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Monday, October 12th, 2020
S. Clay Sparkman Okay, so here we are. Halloween is just around the corner. (I wonder how that is going to work. One good thing: There should be plenty of masks.) But let me not deter my own intentions. So here we are: We’ve crawled through 7+ months of unanticipated and unpredictable Covid DMZs and […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2020
S. Clay Sparkman A recent article (“Supply of homes for sale hits record low, and prices suddenly jump,” penned by Diane Olick at the CNBC site, posted 1/22/20) discusses the current numbers and issues related to home supply, demand, and pricing. It seems that in general, high demand for housing coupled with a precariously low […]
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Friday, September 6th, 2019
Clay Sparkman Awhile back I published a 3-part post on my Private Money Investor blog regarding my personal likes and gripes as a purveyor in of private money. This has been my sole job for the past 20 years. Who wouldn’t want to go rant and rave publicly about their job? I guess I could […]
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Wednesday, August 16th, 2017
Clay Sparkman I try to keep an eye out for good information on the status of property flipping. Here are a few things that I have come across recently. With regard to the best cities for home flipping (as of May): The 25 Best Cities for Flipping a House Taylor Tepper at Money May 25, […]
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Wednesday, August 9th, 2017
Clay Sparkman Any good real estate 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 question when buying investment property (particularly short-term) is, “what is value likely to do in the next year or so?” If you sense […]
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2016
Clay Sparkman A good article in The Scotsman Money Guide, providing a a road-map through the private-lending landscape, for brokers and borrowers: Here By the way, if you do not already use The Scotsman Money Guide (either the online or paper version), I highly recommend it as an excellent guide to various lender resources. They […]
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Thursday, May 19th, 2016
Clay Sparkman With regard to forward thinking (that is, how is the industry changing?): I thought you might appreciate this article, Private Lending Sector Making Big Noise for Real Estate Investors, by Ben Stoodley: Here Certainly he is correct with regard to his interpretation of current trends, and one must wonder how far this might […]
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
Clay Sparkman Any good real estate 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 question when buying investment property (particularly short-term) is, “what is value likely to do in the next year or so?” If you sense […]
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Thursday, May 5th, 2016
Clay Sparkman As you know, our sweet spot is for loans to real estate investors. In particular, we do a lot of fix and flip, fix and hold, REO, short sale , and new construction. I feel that this recent Washington Post article, by Justin Pierce, “The four things you need to know to flip […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
Clay Sparkman In this year of 2015, it seems that finding funds for rental property purchase and holding can be a bit challenging–perhaps more so than in past years. This recent article by Corey Dutton discusses the issue, and suggests that hard money may be a good route to go in certain cases. I happen […]
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