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Some private money blogs which look pretty good to me

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

Clay Sparkman If you read this blog regularly, you will know that I am pretty much constantly scanning the internet for resources and materials that might be of value to my readers. Recently I came across several private money blogs that look to be quite good. I’d like to share those with you. The first […]

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Web based resources for the private money professional (re-post)

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Clay Sparkman I originally published this article in January of 2010. Two years later, I think it is as useful as ever. Thus the re-post (for those who missed it the first time around). Today I will focus on a few web based tools that I have found to be useful in the business. Let’s […]

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Where do you go to learn about private money?

Friday, January 11th, 2013

I can’t tell you how many times I have been asked by prospective private money investors, “Where do I go to learn more about this? Where are the books? Where are the articles? where are the websites” I have generally had to shrug my shoulders and say, “You know, I don’t know.” I can’t tell […]

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Getting high quality loan submissions that fit your programs via Lendicom

Thursday, October 11th, 2012

Clay Sparkman If you are a broker or borrower of real estate secured commercial money, Lendicom may be of particular interest to you. This site is geared toward commercial lending, and allows borrowers and brokers to sign up and submit specific loan proposals to lenders who have also signed up online. Presently we have a database […]

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To Pre-Approve or Not to Pre-Approve

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Clay Sparkman We’ve been getting a lot of requests for pre-approval letters lately. Many of our loan requests are for rehab loans, and it can be difficult to submit offers without an approval or proof of funds letter. Unfortunately most of our clients don’t have an extra 200K sitting around for the proof of funds, […]

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Submitting private money loans

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Clay Sparkman One of the challenges for individuals and professionals pursuing a private money option is figuring out what information to provide for a specific loan request (and in what format).  Because the questions and issues are quite different for private money, and certainly different within the private money context depending on the type of […]

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A few useful and interesting resources for private money profesionals

Thursday, November 10th, 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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Resources – show me the good stuff!

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Clay Sparkman I have long searched for resources that might be useful to those who wish to learn more about private money and hard money loans, and in the process I have become increasingly convinced that our particular niche field is somewhat of an intellectual/informational wasteland.  Every time I stumble upon an article or site […]

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