S. Clay Sparkman In Part I, I began a discussion of my gripes and likes regarding the private money lending business and various industry related matters, items, and issues. I allowed myself to amble a bit far afield and concluded by mentioning a book about the legal profession which I personally found to be informing […]
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The private money lending business: Likes and gripes (Part II of III)
Friday, March 26th, 2021The private money lending business: Likes and gripes (Part I of III)
Monday, March 8th, 2021S. Clay Sparkman Some time ago, I published a 3-part post on our Private Money Investor blog regarding my personal likes and gripes as a purveyor of private money. This has been my sole job for the past 27-years, so I like to rant and rave about it every now and then. After all, who […]
Where do we go from here?
Friday, January 22nd, 2021S. Clay Sparkman What the…what just happened? Was that 2020 that just ran over our nation like a buss out of control, knocking down everything in its path? Uh, yes. Today is January 22nd, 2020! We have a new POTUS and VPOTUS in The White House. We have a new congress ruled by a razor […]
Covid-19 be damned!
Monday, October 12th, 2020S. 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 […]
Covid-19 and real estate markets
Tuesday, March 17th, 2020S. Clay Sparkman Clearly these are unusual times worldwide. We have very little precedent to draw on in in speculating about how Covid-19 will affect real estate markets in the US. Most investors, of course, don’t like uncertainty. So many will tend to take their chips off the table when things get weird. At the […]
National home pricing and supply
Friday, January 24th, 2020S. 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 […]
The private money lending business: likes and gripes (part I)
Friday, September 6th, 2019Clay 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 […]
Five potentially useful indicators of the likely movement of value
Wednesday, August 9th, 2017Clay 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 […]
Sample loan in Oregon
Tuesday, April 25th, 2017Clay Sparkman Here is an example of a loan that we recently placed. We like to give samples from time to time. Not only does this give borrowers and brokers a better idea of the kinds of things that we do, but it also gives them a nice working template for presenting a loan. Kristopher […]
Trust deed lending – ten mistakes you should never make and ten mistakes you must never make
Thursday, March 28th, 2013I first published this post on The Private Money Investor Blog on Dec 19, 2009. It is clearly directed toward a private money investor audience. However, from time to time, I like to post articles on this blog which give more of that particular perspective. If you really wish to understand the private money lending […]
