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A story of adaptation: or how to survive and succeed in a challenging real estate market

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Guest 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 [...]

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Fairfield broker promotion – free iPad UPDATE

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Clay 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 [...]

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Calling all rehabbers, short sale buyers and quick flip artists

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

Kris Gillmore and Clay Sparkman
Over the past three years we’ve all watched real estate prices come crashing down, in many cases forcing lenders to foreclose and take back the property.  Although this is a sad misfortune for some, it is a tremendous opportunity for others.  With regard to quick-flip investment property, I have always been [...]

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When life gives you lemons …

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Clay Sparkman
I recently posted this article on my investor blog, The Private Money Investor. Even though the article is targeted toward investors who put their money into private money loans, I think it is appropriate to post it here.  After all … just look around you … this is where the game is.
I have [...]

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The ever elusive lender

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Clay 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 [...]

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The big stretch

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Clay Sparkman
In a prior posting, I pointed out that one of the primary advantages of private money is that it allows for creative problem solving due to the flexible nature of the beast.  I went on to discuss some of the ways in which one can often make a private money transaction work, on any [...]

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Sunshine and hard money

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

Clay Sparkman
It is summer at last!
In the Pacific Northwest, that means it is time to play–or for those who are investing in real estate projects, perhaps the reprieve from the rain means that it’s time to get to work on purchase and rehab projects. As much as 80% of the loans that we do are [...]

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