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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘Commercial loans’
Our sweet spot: Rehab and Constrcution loans
Thursday, April 21st, 2016Clay Sparkman One of the most promising areas at the moment for real estate investors and brokers, by all indications, is new construction, REO, short sale, rehab, and quick flip properties. The opportunity to buy distressed properties at a low price point is evident in many markets. And yet it is difficult for most end-buyers […]
Guest Post: Private Lending—Turning Trash Into Treasure
Monday, November 30th, 2015Clay Sparkman I came across this blog post by Jeffrey Tesch recently. It was originally posted at cpexecutive.com on October 19, 2015. After working to articulate the various practical issues of private money for many years, I felt that it would be nice to offer a fresh voice/perspective on the matter. I contacted a representative […]
Rental property financing in 2015 and beyond
Monday, November 16th, 2015Clay 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 […]
Minding the gap
Wednesday, August 27th, 2014Clay Sparkman This article was originally posted at this site in May of 2013 at this site. Since then, we have seen the number of construction and fix/flip loans that we do increase significantly. This seems to be a sweet spot for the private money market. That is, we are able to fill what would […]
April construction loan promotion
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014Clay Sparkman Now is the time to build! We at Fairfield Financial Services (FFS) are pleased to announce our new April construction loan promotion. As a private money construction lender, we are able to provide a variety of creative solutions that are just not available via more conventional sources. If the parameters and circumstances are […]
Fairfield Financial – rehab and construction loans
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014Clay Sparkman As a follow up to my recent posting (Fairfield Financial – getting to know us), I am posting a similar resource, but one that is dedicated solely to rehab and construction loans. Since this is our sweet spot, I thought it would be appropriate to share this as well. We work with many […]
Fairfield Financial – getting to know us
Thursday, March 20th, 2014Clay Sparkman I am often asked to give potential brokers or borrowers a run-down on Fairfield Financial. What kinds of loans do we do? What is our process? What is our tme-line? what are our terms? That kind of thing. Verbally it takes a good hour to cover all the basics, so we at Fairfield […]
2014: Bring on the quick flip
Thursday, January 2nd, 2014This article was originally posted on this site, on 1/23/13, as “2013: The year of the quick flip.” Did 2013 turn out to be the year of the quick flip? We certainly did our share of quick flip loans. However, I think that we failed to anticipate one thing: bulk buyers. Several very large bulk […]
The big stretch – repost
Thursday, October 10th, 2013Clay Sparkman This article was originally posted at this site in August of 2010. I feel that these essential points are so important for those seeking creative ways to get deals done that I felt I should post it again (I have made some modifications to the original article so as to bring the facts […]
