Rehab and constuction loans
Tuesday, February 5th, 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), and this is mostly because banks haven’t recovered to the point where they aren’t comfortable doing construction style lending–and thus there aren’t many options […]
Tags: hard money borrowing, hard money brokering, hard money loans, private money borrowing, private money brokering, private money loans, Quick flip loans, rehab loans, REO funding, Short sales
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Friday, January 25th, 2013
Clay Sparkman I rather enjoyed the following article in the www.thefiscaltimes.com (quite an impressive publication at first blush), and thought it would be a good one to share. “Ten Real Estate Trends to Watch in 2013” http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2012/12/06/10-Real-Estate-Trends-to-Watch-in-2013.aspx#page1 The article begins by noting that “national home prices have been on the uptick for eight straight months,” […]
Tags: construction loans, finding lenders, hard money borrowing, hard money brokering, hard money loans, Multifamily, private money borrowing, private money brokering, private money loans, Quick flip loans, real estate rental, rehab loans, REO funding, Short sales
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
Kris Gillmore and Clay Sparkman Over the past five 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, we have always been of […]
Tags: auction buying, construction loans, hard money borrowing, hard money brokering, hard money loans, Multifamily, private money borrowing, private money brokering, private money loans, Quick flip loans, real estate investing, real estate rental, rehab loans, REO funding, Short sales
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Monday, January 7th, 2013
Clay Sparkman I try to update and publish this FAQ every once in awhile, as it is a handy guide to better understanding the market for private money loans in general–and more particularly, how we operate here at FFS, by way of example. Private money is often misunderstood. Many industry professionals know very little about […]
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Friday, December 7th, 2012
Clay Sparkman I think most of you know my company, Fairfield Financial. I just wanted to take a moment to put in a shameless plug, and let you all know that, with the upturn in the real estate economy, we have funds available for commercial loans of all types. Our sweet spot is relatively small […]
Tags: Commercial loans, construction loans, finding lenders, Florida, hard money borrowing, hard money brokering, hard money loans, Idaho, Las Vegas, Montana, Nevada, New York, Oregon, private money borrowing, private money brokering, private money loans, Quick flip loans, real estate rental, rehab loans, REO funding, Short sales
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Clay Sparkman We’ve had a lot of developers call us over the years to talk about construction loans for single-family homes (or fix and flip type properties). They’ve traditionally gone through banks and have enjoyed rates as low as 7% for their projects. However, these days, some of those banking relationships aren’t there anymore, so […]
Tags: construction loans, hard money borrowing, hard money brokering, hard money loans, private money borrowing, private money brokering, private money loans, Quick flip loans, rehab loans, REO funding, Short sales
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
Clay Sparkman We thought a quick primer on LTV calculation for projects involving construction would be of use to most of those who utilize or broker private money. You really need to use two LTVs. We use a Front End LTV (F-LTV) as well as an After Repair Value (ARV) or Final LTV (LTV), when […]
Tags: construction loans, hard money borrowing, hard money brokering, hard money loans, private money borrowing, private money brokering, private money loans, Quick flip loans, real estate investing, real estate rental, rehab loans, REO funding, Short sales
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Clay Sparkman In the spirit of learning by example, I’d like to take the opportunity to describe an interesting scenario that we put together. They say that when it rains, it pours. Well, for our borrower it had been pouring for a long time. A long run of bad luck had left him in a […]
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
Clay Sparkman Most likely you have clients who buy distressed properties from time to time–with the intention of making a profit–and need a source of funding to fuel their activities. There are three common ways to buy distressed properties: pre-auction, auction, and post auction (generally referred to as REO). Most investors are forced to buy […]
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Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Clay Sparkman As I pointed out in a previous mailing, 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 problems solving. I have put many transactions together […]
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