{"id":54,"date":"2009-08-30T13:28:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-30T20:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/privatemoneysource.com\/blog\/?p=54"},"modified":"2009-08-30T13:28:13","modified_gmt":"2009-08-30T20:28:13","slug":"resources-private-money-investing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/privatemoneysource.com\/blog\/?p=54","title":{"rendered":"Resources – where is all the good stuff?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clay Sparkman
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

As I continue my search for resources that might be useful to those who invest in real estate secured loans, I become increasingly convinced that our particular niche field is somewhat of an intellectual\/informational wasteland.\u00a0 Every time I stumble upon an article or site that looks like it might be of interest, it turns out to be a blatant plug for some specific product or company.\u00a0 And the stuff that isn’t blatantly biased, quite often seems to be hack work, badly lacking in quality and perspective.\u00a0 It would be as though I were searching for articles and blogs on gourmet food only to find that all of them had been written by employees of McDonald’s, Burger King, and Taco Bell.\u00a0 (Hopefully I won’t get sued for this.\u00a0 I did not mean to disparage the great corporate food powers in any way, shape, or form.)\u00a0 My real point is: if I see one more article entitled “Hard Money Made EZ” or if I see “hard money” refereed to as “hard $$$” one more time, I’m outa here.<\/p>\n

Moving on, I turned up a few items of interest in my lap around the internet this morning.\u00a0 The following article is quite dated, but still might be of interest for those looking to expand geographically (and into a very large target market).<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.danwei.org\/front_page_of_the_day\/private_money_lending_business.php<\/a><\/p>\n

I also stumbled onto this site\/book by Paul Wells who claims to hold the secrets of private money.\u00a0 I hope indeed he does, as we could use a good text book in this field.\u00a0 I have asked him for a review copy, and if he is obliged to comply with my request, I will make a point to read\/review it here.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.paulwellsauthor.com\/mortgageinvesting.html<\/a><\/p>\n

I couldn’t help but be amused by this post by Leonard Rosen in August of 2007.<\/p>\n

“America’s hard money expert shares his views on real estate investing. There are many different types of investing strategies that are available to the novice and sophisticated investor.<\/p>\n

However, I do not know a safer investment strategy coupled with a higher rate of return than real estate. Unlike the equity markets, real estate has proven to be a safe haven for many investors. Over the past 40 years, real estate has risen in value in literally every major market in the United States.”<\/p>\n

Oh well.\u00a0 The full text is here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.americanchronicle.com\/articles\/view\/35089<\/a><\/p>\n

And here is another book on the topic, specific to California (but that is a pretty good starting point for talking about the basics of private money lending nationwide), and with five of five stars on five reviews.\u00a0 I can’t figure out how to ask for a free review copy, so if anyone knows the book please weigh in here.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Smart-Trust-Deed-Investment-California\/dp\/0934581010<\/a><\/p>\n

About.com defines private money pretty much the same way as most outsiders do:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.answers.com\/topic\/hard-money-loan<\/a><\/p>\n

At least they hedge the “last resort” part with the “short-term bridge” bit.\u00a0 However, I am beside myself with how many people who should know better claim–I see this over and over again–that the borrower (credit\/income\/net worth and such) is irrelevant to the private money lending process.\u00a0 Why would anyone make a private money loan and disregard readily available information about the financial status of the borrower?\u00a0 It is beyond me.<\/p>\n

Please oh please … if you know where the goodies are hiding out there, please share them with the rest of us.\u00a0 That after all is what this blog is all about: sharing quality information and resources with like-minded folks who care about private money investing.\u00a0 (Oh yes:\u00a0 and promoting me and my company; but NOT BLATANTLY MIND YOU … good lord no … not blatantly.)<\/p>\n

— Clay (clay@privatemoneysource.com)<\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clay Sparkman As I continue my search for resources that might be useful to those who invest in real estate secured loans, I become increasingly convinced that our particular niche field is somewhat of an intellectual\/informational wasteland.\u00a0 Every time I stumble upon an article or site that looks like it might be of interest, it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[19,24,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatemoneysource.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatemoneysource.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatemoneysource.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatemoneysource.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatemoneysource.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/privatemoneysource.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatemoneysource.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatemoneysource.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatemoneysource.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}