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Good news for modern real estate investors

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

Clay Sparkman Well, if this isn’t good news, I don’t know what is: http://us.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=1&articleid=9562167 It appears that now is the time to be investing in real estate and real estate loans. We finally have a turn-around market that might actually be *real* and might actually be steady. Let’s hope it keeps going this way. There […]

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Private money investors: Mind the gap

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

Clay Sparkman It is our opinion and the opinion of many others that banks, though they’ve bounced back in certain areas, have not picked up the slack when it comes to funding rehab, construction, and development loans. I have been on about this before, so I won’t go into great detail here. I think that […]

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Finding qualified commercial private money borrowers

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Clay Sparkman This item was originally posted on this site on 4/30/10. I had a sense that it might be relevant once again, and so I have rewritten it slightly and am posting here again. I hope you find it useful. Most private money investors choose to work with brokers.  However it is a decision […]

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Loans we are placing – example

Friday, April 5th, 2013

S. Clay Sparkman Every now and then I like to present one of the loans that we have placed or are in the process of placing, so that blog readers can see (a) the types of loans that we are placing, and (b) how we feel that loans should be presented. Keep in mind that […]

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How to read an appraisal

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Clay Sparkman This article was originally published, on The Private Money Broker Blog. on 8/9/10. Some two and a half hears later, I feel it is worthy to be modified slightly and published again. Whatever you do in the real estate business, I highly recommend that you give this post a good read. The most […]

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The infinte universe of private money

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

Clay Sparkman Our private money lending programs tend to be fairly rigid with regard to LTV requirements but quite forgiving with regard to other issues.   One of the nice things about private money is that it allows for creative problem solving.   I have put many transactions together, that initially didn’t appear to be doable, simply […]

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Twnety-five questions you must ask (re-post)

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Clay Sparkman I originally published this article on this blog in September of 2009. It is as relevant ans useful, I believe, today as it was then. I’m going to make a list today of twenty-five important questions that I believe an investor must ask prior to funding any private money loan transaction.  I’m not […]

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Rehab and construction loan FAQ

Friday, February 15th, 2013

Clay Sparkman One of the most promising areas at the moment for real estate investors and brokers, by all indications, is REO, short sale, rehab, and quick flip properties.  The opportunity to buy distressed properties at a low price point is evident in many markets.  And yet it is difficult for most end-buyers (with a […]

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Draw process for rehab and construction loans

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013

Clay Sparkman We plan to do as many rehab and construction loans as we can this year. We see great potential in that area. Builders are under-building (by a substantial number of units, and going back 3+ years), and this is mostly because banks haven’t recovered to the point where they are comfortable doing construction […]

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Investing in real estate (either directly or indirectly) in 2013: three articles you should read

Friday, February 1st, 2013

Clay Sparkman On occasion, I try to publish links to articles that are relevant, useful, and interesting. Here are three articles which give useful perspective on the matter of investing in real estate in 2012—each from a different perspective. A money.cnn article on how to find real estate opportunities in 2013: http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/01/real_estate/housing-outlook-2013.moneymag/index.html Dailyresearchhunter.com on global […]

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