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Three potentially useful indicators of the likely movement of property values

Monday, April 25th, 2016

Clay Sparkman Any good private money investor should be attempting  to assess whether property values are rising, falling,  or holding in the area of his/her latest potential investment. After all, the core issue  when assessing investment risk is LTV, and if the “V” part of “LTV” falls during the time of your investment, your investment […]

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Rehab loan in WA state

Monday, April 14th, 2014

Clay Sparkman We’ve had a lot of nice solid little loans come in lately. (As you know, we have a tradition of, from time to time, presenting one of the loans that we have placed or are in the process of placing, so that blog readers can (a) see the types of loans that we […]

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Loan offering in Washington state

Thursday, October 17th, 2013

Clay Sparkman We’ve had a lot of nice solid little loans come in lately. (As you know, we have a tradition of, from time to time, presenting 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 […]

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A private money loan offering

Wednesday, September 11th, 2013

Clay Sparkman We are in the process of placing a loan that I really like. We have worked with these borrowers in the past and they have been excellent in both payment and performance. It has to happen pretty fast (by 9/20, a week from Thursday), and we will most likely place it as a […]

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Another good piece of data for real estate markets in the PNW

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

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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A few useful and interesting resources for private money professionals

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Clay Sparkman These days–with uncertain markets—tools and resources which provide us with information and data are more crucial than quite possibly ever before. I am always trying to find more resources that will be of use to both me and readers of this blog. Here are a few items that have popped up lately. ALTOSResearch […]

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A private money loan prospectus – Hood Canal, Washington

Friday, October 21st, 2011

Clay Sparkman From time to time, I post a prospectus for a loan that we are currently in the process of placing. This serves three purposes: (1) It gives readers a window into the kinds of loans that we are placing, (2) It provides an example of how are loans are initially presented, and (3) […]

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There’s something about equity

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Clay Sparkman With a double dip real estate depreciation nationwide becoming fact in April, and now with  the federal government threatening not to extend government backed financing options large (jumbo) residential loans, this market is hardly getting easier or more predictable.  So you might ask, “How do we get private money loans done in today’s […]

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How to invest in private money loans when real estate markets are uncertain

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Clay 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 […]

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Getting started with private money – the dating thing

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Clay Sparkman I am frequently asked by private money investors:  “… so how do we get started investing in private money loans?”  You know, there is no simple answer to this question.  I tell them that it is kind of like dating.  If we are going to do this as an investor/broker team, then they […]

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