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Article: The search for a better loan

Wednesday, January 4th, 2017

Clay Sparkman This article, The Search for a Better Loan, published in Scotsman Guide, should be useful to most Brokers trying to juggle the needs and interests of investment property borrowers. Scotsman Guide is an excellent resource available online, with good articles and excellent information regarding different types of commercial money sources and particulars regarding […]

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Ask an Investor

Wednesday, December 21st, 2016

Clay Sparkman I came across the following blog posting by Jersey Digs, and felt that it would be worth passing along to interested borrowers and brokers: Ask an Investor: How did you get started? How do you make money? I hope you found that to be useful. Any feedback would be much appreciated. If you […]

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Musing the fix and flip

Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

Clay Sparkman I recently came across these articles while scanning the web. I don’t agree 100% with everything said, but all in all, there is some very good stuff here–and so I thought I’d share it with you. (Ever vigilant: I’m combing the web for you.) Scott Yancey’s Top 10 Fix and Flip Deal Destroyers […]

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The art of the summary

Tuesday, July 5th, 2016

Clay Sparkman The Art of the Summary Between phone calls, emails, and on-line submissions, we receive a tremendous number of loan requests. It’s pretty common for these loans to have tight deadlines, so here are three ways to speed up the process. 1)      Use the on-line proposal form and provide all the applicable information.  This form […]

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Promotional offer #2 for real estate investors

Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Clay Sparkman We are running several new promotions, primarily aimed at real estate investors, to really get costs down on financing and thus open up the possibility for more profitable deals. Last week I put up a blog post about a 12% and 2 point offering. This week I’m putting up an alternative offer: 7% […]

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Three potentially useful indicators of the likely movement of value

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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Home flipping

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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Special quick flip loan program

Tuesday, January 26th, 2016

Clay Sparkman It seems that quick flips are becoming quite common again, with the regular small time investor. This is a favorite niche of ours. We particularly like to make these loans happen. As you probably know, we work with a lot of people who are doing quick flip properties/projects. That means: buying low, generally […]

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Quick flip loan program kicks into high gear

Tuesday, July 1st, 2014

Clay Sparkman It seems that quick flips are becoming quite common again, with the regular small time investor. We are getting all kinds of requests. As you probably know, we work with a lot of people who are doing quick flip properties/projects. That means: buying low, generally fixing up (though not always), and then selling […]

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Quick flipping

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

Clay Sparkman As you probably know, we work with a lot of people who are doing quick flip properties/projects. That means: buying low, generally fixing up (though not always), and then selling fast, at a fair price, for a nifty profit. Until now, we have made many such loans, and we have done so as […]

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