction of many private lenders is to initiate foreclosure. That’s a lengthy and expensive process in most jurisdictions that ends when the lender takes back the property. Active Forbearance offers an alternative route that can get a borrower’s renovation project back on track, get [...]
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 if you want to raise capital, measure success or grow your business. A desire to better understand our position in [...]
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