A process for adding digital currencies to a self-directed retirement plan may still materialize. Over the last few decades, the internet has redefined commerce. As a result, brick-and-mortar businesses increasingly are going the way of VHS. Goods from entire markets, from books and toys to cars and houses, are available from the comfort of one’s [...]
As the market changes, private lenders must change along with it. The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a report on the future of housing, predicted the U.S. housing market would undergo one of the largest expansions in its history between 2014 and 2024, adding 15.9 million additional households. The growth is being driven by baby boomers, [...]
What exactly is productivity? In terms of motivation, let’s define it as doing what you need to get done in the perfect amount of time and with the right amount of effort. Of course, the perfect amount of time and effort will differ from person to person. Still, there are small changes anyone can apply to [...]
The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) announced the winners of the 2017 AAPL Excellence Awards at the organization’s 2017 annual conference on Nov. 14 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. AAPL's Awards Committee selected the following winners (from left to right): A.J. Poulin, Applied Business Software, Service Provider of the Year Bob Eakin, JCAP, [...]
As someone whose roots are firmly planted in the world of private lending, you may be ready to tackle the real estate market, even if you may not know it! The principles of asset management (and the income potential) can be very similar when comparing private lending and real estate. For example, both investment strategies [...]
Trust deed investing is generally considered a safe investment, but there are risks—just as there are for any investment. In this three-part series, we are tackling some of those risks. PITFALL #2 – Loan-to-Own Underwriting In the loan-to-own underwriting scenario, the mortgage broker focuses solely on the loan-to-value of the property. Why would a mortgage [...]
How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act impact private lending and construction. President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) on Dec. 22, 2017, ushering in major changes to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, effective Jan. 1, 2018.These changes should have a significant positive impact on the private lending and [...]
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 [...]
Part 1 of a 3-part series: Conflict of Interest The comments are all too familiar. “It’s too good to be true...” “You’re going to lose all my money in that real estate deal…” “Trust deed investments are for suckers…” “Real estate investing is too much work, with minimal financial reward…” If you know what the [...]
National trends provide some answers, but every local market is different. By Mark Melikian Predicting real estate prices can be like predicting the weather. We can analyze all the major national trends, see where the cold and warm fronts are moving, and guess what the impacts will be for the local markets, but we can [...]
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