S. Clay Sparkman and Richard Sundvall
There are certain key pieces of information that we need to know when we’re sizing up a deal. Having this information when you contact us can speed up the process considerably. Also, if you have these pieces in hand you can talk about your deal more clearly and present yourself [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Commercial loans’
How to communicate your deals
Monday, February 28th, 2011Fairfield broker promotion – free iPad
Thursday, February 10th, 2011Clay Sparkman
We at Fairfield Financial Services (FFS) are pleased to announce that we will once again be running our free iPad bonus promotional program.
Starting Friday, February 11, we are offering a free promotional iPad to any broker or borrower who submits a loan through FFS that we actually close.
The conditions are as follows:
(1) You must [...]
The Art of the Summary
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010Clay Sparkman and Kris Gilmore
Between phone calls, emails, and on-line submissions, most private money lenders/brokers/sources receive a tremendous number of loan requests. It’s pretty common for these loans to have tight deadlines, and so we’d like to suggest three ways to speed up the process when you are submitting a private money loan request for [...]
A story of adaptation: or how to survive and succeed in a challenging real estate market
Sunday, November 7th, 2010Guest post by Matthew Whitaker, Managing Member of Magnolia Partners, LLC and Golden Key, LLC
In December of 2007 we were faced with a decision. After three years of successfully flipping properties to low and moderate income buyers, we awoke one day with no buyers and no plan to find new ones. Our dilemma [...]
Fairfield broker promotion – free iPad UPDATE
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010Clay Sparkman
We are sending out this update to amend the rules for he iPad giveaway. We accidentally left two items out.
We at Fairfield Financial Services (FFS) are pleased to announce our free iPad bonus promotional program AND that we now have sources available to lend with no maximum on commercial loans in all 14 of [...]
Less Grumbly – A Follow-up to ‘grumblings of a slum lord in the post-bust environment’
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010This Guest post by Brian Blum, Operating Manager of Maverick Structures LLC,
is a follow up to an earlier post
Sure, we each have “teams” of lawyers, Realtors, title agencies, finance people, insurance agents, and contractors working with us, but don’t kid yourself – real estate investing is largely an individual sport. Many investors have neither receptionists [...]
Grumblings of a slum lord in the post-bust environment
Friday, September 24th, 2010Guest post by Brian Blum, Operating Manager, Maverick Structures LLC
I’m a real estate investor. I see opportunities in buildings – and in numbers, and I use those opportunities to create income and equity. What I do benefits society, but I’m not going to lie to you – I am driven to do it for my [...]
The ever elusive lender
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Clay Sparkman
If you don’t believe that lenders are getting hard to find, read this article from the New York Times: In Hard Times, One New Bank (Double-Wide). Kind of scary, huh?
If you are having trouble finding the ever elusive lenders that you need for your particular client transactions and projects, a web based tool known [...]







