Clay Sparkman This from a recent article in The Puget Sound Business Journal: “Sales of larger apartment buildings in King County are on the upswing, setting a record average price per square foot in 2011, according to data supplied by Dupre + Scott Apartment Advisors Inc. Investors last year paid an average price of $136,509 […]
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Another good piece of data for real estate markets in the PNW
Friday, February 3rd, 2012Better times are coming in real estate markets and here’s why
Saturday, October 29th, 2011This Guest post by Jeff Lindikoff I hope you are enjoying the beautiful fall weather. It is certainly my favorite time of the year and good things are on the horizon for Real Estate Investors. We have been saying for most of this year that with an election year coming up, the government will make […]
A good time for private money investing (or so we think)
Monday, September 19th, 2011Clay Sparkman We’ve been getting quite a few calls from new investors lately who are interested in investing in trust deed secured loans. This makes a certain amount of sense to me, as a number of factors are lining up to enhance the attractiveness of this type of investing. The factors I have in mind […]
As goes Miami …?
Saturday, July 30th, 2011Sorry to be so long away from you. I guess the lazy days of summer have been calling. I would like to share an article that I read recently in the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/business/affluent-buyers-reviving-market-for-miami-homes.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 It seems that the Miami market, one of the worst hit during the real estate turn down, is on the […]
Squeezing loans into the box (by thinking outside the box)
Thursday, March 17th, 2011Clay Sparkman As you all know, sometimes we have to be creative to get loans done in this market. One of the most critical aspects of any loan (as you well know) is the Loan to Value ratio, and there are often options for reducing the LTV to make the deal more attractive. For purchases, […]
How to invest in private money loans when real estate markets are uncertain
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011Clay Sparkman We’ve been through nearly 3 ½ rough years in the real estate market—and projections seem to indicate that we will finally see clear up-turn in the second half of this year, but no one really knows for sure. We have managed to survive this down-time (thus far) and continue doing loans even in […]
A private money loan prospectus
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011Clay Sparkman I’m not sure how many of you have made loans with us before, so I thought I would post a prospectus for a loan that we are currently in the process of placing. The prospectus which is shown here is the high level presentation, or executive summary of the loan. Having read the […]
An ireloquent post
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011Clay Sparkman A friend of mine likes to make up words. He comes up with some pretty good ones. A recent invention of his—ireloquent—strikes me as particularly utilitarian. It is useful in those situations where someone is going on and on about something in the most eloquent way, but in fact has provided a response […]
A story of adaptation: or how to survive and succeed in a challenging real estate market
Thursday, November 11th, 2010The following is a guest post by Matthew Whitaker, Managing Member of Magnolia Partners, LLC and Golden Key, LLC. I originally posted this article on my Broker Blog, but it occurred to me that it would be appropriate to post it here as well. What I think a trust deed investor should take away from […]
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 […]
